The week ahead: Federal Reserve committee will review interest rate policy

MONDAY: Treasury securities auction.

TUESDAY: Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee begins two-day meeting to discusss the economy and interest rates; consumer price index; housing market index.

WEDNESDAY: Federal Reserve to announce interest rate policy, followed by chairman Janet Yellen’s news conference; housing starts; industrial production; earnings from Cintas, FedEx, NASB Financial.

THURSDAY: Initial jobless claims; leading indicators; Bloomberg consumer comfort index; earnings from General Mills.

FRIDAY: Earnings from BlackBerry, CarMax, Darden Restaurants.

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This story was originally published December 11, 2015 at 11:27 AM with the headline "The week ahead: Federal Reserve committee will review interest rate policy."