The week ahead: Apple earnings set the tone

MONDAY: New home sales; Treasury securities auction; earnings from Apple, Compass Minerals, Xerox.

TUESDAY: Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee begins two-day meeting; durable goods orders; consumer confidence; S&P/Case-Shiller housing price index; earnings from AT&T, Epiq Systems, Panera Bread, Procter & Gamble, UMB Financial, Waddell & Reed Financial.

WEDNESDAY: FOMC meeting announcement; pending home sales; earnings from Euronet Worldwide, Facebook, Garmin, T-Mobile US.

THURSDAY: Gross domestic product; initial jobless claims; Kansas City Federal Reserve manufacturing index; earnings from Amazon, Cabela’s, EPR Properties, Ford, Leggett & Platt, Time Warner Cable, YRC Worldwide.

FRIDAY: Farm prices; consumer sentiment; personal income and outlays; earnings from AMC Entertainment, VF.

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This story was originally published April 22, 2016 at 2:05 PM with the headline "The week ahead: Apple earnings set the tone."