Economic Data for the Week of July 13

Markets will return Monday with a flood of economic data for the week ahead. Dow will hold an analyst meeting at the beginning of the week. CPI report and Fed’s Minute will be released on Wednesday. Then we have same store sales coming up ; followed by housing index and housing starts. The NY Fed and the Philly Fed will also report this week. This is a big week on the earnings front as well. Major US banks (Citi, BofA, Goldman, JP), and tech companies (Google, IBM, Intel) are set to be reporting their quarterly financial results. Definitely a busy week ahead for the markets.