Event of the week: Housing starts and building permits for February are released Wednesday. Both numbers are expected to fall, as the 2.159 million starts in January was the strongest level in 21 years and the 2.132 million permits set a record.
Monday
Earnings: Conseco, OfficeMax, Wynn Resorts
Tuesday
Retail sales for February; business inventories for January
Earnings: Albertson’s, Goodyear Tire, Interpublic Group of Companies
Wednesday
Industrial production for February
Earnings: Bear Stearns, Kmart, Lehman Brothers, Lennar, Bed Bath & Beyond
Thursday
Leading economic indicators for February
Earnings: Apollo Group, Barnes & Noble, Carnival, Dollar General, Echostar Communications, FedEx, Goldman Sachs, Toys “R” Us, Adobe Systems, Nike
Friday
Import and export prices for February; preliminary University of Michigan consumer sentiment report for March
Earnings: CarMax Group, Circuit City, Family Dollar
