The key economic reports this week are Retail Sales, Housing Starts, and the Consumer Price Index (CPI).



For manufacturing, January industrial production, and the February New York, and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys, will be released this week.



Fed Chair Janet Yellen is scheduled to deliver the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress.





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No major economic releases scheduled.6:00 AM ET: NFIBfor January.8:30 AM: Thefrom the BLS. The consensus is for 0.3% increase in PPI, and a 0.2% increase in core PPI.10:00 AM,, Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate, Washington, D.C.7:00 AM ET: The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) will release the results for the 8:30 AM ET:for January will be released. The consensus is for 0.1% increase in retail sales in January.This graph shows retail sales since 1992 through December 2016.8:30 AM: Thefrom the BLS. The consensus is for 0.3% increase in CPI, and a 0.2% increase in core CPI.8:30 AM ET: The New York Fedfor February. The consensus is for a reading of 7.5, up from 6.5. 9:15 AM: The Fed will releasefor January.This graph shows industrial production since 1967.The consensus is for no change in Industrial Production, and for Capacity Utilization to be unchanged at 75.5%.10:00 AM: The February. The consensus is for a reading of 68, up from 67 in January. Any number above 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as good than poor.10:00 AM:(business inventories) report for December. The consensus is for a 0.4% increase in inventories.10:00 AM,, Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. 8:30 AM:for January.The consensus is for 1.232 million, up from the December rate of 1.226 million.8:30 AM ET: Thereport will be released. The consensus is for 246 thousand initial claims, up from 234 thousand the previous week.8:30 AM: thefor February. The consensus is for a reading of 23.6, up from 19.3.11:00 AM: The New York Fed will release theirNo major economic releases scheduled.