Manufacturing bellwether

The Federal Reserve issues data today on how industrial production fared last month.

Overall industrial production, which includes output at mines, utilities and factories, rose 0.1 percent in July after climbing 1 percent in June. American industry has looked relatively healthy despite trade conflicts with China, Europe and Canada, and despite a rising dollar that makes U.S. products more expensive abroad.

Mixed results

Wall Street expects that Dave & Buster’s Entertainment’s latest quarterly report card will show mixed results.

Financial analysts predict earnings at the operator of restaurants and game arcades declined in the company’s fiscal second quarter versus a year earlier. They also expect revenue climbed in the same period. Dave & Buster’s serves up its quarterly results today.

Eye on consumers

A new survey is expected to show little change in how U.S. consum

ers are feeling about the economy since last month.

The University of Michigan's latest consumer sentiment survey is due out today. Economists predict a reading of 96.5 for this month’s index. That would be a slight increase from August’s 96.2 reading. The index has been mostly trending lower since hitting 101.4 in March.