CALENDAR

MONDAY

■ Charles Evans, president and CEO of Chicago Fed, speaks, 10:30 a.m. ■ Lael Brainard, member of the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, speaks, 4:30 p.m.

TUESDAY

■ NFIB Small Business Optimism Index, 6 a.m. ■ James Bullard, president and CEO of the Fed in St. Louis, speaks, 8 a.m. ■ Redbook, 8:55 a.m. ■ Treasury Budget, 2 p.m.

WEDNESDAY

■ MBA Mortgage Applications, 7 a.m. ■ PPI-FD, 8:30 a.m. ■ Retail Sales, 8:30 a.m. ■ Business Inventories, 10 a.m. ■ Beige Book, 2 p.m.

THURSDAY

■ Consumer Price Index, 8:30 a.m. ■ Jobless Claims, 8:30 a.m.

■ Empire State Manufacturing Survey, 8:30 a.m. ■ Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index, 9:45 a.m. ■ Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey, 10 a.m. ■ EIA Natural Gas Report, 10:30 a.m ■ New York Fed CEO William Dudley speaks, 10:30 a.m. ■ EIA Petroleum Status Report, 11 a.m. ■ Fed Balance Sheet, 4:30 p.m. ■ Money Supply, 4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

■ Industrial Production, 9:15 a.m. ■ JOLTS, 10 a.m. ■ Consumer Sentiment, 10 a.m. ■ Atlanta Fed Business Inflation Expectations,, 10 a.m. ■ Baker-Hughes Rig Count, 1 p.m. ■ Treasury International Capital, 4 p.m.