Today

• Commerce Secretary Donald Evans announces data for the first new economic indicator to be introduced by the Census Bureau in 40 years: a measure for the service sector.
• Economic indicators: Federal government’s monthly budget statement.

Tuesday

• Economic indicators: Current account balance for second quarter, retail sales for August.

Wednesday

• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meets in Vienna.
• Economic indicators: Business inventories for July, industrial production and capacity utilization for August.

Thursday

• Economic indicators: Consumer price index for August.