This week

Monday

  • Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Edward M. Gramlich speaks about neighborhood reinvestment.
  • Second day of the American Health Lawyers Assn. conference on fraud in Baltimore.
  • Walgreen Co. issues quarterly report.
  • Economic indicators: August new home sales.

Tuesday

  • The World Bank releases its annual World Development Report.
  • Economic indicators: September consumer confidence.

Wednesday

  • The IMF releases its World Economic Outlook.
  • Institute for International Economics presents an outlook on world energy prices.
  • The Cato Institute plans a book forum about competing visions for health care reform.
  • Economic indicators: Second-quarter GDP revision.

Thursday

  • A European court has a hearing on Microsoft’s appeal in its antitrust case.
  • President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., meet in their first presidential debate.
  • Pepsico Inc. issues quarterly report.
  • Economic indicators: August personal income and help-wanted index.

Friday

  • The Group of Seven finance ministers meet in Washington.
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York President Timothy F. Geithner delivers the keynote address at a banking conference in Chicago.
  • Economic indicators: September auto sales, consumer sentiment, Institute for Supply Management manufacturing survey and August construction spending.

Saturday

  • Meetings of the governing committees of the IMF and World Bank.