Today

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants opens annual conference at J.W. Marriott.

Tuesday

Economic indicator: July existing home sales.

Wednesday

Base closure and Realignment Commission opens four-day meeting at Hyatt Regency Crystal City to finalize recommendations to the president.

Intuit, Heinz, Tivo release quarterly reports.

Economic indicators: July durable goods, new home sales.

Thursday

The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City opens its annual economic conference at Jackson Hole. This year’s topic: the Greenspan era. Speakers include Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan; former Treasury secretary Robert Rubin; former Fed governor Alan Blinder; Raghuram Rajan, chief economist at the International Monetary Fund; Mervyn King, head of the Bank of England; and Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank.

Friday

Greenspan scheduled to speak at the Jackson Hole conference on “Reflections on Central Banking.”

Economic indicator: August consumer sentiment.