The week ahead

Today

Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Federal holiday. U.S. stock and bond markets closed.

National Retail Federation annual convention in New York.

Tuesday

Securities and Exchange Commission meets to propose new rules on reporting of executive compensation.

IBM, Intel, Yahoo release quarterly reports.

Economic indicators: December industrial production.

Wednesday

Council on Foreign Relations forum on China’s high-tech challenge.

AMR, Apple, eBay, J.P. Morgan, Southwest Airlines issue quarterly reports.

Economic indicators: December consumer prices.

Thursday

Senate Commerce Committee hearings on broadcast decency and Internet pornography.

Brookings Institution forum on housing affordability.

FDIC forum on risks to the economy.

Capitol One, Merrill Lynch, Motorola and SLM issue quarterly reports.

Economic indicators: December housing starts.

Friday

Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker speech on 2006 economic outlook.

Citigroup and General Electric issue quarterly reports.

American Enterprise Institute forum on health care reform.