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This week's forecast

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams

A GOOD GUESS? MORE VOLATILITY... 

Monday is Presidents Day, so the stock and bond markets are closed. Tuesday, we're all eager to hear earnings from Wal-Mart. If the world's largest retailer isn't the barometer for that industry, we don't know who is. We'll also hear from Hewlett-Packard, JC Penney, and a few more biggies.

On the economic indicator front, we get January CPI and Housing Starts on Wednesday, either of which could trigger a reaction in the markets. Wednesday, the minutes from the last Fed meeting will be released, which will be looked at carefully for any inflation discussion. 

>> The Week's Economic Indicator Calendar

Weaker than expected economic data tends to send bond prices up and interest rates down, while positive data points to lower bond prices and rising loan rates.

[Economic Calendar Note: Date is listed only at the start of each day. When Time is left blank, it means Indicator will be reported at same time as the one above.]
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