Monday: There are no market-moving economic or corporate events expected on Monday. The bond market is closed for the Columbus Day holiday, but other financial markets remain open.Tuesday: The Federal Reserve will release the minutes from its most recent policy-setting meeting.After the closing bell, chipmaker Intel will report its third-quarter results. The Dow component is expected to have earned 50 cents per share, up from 33 cents a year ago, on revenue of $11 billion, according to analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.Wednesday: JP Morgan Chase, another Dow component, announces quarterly results before the market opens. Analysts expect the bank booked 88 cents per share during the third quarter, up from 82 cents a year earlier, on revenue of $25.5 billion.Reports on import and export prices, and weekly crude oil inventories are also due in the morning; the September Treasury budget is on tap for the afternoon. Neither of those are typically not market movers.Thursday: The Department of Labor releases the weekly jobless claims report in the morning. The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment last week is forecast to inch higher to 449,000 from 445,000 in the previous week, according to a consensus of economists surveyed by Briefing.com.Continuing claims -- a measure of Americans who have been receiving benefits for a week or more -- is expected to have fallen to 4.45 million from 4.46 million in the previous week.The Producer Price Index, a measure of wholesale inflation, is due out from the Commerce Department at the same time. The index is expected to have edged up 0.2% in September after rising 0.4% in August. The so-called core PPI, which strips out volatile food and energy prices, is expected to have risen 0.1% after increasing by the same amount in the previous month.The trade balance, also due in the morning from the Commerce Department, is expected to have widened to $44.5 billion in August from $42.8 billion in July.After the close, analysts are looking for Google to post earnings per share of $6.67, up from $5.89 a year ago, on revenue of $5.3 billion.Friday: The Commerce Department releases the Consumer Price Index, a measure of consumer inflation, in the morning. CPI is expected to have increased 0.2% in September after climbing 0.3% the previous month. Core CPI is expected to have inched up 0.1%, after rising the same amount in August.The Commerce Department also reports on retail sales before trading starts. Sales are expected to have gained 0.4% in September after having increased the same amount in August. Sales excluding volatile autos are expected to have ticked up 0.4% after a 0.6% rise the previous month.The Empire Manufacturing survey is due before the start of trading. The regional reading on manufacturing is forecast to have jumped to 6.00 in October from 4.1 in September.Dow component GE reports quarterly results before the bell. Analysts expect the company to have earned 27 cents per share, up from 22 cents a year ago, on flat revenue of $37.7 billion.Toymaker Mattel also announces third-quarter earnings.Due after the start of trading, the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index, is expected to have increased to 68.6 in September from 68.2 in September.The August reading on business inventories, due from the government later in the morning, is likely to show an increase of 0.5% after rising 1% in July.
