The Week Ahead: Plethora of earnings reports to come

MONDAY

• Earnings reports for Caterpillar, Rent-A-Center and Yahoo.

TUESDAY

• Federal Reserve policymakers will begin a two-day meeting to set interest rates.
• Earnings reports for Facebook, Whirlpool, Xerox, Netflix, Harley-Davidson, Coach, 3M, Radio Shack and United Parcel Service.

WEDNESDAY

• U.S. Commerce Department will report on new-home sales for September.
• Earnings reports for Boeing, Bristol-Myers, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Equifax, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Nasdaq, Northrop Grumman, AT&T and US Airways.

THURSDAY

• U.S. Labor Department will release its weekly jobless claims report.
• U.S. Commerce Department will unveil durable goods figures for September.
• National Association of Realtors will release its pending home sales index for September.

  Freddie Mac will report on weekly mortgage rates.

• Earnings reports from MidWestOne Financial, Apple, Aetna, Amazon.com, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Colgate-Palmolive, Sprint Nextel and Meredith.

FRIDAY

•  Commerce Department will release third-quarter gross domestic product numbers.
•  Earnings reports from American Axle & Manufacturing and Lear.

Associated Press, Reuters and other sources