Business Events Scheduled For The Coming Week

The Associated Press

MONDAY, Feb. 13

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama releases his budget for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

BRUSSELS — The European Union's competition regulator will decide whether to approve Google's takeover of cellphone maker Motorola or take more time to scrutinize the deal more closely.

TUESDAY, Feb. 14

WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases retail sales data for January, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases business inventories for December, 10 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15

WASHINGTON — Treasury releases international money flows data for December, 9 a.m.; Federal Reserve releases industrial production for January, 9:15 a.m.; National Association of Home Builders releases housing market index for February, 10 a.m.; Federal Reserve releases minutes from January interest-rate meeting.

PARIS — France reports fourth-quarter gross domestic product.

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal seeks to raise $2.3 billion in a short-term debt auction that is the latest test of market sentiment about the bailed-out country.

THURSDAY, Feb. 16

WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.; Labor Department releases the Producer Price Index for January, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases housing starts for January, 8:30 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m.

FRIDAY, Feb. 17

WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases Consumer Price Index for January, 8:30 a.m.; Conference Board releases leading indicators for January, 10 a.m.

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