What to Watch This Week: Oracle Earnings; Retail Sales

For the week of September 12, investors await quarterly results from Oracle ORCL and a slew of economic data points. Oracle (ORCL) - Get Report reports quarterly results after the markets close on Thursday. Analysts expect the company to report earnings of $0.58 a share on sales of $8.7 billion. During the same quarter a year ago, Oracle reported earnings of $0.53 a share with revenue of $8.45 billion. On the economic calendar, the EIA Petroleum Status report is released Wednesday. On Thursday, weekly jobless claims, retail sales for August and industrial production figures for August are unveiled. On Friday, the consumer price index for August is released, along with the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index for September. TheStreet's Scott Gamm reports from Wall Street.