Futures and options: Business-related events in Washington

Monday

• Speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke at Georgetown University forum on jobs and economic growth.

• Brookings Institution hosts talk on mobile financial services in developing regions.

• Housing market index released.

• TIC data for March reported.

• J.C. Penney, Lowe’s earnings expected.

Tuesday

• Senate Finance hearing on funding infrastructure.

• Senate Banking hearing on Export-Import Bank.

• Housing-starts report.

• Industrial production report.

• Wal-Mart, Dell, Home Depot, Saks earnings expected.

Wednesday

• Senate Banking hearing on securitization markets.

• Federal Open Market Committee minutes from April 26-27 meeting.

• Washington International Trade Association hosts talk on anti-dumping and countervailing duties.

• American Enterprise Institute holds talk on Dodd-Frank.

• Small Business Administration opens three-day conference.

• New America Foundation hosts webinar on financial education.

• St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard speaks to Money Marketeers in New York.

• Hewlett-Packard, BJ’s Wholesale Club, Target, Staples earnings expected.

Thursday

• Weekly jobless-claims report.

• Existing-home sales report.

• Leading indicators report.

• Sears, The Buckle, Foot Locker, Toro earnings expected.

Friday

• Allied Defense Group, Books-A-Million, Kirkland’s earnings expected.

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