Business events scheduled for the coming month

MONDAY, Jan. 2

New Year's Day is observed. U.S. stock and bond markets are closed.

TUESDAY, Jan. 3

WASHINGTON - Institute for Supply Management releases its manufacturing index for December, 10 a.m.; Commerce Department releases construction spending for November, 10 a.m.; Federal Reserve releases minutes from December interest-rate meeting.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4

WASHINGTON - Commerce Department releases factory orders for November, 10 a.m.

DETROIT - Automakers release vehicle sales for December.

THURSDAY, Jan. 5

WASHINGTON - Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m.; Institute for Supply Management releases its service sector index for December, 10 a.m.

NEW YORK - Selected chain retailers release December sales comparisons.

FRIDAY, Jan. 6

WASHINGTON - Labor Department releases employment data for December, 8:30 a.m.

BERLIN - Germany releases industrial orders figures for November.

MONDAY, Jan. 9

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve releases consumer credit data for November, 3 p.m.

BERLIN - Germany releases export and import data for November and industrial production figures.

TUESDAY, Jan. 10

WASHINGTON - Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for November, 10 a.m.; Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for November, 10 a.m.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 11

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve releases Beige Book, 2 p.m.

BERLIN - Germany releases 2011 growth figures for the country's economy, Europe's biggest.

THURSDAY, Jan. 12

WASHINGTON - Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases retail sales data for December, 8:30 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m.; Commerce Department releases business inventories for November, 10 a.m.; Treasury releases federal budget for December, 2 p.m.

FRANKFURT, Germany - European Central Bank's governing council meets to set interest rates for the eurozone.

FRIDAY, Jan. 13

WASHINGTON - Commerce Department releases international trade data for November, 8:30 a.m.

MONDAY, Jan. 16

U.S. stock and bond markets are closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

TUESDAY, Jan. 17

BERLIN - Germany's ZEW institute releases its monthly investor confidence index for Europe's biggest economy.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 18

WASHINGTON - Labor Department releases the Producer Price Index for December, 8:30 a.m.; Treasury releases international money flows data for November, 9 a.m.; Federal Reserve releases industrial production for December, 9:15 a.m.; National Association of Home Builders releases housing market index for January, 10 a.m.

THURSDAY, Jan. 19

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

FRIDAY, Jan. 20

WASHINGTON - National Association of Realtors releases existing home sales for December, 10 a.m.

TUESDAY, Jan. 24

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers meet to set interest rates.

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 25

WASHINGTON - National Association of Realtors releases pending home sales index for December, 10 a.m.; Federal Reserve policymakers meet to set interest rates, releasing statement at 12:30 p.m.

BERLIN - Germany's Ifo institute releases its monthly index of business confidence, a closely watched indicator for Europe's biggest economy.

THURSDAY, Jan. 26

WASHINGTON - Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases durable goods for December, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases new home sales for December, 10 a.m.; Conference Board releases leading indicators for December, 10 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m.

FRIDAY, Jan. 27

WASHINGTON - Commerce Department releases fourth-quarter gross domestic product, 8:30 a.m.

MONDAY, Jan. 30

WASHINGTON - Commerce Department releases personal income and spending for December, 8:30 a.m.

TUESDAY, Jan. 31

WASHINGTON - Labor Department releases the fourth-quarter employment cost index, 8:30 a.m.; Standard & Poor's releases S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices for November, 9 a.m.; The Conference Board releases the Consumer Confidence Index for January, 10 a.m.