Bond markets are closed on Monday for the Columbus Day holiday. After that, corporate earnings are scheduled throughout the week, with Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), Citigroup (C), UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSM), and Netflix (NFLX) all set to issue quarterly financial updates.

Retail sales data will show whether consumers are still spending, while housing starts, building permits, and homebuilder confidence data will offer insight into the housing market's health. Several Federal Reserve speakers, including Fed Gov. Christopher Waller and San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly, also are on the calendar this week.

Monday, Oct. 14

• Bond markets closed for the Columbus Day holiday
• Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller delivers remarks

Tuesday, Oct. 15

• Empire State Manufacturing Survey (October)
• San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly and Federal Reserve Gov. Adriana Kugler deliver remarks
• UnitedHealth Group, Johnson & Johnson, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Rio Tinto (), PNC Financial Services (PNC), State Street (STT), Ericsson (ERIC), Albertsons Cos. (ACI), and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) report earnings

Wednesday, Oct. 16

• Import/export price index (September)
• Morgan Stanley, Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Discover Financial Services (DFS), US Bancorp (USB), and United Airlines (UAL) report earnings

Thursday, Oct. 17

• Initial jobless claims (Week ending Oct. 12)
• Retail sales (September)
• Industrial production and capacity utilization (September)
• Business inventories (August)
• Homebuilder confidence index (October)
• Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee delivers remarks
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Netflix, Intuitive Surgical (ISRG), Blackstone (BX), Truist Financial (TFC), Travelers Cos. (TRV), M&T Bank (MTB), and Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) report earnings

Friday, Oct. 18

• Housing starts (September)
• Building permits (September)
• Procter & Gamble (PG), American Express (AXP), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), and Regions Financial Corp (RF) report earnings
  

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