Wall Street & The White House Agenda

@ The White House

On Monday, the President has no public events scheduled.

@ Wall Street

This coming week (April 16-20), retail sales will give an early read on the consumer in March. Autos slumped last month, but ex-auto sales were likely boosted by the warm weather and iPad sales. Impact from higher gasoline prices will be looked for.

Industrial production likely grew as better utilities output offset a pause in manufacturing centered on autos. Better pending sales of existing homes point to a small uptick in closings in March. Home builders likely boosted single-family housing starts last month but pulled back on multifamily units.