The Week Ahead in Business

MONDAY

• Dollar Tree reports quarterly financial results.

• SAIC, a major defense contractor in the Charleston area, reports quarterly financial results.

TUESDAY

• The Federal Reserve begins a two-day policy meeting to set interest rates.

• The National Association of Realtors reports pending home sales for February.

• The National Association of Homebuilders releases its homebuilder confidence index for March.

• Elbit Systems, which assembles howitzer gun systems and ground combat vehicles in North Charleston, reports quarterly financial results.

• Lululemon reports quarterly financial results.

WEDNESDAY

• The Federal Reserve announces its decision on interest rates at 2 p.m., followed by a news conference with central bank chair Jerome Powell.

• The U.S. Commerce Department releases the producer price index for February.

• Macy's Inc. reports quarterly financial results.

• General Mills reports quarterly financial results.

• Williams-Sonoma reports quarterly financial results.

THURSDAY

• Economic bellwether FedEx reports quarterly financial results.

• Alibaba Group reports quarterly financial results.

• Darden Restaurants reports quarterly financial results.

• Home-loan financier Freddie Mac reports weekly mortgage rate averages. Last week, rates edged up after dipping below 6 percent last month. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 6.11 percent from 6.0 percent. The comparable 15-year loan increased to 5.5 percent from 5.43 percent.

• The U.S. Labor Department reports weekly requests for unemployment aid.

• The U.S. Commerce Department reports new-home sales for January.

FRIDAY

• Carnival Corp. reports quarterly financial results.