THE WEEK AHEAD

Some of the major business and economic events scheduled for this week:

TUESDAY

Labor Department releases report on consumer prices for August.

Commerce Department releases business inventory data for July.

Federal Reserve Board releases industrial production figures.

WEDNESDAY

Commerce Department releases housing-starts data for August.

American Bankers Assn. releases second-quarter figures on consumer loan delinquencies.

Federal Reserve releases “beige book” report.

THURSDAY

Commerce Department releases figures on international trade for July.

Labor Department releases data on unemployment claims.

FRIDAY

Commerce Department releases revised 1996 figures for per-capita personal income by state.