COMING THIS WEEK

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

TODAY--Treasury Department releases budget statement for December.

TUESDAY--Conference Board releases January consumer confidence index.

THURSDAY--Labor Department releases employment cost index.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan testifies before the Senate Budget Committee.

Commerce Department releases December-durable goods report.

FRIDAY--Commerce Department releases fourth-quarter 1998 gross domestic product index.