The Week Ahead

Today

* Quarterly earnings reports expected from Netflix Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc.

Tuesday

* The National Assn. of Realtors reports on existing-home sales for March.

* The Conference Board reports its monthly consumer confidence index.

* Quarterly earnings reports expected from Amazon.com Inc., AT&T; Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and Occidental Petroleum Corp.

Wednesday

* The Commerce Department reports on durable goods orders and new-home sales for March.

* Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke testifies before the congressional Joint Economic Committee.

* Quarterly earnings reports expected from Biogen Idec Inc., Boeing Co., CBS Corp. and WellPoint Inc.

Thursday

* Quarterly earnings reports expected from DaimlerChrysler, Gateway Inc., Microsoft Corp., Safeway Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.

Friday

* The Labor Department reports the employment cost index for the first quarter.

* The Commerce Department reports on gross domestic product for the first quarter.

* Quarterly earnings report expected from Chevron Corp.