The Week Ahead

Tuesday

* The Commerce Department reports retail sales for January and business inventories for December.

* Quarterly earnings report expected from Warner Music Group Corp.

Wednesday

* The Federal Reserve reports industrial production for January.

* New Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke to testify before the House Financial Services Committee.

* Quarterly earnings reports expected from Applied Materials Inc., Biogen Idec Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co.

Thursday

* The Commerce Department reports housing starts for January.

* Bernanke testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.

* Quarterly earnings reports expected from DaimlerChrysler, Dell Inc., Intuit Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc.

Friday

* The Labor Department reports the producer price index for January.

* Quarterly earnings reports expected from PG&E; Corp. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc.