The Week Ahead

Tuesday

* The Commerce Department reports on housing starts for April.

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

* The Federal Reserve reports on industrial production for April.

* Quarterly earnings reports expected from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co.

Wednesday

* The Labor Department reports the consumer price index for April.

* Quarterly earnings reports expected from Intuit Inc. and Napster Inc.

Thursday

* The Conference Board reports its monthly leading economic indicators index.

* Earnings reports expected from Dell Inc. and Gap Inc.