Business week ahead

MONDAY - National Association of Realtors releases existing home sales for April.

TUESDAY - Standard

& Poor's/Case-Shiller releases March and first-quarter index of home prices; The Conference Board releases the

Consumer Confidence Index for May.

WEDNESDAY - Commerce Department releases durable goods and new home sales for April.

THURSDAY - Commerce Department

releases first-quarter gross domestic product; Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates.

FRIDAY - Commerce Department releases personal income and spending for April.

- Associated Press