The Week Ahead, April 9 to 13

MONDAY

Federal Reserve releases consumer credit data for November, German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Berlin to discuss the eurozone debt crisis.

TUESDAY

Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for November, Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for November.

WEDNESDAY

Federal Reserve releases Beige Book, Italian Premier Mario Monti meets Merkel in Berlin as part of efforts to calm the eurozone debt crisis.

THURSDAY

Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, Commerce Department releases retail sales data for December and business inventories for November, Freddie Mac releases weekly mortgage rates, Treasury releases federal budget for December, European Central Bank’s governing council meets to set interest rates for the eurozone.

FRIDAY

Commerce Department releases international trade data for November.