Business Week Ahead, Jan. 25

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

TUESDAY - Conference Board releases the

Consumer Confidence Index; Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller

releases November index of home prices.

WEDNESDAY - Federal Reserve announces

decision on interest rates; Commerce Department releases new home sales for December; President Barack Obama delivers the State of the Union address.

THURSDAY - Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims; Commerce Department releases durable goods.

FRIDAY - Commerce Department releases fourth-quarter gross domestic product. - AP