Jittery Wall Street faces week with little scheduled news

Yum Brands Inc., which operates the KFC restaurant chain, releases third-quarter financial results Tuesday. (Phil McCarten/Reuters)

TOMORROW

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee holds a hearing on the collapse of Lehman Brothers.

TUESDAY

The Fed is expected to report on consumer credit, which is expected to have risen to $5.5 billion in August.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke speaks at the National Association for Business Economics' annual meeting.

Yum Brands Inc. releases third-quarter financial results. Wall Street expects net income of 54 cents a share, versus 50 cents last year.

The House Education and Labor Committee holds a hearing on the financial crisis and its effect on workers' retirement.

WEDNESDAY

The National Association of Realtors is expected to report that the number of Americans signing contracts to purchase previously owned homes fell 1.1 percent in August.

Costco Wholesale Corp. releases fourth-quarter financial results. The chain is expected to report earnings of 93 cents a share, compared with 90 cents a year ago.

Chemical company Monsanto Co. is expected to report a fourth-quarter loss of 11 cents a share, compared with a loss of 18 cents in the year-ago period.