Latest data on industrial production due today

BJ's Wholesale Club reports earnings this week. (Mike Mergen Bloomberg News/File 2005)

TODAY

The Federal Reserve releases industrial production data for October. Economists predicted that overall production, which includes factories, mines and utilities, rose 0.2 percent.

Target Corp. reports its third-quarter financial results. Analysts expect earnings of 49 cents a share, compared with 56 cents a year earlier.

TOMORROW

The Labor Department releases the producer price index for October. Wholesale prices are expected to have fallen 1.8 percent, the most since records began in 1947.

The House Financial Services Committee holds a hearing on the financial bailout.

Medtronic Inc. reports second-quarter financial results. Analysts expect the maker of medical devices to earn 71 cents a share, versus 58 cents in the year-earlier period.

WEDNESDAY

The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on bankruptcy law and helping families to save their homes.

Prominent chief executives and the former president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will gather to discuss "The Global Financial Crisis: CEO Perspectives."

BJ's Wholesale Club Inc. reports third-quarter financial results. Analysts expect the Natick-based retail chain to have net income of 46 cents a share, compared with 35 cents last year.

THURSDAY

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee holds a hearing on regulation of the mortgage companies Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Former executives of the companies have been invited to testify.