On Wednesday comes the latest reading on durable goods and pending home sales.
The modest recovery came after an upbeat reading on durable goods orders.
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However, economists expected the core reading, which is a gauge of less volatile goods by excluding energy and food prices, to increase less than it did.
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Also due out is the durable goods report on Thursday and the advance reading on GDP for the fourth quarter on Friday along with the latest readings on consumer sentiment .
On Friday comes the durable goods report, as well as the final reading on first-quarter GDP growth.
Wednesday will bring the latest numbers on durable-goods orders, followed Thursday by the final reading on second-quarter GDP, jobless claims, and pending home sales.
There's plenty of time for a bit of weekend reading, so head to your favorite repository to snag the goods.
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New orders, a proxy for global demand for Chinese goods, reversed a 48.3-contraction reading from August, jumping to 50.9 in September.
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Next Tuesday, we get the latest reading on new-home sales, followed by the latest durable-goods numbers on Wednesday.
The producer price index, coming before the more closely-watched consumer price index reading due Friday, showed an expected leap in prices among manufacturers of goods in the U.S. due most heavily to high energy prices, according to the Department of Labor.
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Orders for durable goods tend to fluctuate sharply from month to month and economists cautioned against reading too much into one monthly decline.
Nomura Securities in China noted that to clients that new orders less finished goods inventories continues to rise, which bodes well for the May PMI reading.
There was the first drop to a negative reading by the Leading Economic Indicators in nine months, the largest decline in durable goods orders since last August, big plunges in new home starts and permits for future starts.
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