By WSJ Staff

Investors will get new clues about the health of the consumer and housing market with earnings and economic data this week.

Here's the economic and corporate news to watch:

Today

-- Earnings: Baidu, Medtronic, Occidental Petroleum, Toll Brothers, Arista Networks

-- Fed speaker: Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr is slated to speak in New York on AI in the economy.

Tomorrow

-- Earnings: Analog Devices, Carvana, Etsy

-- Data: Housing-starts data for January are due at 8:30 a.m. ET.

-- The Fed releases minutes at 2 p.m. of its January policy-setting meeting, at which the central bank held rates steady.

-- Fed speaker: Vice Chair Philip Jefferson is due to speak at 5 p.m. on household balance sheets.

Thursday

-- Earnings: A big day for corporate results, headlined by Walmart. The retailer's stock has been on a tear of late as the company hones its e-commerce strategy.

-- Alibaba, Wayfair, Hasbro, Block and Rivian are also reporting.

-- Fed speakers: Michael Barr is scheduled to discuss supervision and regulation at 2:30 p.m., in what could be his last public comments before he gives up his supervisory role at the end of the month.

-- Fed governor Adriana Kugler is also slated to speak: about inflation, at 5 p.m.

Friday

-- Data: Existing home-sales data for January are due at 10 a.m.

Saturday

-- Reports: Berkshire Hathaway is expected to release its annual report, with a shareholder letter from Chairman and Chief Executive Warren Buffett, around 8 a.m.

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February 18, 2025 03:37 ET (08:37 GMT)

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