The data kicks off with a bunch of reports at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time: weekly jobless claims, the July consumer price index and the August Empire state index.
Then at 9:15 a.m. Eastern, July industrial production data will be released. The August home builders index and the Philly Fed index are both due at 10 a.m. Eastern.
WalMart was signaling a slow down in consumer spending back in February, so lower earnings should not be a surprise.