Business Events for the Coming Week

Major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming week (some dates are tentative):

MONDAY, Sept. 3

Labor Day. U.S. financial markets are closed.

TUESDAY, Sept. 4

WASHINGTON -- Commerce Department reports on construction spending for July, 10 a.m.; Treasury bill auction.

NEW YORK -- The Institute for Supply Management issues its report on activity in the manufacturing economy for August, 10 a.m.

DETROIT -- Automakers release their sales figures for August.

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 5

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve releases beige book, its survey of regional economic conditions, 3 p.m.

THURSDAY, Sept. 6

WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on productivity and costs, second quarter, revised, 8:30 a.m.; Labor Department reports on weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reports on mortgage rates.

NEW YORK -- The nation's largest retailers announce their sales figures for August.

NEW YORK -- The Institute for Supply Management issues its report on activity in the non-manufacturing economy for August, 10 a.m.

CAMDEN, N.J. -- Campbell Soup Co. reports fourth-quarter financial results.

RED BANK, N.J. -- Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. reports third-quarter financial results.

SAN DIEGO -- SAIC Inc. reports second-quarter financial results.

FRIDAY, Sept. 7

WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on employment for August, 8:30 a.m.