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THE WEEK AHEAD

Some of the major business and economic events scheduled for this week:

TODAY

* Martin Luther King Day. Stock markets are open. Government offices, banks, government bond market and some commodities markets are closed.

WEDNESDAY

* Commerce Department releases figures for December housing starts.

* Federal Reserve Board releases “beige book” of regional activity.

THURSDAY

* Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims data.

* Treasury Department releases December budget statement.

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