Lululemon, Dollar Tree, Inflation, Home Prices, and More to Watch This Week
The Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge, to be released on Friday, will garner the most attention from investors this week. February's core personal consumption expenditures price index is expected to increase by 2.7% year over year, one-tenth of a percentage point more than in January.Companies reporting earnings this week include GameStop on Tuesday, Dollar Tree on Wednesday, and Lululemon Athletica on Thursday.Other highlights on the economic calendar include S&P Global's purchasing managers' indexes for March, a consumer sentiment survey from the Conference Board on Tuesday, and the durable goods report from the Census Bureau on Wednesday. There will also be a handful of housing-related releases.S&P Global releases both its Manufacturing and Services Purchasing Managers' Indexes for March. Consensus estimates are for a 51.5 reading for the Manufacturing PMI and a 50.9 for the Services PMI. This compares with readings of 52.7 and 51, respectively, in February.Chewy, Cintas, Do
