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Eds: Major scheduled events for the week of April 6-12. Note that many events are subject to change at the last minute.
The following economic reports will be issued in Washington (all times EST):
SUNDAY: No events of note.
MONDAY: Federal Reserve releases consumer credit data for February, 3 p.m.
TUESDAY: Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for February, 10 a.m.; Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing on biofuels.; Senate Finance Committee hearing on tax preparers.; Senate Budget Committee hearing on tax reform.; House Ways and Means Committee hearing on overhauling tax policy.
WEDNESDAY: Commerce Department releases wholesale trade inventories for February, 10 a.m.; Federal Reserve releases minutes from March interest-rate meeting.; Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger.
THURSDAY: Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m.; Treasury releases federal budget for March, 2 p.m.
FRIDAY: Labor Department releases the Producer Price Index for March, 8:30 a.m.; Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs meet.
SATURDAY: No events of note.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 6
No events of note.
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MONDAY, APRIL 7
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visits Japan, China and Mongolia, through April 10.
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court issues orders.
WASHINGTON — U.S., Japanese and South Korea officials meet to discuss North Korea.
BERLIN — Germany's Economy Ministry releases February industrial production figures for Europe's biggest economy.
Alcoa reports quarterly financial results after the market closes.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 8
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court on break until April 21.
WASHINGTON — Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing on biofuels.
WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee hearing on tax preparers.
WASHINGTON — Senate Budget Committee hearing on tax reform.
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the administration's national security and foreign policy priorities in the 2015 budget.
WASHINGTON — Rajiv Shah, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, testifies separately before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee and a House Appropriations subcommittee on the president's proposed budget.
WASHINGTON — House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on U.S. counterterrorism policy.
WASHINGTON — House Ways and Means Committee hearing on overhauling tax policy.
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder testifies at an oversight hearing by the House Judiciary Committee.
WASHINGTON — House Armed Services Committee hearing on Russia's military developments.
WASHINGTON — House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Lebanon.
WASHINGTON — Education Secretary Arne Duncan testifies before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the president's proposed budget.
TOKYO — Bank of Japan monetary policy statement, could involve added stimulus following April 1 tax hike.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9
President Barack Obama attends a political fundraiser in Houston.
WASHINGTON — House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on U.S. foreign assistance priorities.
WASHINGTON — Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing on railway safety. Witnesses include Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Deborah Hersman, head of the National Transportation Safety Board.
WASHINGTON — Labor Secretary Thomas Perez testifies about the president's budget proposal before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee.
WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger.
WASHINGTON — House Homeland Security Committee hearing on the Boston Marathon bombings.
WASHINGTON — Rajiv Shah, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the administration's development priorities in the 2015 budget.
WASHINGTON — Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation subcommittee hearing on Mars exploration.
BERLIN — Germany's Federal Statistical Office releases export and import data for February.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 10
President Barack Obama speaks at a civil rights summit at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library at the University of Texas.
WASHINGTON — Rajiv Shah, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee on the administration's development priorities in the 2015 budget.
WASHINGTON — Spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, through April 12.
WASHINGTON — House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on whether the U.S. should relinquish control of the Internet's address system.
WASHINGTON — Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the reliability of the nation's electric grid and security of that system.
NEW YORK — Selected chain retailers release March sales comparisons.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 11
WASHINGTON — Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs meet.
JPMorgan reports quarterly financial results before the market opens.
Wells Fargo reports quarterly financial results before the market opens.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 12
No events of note.
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