Economy Week Ahead: Powell, Housing, Factories

Reports on factory activity and the housing market highlight this week’s slate of economic data.

Monday

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a National Association of Business Economists conference on “sustainable and inclusive growth.” That topic is likely to include Mr. Powell’s thoughts on interest rates and inflation less than a week after the Fed raised rates and signaled several more increases through the year in an effort to tamp down on consumer prices, which are climbing at the fastest pace in four decades.