Fed Headlines a Busy Data Week

For Morningstar, I'm Jeremy Glaser. Welcome to The Week Ahead, our quick take on what investors should have on their radar screens for the week starting March 14.

The Fed's meeting this week will be in closely watched. Although the market isn't expecting the central bank to hike rates on Wednesday, they are likely to leave the door open to an increase in April or June.

It's a busy data week. Retail sales for February are due on Tuesday, and that will show if the consumer is still holding up.

There have been signs that core inflation is rising, and February's consumer price index will give us another chance to see what is happening on that front.

Industrial production numbers have stabilized recently despite headwinds from a strong dollar and low energy prices. Data on Wednesday will show if that trend has continued.

We'll also get some important housing data, with housing starts and building permits.

On the earnings front, there are a handful of release. Wide-moat Adobe reports on Thursday. Shares of the firm have fallen around 9% this year as the market has generally soured on software names. We now see value in the shares and expect results to continue to show the firm making progress shifting customers into their cloud products.

Oracle, which is also trading in 4-star territory, will release its results on Tuesday.

We are also expecting to hear from Tiffany and FedEx this week.

Stay tuned to Morningstar for our take on all of these stories.