AP National News Calendar

Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.; Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates, 10 a.m.; Commerce Department releases new home sales for December, 10 a.m.

Commerce Department releases durable goods for December, 8:30 a.m.; Commerce Department releases fourth-quarter gross domestic product, 8:30 a.m.

Yahoo Inc. reports quarterly financial results after the market closes.

WASHINGTON — Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee vote on the nomination of Ben Carson to be housing secretary.

WASHINGTON — Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the nomination of Betsy DeVos to be education secretary.

WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee vote on the nomination of Jeff Sessions to be attorney general.

WASHINGTON — Senate Budget Committee and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees hearings on the nomination of Mick Mulvaney to be White House budget director.

WASHINGTON — Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing on the nomination of Linda McMahon to lead the Small Business Administration.

BERLIN — Germany's Ifo institute releases its monthly business confidence index, a key indicator for Europe's biggest economy.