Thursday:
The weekly jobless claims report from the Department of Labor is due in the morning. Roughly 450,000 Americans are expected to have filed new claims for unemployment last week versus 453,000 in the previous week, according to a consensus of economists surveyed by Briefing.com.

Continuing claims - a measure of Americans who have been receiving benefits for a week or more - is expected to have fallen to 4,600,000 from 4,666,000 in the previous week.

The April trade balance is due to be released by the government in the morning. The gap is expected to have widened to $41.2 billion from $40.4 billion in March.

Friday:
The May retail sales report from the Commerce Department is expected to have risen 0.3% after rising 0.4% in the previous month. Sales excluding volatile autos are expected to have risen 0.1% after rising 0.4% in the previous month.

The University of Michigan\'s consumer sentiment index is expected to have risen to 74.8 in June from 73.6 in late May. The report is due after the start of trading.

The April reading on business inventories, also from the government, is due out after the start of trading. Inventories likely rose 0.5% after rising 0.4% last month