Get ready for a big earnings week, econ news & March Madness.

<div class="block">Get ready for a big earnings week. Lennar, Adobe, FedEx, and Dollar General are all expected to report. Of the economic reports coming out, Tuesday's CPI drop will have investors watching to see where we stand with inflation because that will help inform the Federal Reserve's plan to adjust interest rates.&nbsp;</div><div class="block">Looking for something more fun? The news season of <i>Ted Lasso</i> drops and March Madness gets underway.</div><div class="block"><b><i>Related: <a href="https://cheddar.com/media/stocks-stock-markets-03102023">Stocks Drop as Wall Street Wonders What Will Break Next</a></i></b></div>

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Next Week on the Street: Earnings, CPI, Lasso's Back & March Madness

Let's take a look at our segment next week on the street where we take a look at the event. Sure to move markets in the week ahead. And first up fourth quarter earnings season coming to an end. But we do have some big companies on tap to report results next week including home construction company, Lin our software giant Adobe shipping services company fedex and discount retailer dollar. General investors will be closely monitoring results from on Thursday and the street expecting it to post a year on year decline in earnings on lower sales company reporting persistent weak demand as consumers pinched their wallets in the high inflation that likely continued in the past quarter. Also facing increased competition in China as Beijing aims to build its own global logistics company stock also closely watched as a barometer of the broader economy and global demand. We also have some big economic data on top in the week ahead. We'll be watching for February's consumer price index on Tuesday. Always a big report, especially in this environment as we get the latest gauge of inflation, a report showing higher than expected inflation could cause the fed to increase its pace of rate hikes or at least lead to more hikes down the road Wednesday. We'll get that producer price index and retail sales data for the month of February two. And then on Thursday, housing starts and building permits. So retail sales expected to show a resilient consumer even in the face of economic pressures. With a mastercard report predicting a 7% year on year jump in sales of 13% jump in e commerce. Sales analysts expecting the services sector that includes restaurants, airlines and lodging to see the biggest jumps. I love this story off of Wall Street. The third and final season of Ted Lasso premiering on Apple TV. Plus next week, the season picking up is the newly promoted soccer club FC Richmond is facing media predictions that will finish last in the premier league. Well, Ted's new Nemesis Nate is working at West Ham and the 12 episode season is gone. Start on Wednesday, March 15 with episodes dropping weekly on Wednesdays. The show's creator and star Jason Sudeikis has teased a possible spin off in an interview saying quote, I think that we've set the table for all sorts of folks to get to watch the further telling of these stories and quotes. So perhaps more spinoffs down the road. Alright. For college basketball fans the most exciting time of the year fast approaching as March madness tips off on Tuesday, March 14th, the iconic playoff tournament is going to be held across 12 states over 2.5 weeks at the University of Houston, U C L A, Kansas and Alabama expected to be the top seeded teams across the four regions. Well, fitting that Houston is the top team in the country. The final four is going to be held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. So we'll be keeping an eye on Cinderella stories major upsets as the tournament progresses in both the men's and women's tournaments while the women's tournament tipping off on the same day.