US Stock Futures Hint At Positive Open As Markets Brace For FOMC Meeting Outcome On Wednesday; Data On Factory Survey, Industrial Production Also On Watch On Monday

The upcoming week is loaded with a host of data, including numbers on manufacturing, inflation, housing and the nation's GDP, not to mention Ben Bernanke's swan song at the Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, meeting. The latter, it is widely expected, will be what investors will wait and watch for this week as the meeting's outcome could include a timetable for the future of the Federal Reserve's massive asset-purchase program, which has driven markets worldwide over the past few months. Th...