Business events scheduled for Wednesday

Major business and economic events scheduled for Wednesday:

All times are Eastern

WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases the Producer Price Index for January, 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Commerce Department releases housing starts for January, 8:30 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve releases industrial production for January, 9:15 a.m.

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve releases minutes from January interest-rate meeting.

TOKYO — Monetary policy meeting by the Bank of Japan wraps up.