The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is unlikely to change its production levels when it meets Wednesday.

President Barack Obama may give more details on what he would like to see in health-care reform legislation in a speech to Congress that evening.

Markets, banks, businesses and government offices in the U.S. and Canada will be closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday.

 
   OPEC Not Likely To Change Output Policy

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will meet Wednesday, but with oil prices steady at slightly less than $70 a barrel, most members support keeping output policy unchanged. OPEC's staff experts expect worldwide oil demand in the fourth quarter to drop by about 150,000 barrels a day from last year before rising by about that level in the first quarter of next year.

 
   Food Companies, Retailers To Report Results

Retailers and a couple of large food companies are among the few firms posting quarterly results next week. On Tuesday, Smithfield Foods Inc. (SFD) is expected to report a far wider loss than a year earlier and a decline in revenue. The meat processor last month said its fiscal first-quarter results were below its expectations. Depressed hog prices and demand have been hurting Smithfield for a while. Meanwhile, Campbell Soup Co. (CPB) is likely to report flat earnings and lower revenue Friday. Despite soup's position as a consumer staple, Campbell's earnings have been mixed in recent quarters. Also reporting are Men's Wearhouse Inc. (MW) and Talbots Inc. (TLB), both Wednesday.

 
   No Change Expected In U.S. Trade Deficit

The U.S. trade deficit likely stayed flat in July from a month earlier; the figure will be released Thursday. In June, the difference between U.S. imports and exports widened to $27 billion from $26 billion in May, perhaps an early sign that global trade is recovering from the depths of the downturn.

The government reports on July consumer credit Tuesday, and the Federal Reserve will release its Beige Book about economic conditions in various regions Wednesday. On Friday, the government will detail July wholesale inventories and the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index will issue its preliminary figure for September.

Among appearances by Federal Reserve officials: Chicago Fed President Charles Evans speaks Wednesday on the "Great Inflation Debate" at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart speaks Thursday in Jacksonville, Fla.

 
   Apple May Show Off New iPods

Apple Inc. (AAPL) is expected to unveil an updated line of iPods at an event next week as it aims to boost slowing demand. The company issued invitations for a "special event" in San Francisco Wednesday that Apple indicated would be related to its iPod players. The media event will be Apple's first since Chief Executive Steve Jobs returned from medical leave in late June after a liver transplant. It is unclear whether Jobs, who hasn't appeared in public since an Apple MacBook event last October, will be present at the event. Apple typically unveils its new lineup of iPods every year about this time. Some analysts predict that Apple will introduce a digital camera feature in the iPod touch and possibly also the classic iPod and iPod nano models.

 
   Motorola Offers Look At Android Phone

Motorola Inc. (MOT) is expected to unveil Thursday its first smart phone running Google Inc.'s (GOOG) Android mobile operating system, software the Internet giant developed to stake its claim in the mobile search advertising market. The troubled cellphone maker is looking for a chance to turn around its struggling mobile devices business and recapture past glory. For Google, the phone represents the first in a wave of new Android-powered devices expected to ship by the end of the year, giving Google a chance to make a splash in a market dominated by Apple's iPhone and Research in Motion Ltd.'s (RIMM) Blackberry.

 
   Congress Returns; Health Care Is Focus

Congress returns Tuesday to a loaded agenda headlined by Democrats' hopes to pass a health-care bill, but lawmakers face new uncertainty about public support for broad-scale change to the health system. President Barack Obama is to address Congress on Wednesday in an effort to regain momentum for the health overhaul and limit its damage to other parts of his agenda. He is expected to flesh out some of those details of his health-care proposal, while stressing significant areas of agreement among lawmakers.

 
   Geithner To Testify About TARP To Panel

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will testify Thursday before an oversight panel about the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The Congressional Oversight Panel on TARP features only one sitting lawmaker - Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, and several academics and former regulators.

 
   G20 Finance Ministers Discuss Exit Plans

Finance ministers from the 20 largest industrialized and developing countries are meeting in London through Saturday to lay the groundwork for a gathering of G20 leaders in Pittsburgh on Sept. 24-25. One of the main topics of discussion will be when countries should implement exit strategies to withdraw economic stimulus measures that have pushed up debt.

 
   EC Holds Hearing On Online Publishing

The European Commission is hosting a hearing on the digitization of books and manuscripts Monday in Brussels. Google, which has undertaken a major project to put books online, last year reached an agreement with authors and publishers in the U.S. that would allow copyrighted works that are commercially unavailable to be posted online. But some publishers in Europe worry that the agreement would allow copyrighted books that are commercially available in Europe to be put online without permission.

 
   Playing It Safe At NY Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week, which kicks off Thursday, will feature more girls-next-door than avant-garde models in shows of the spring collections as the recession forces more designers, magazines and advertisers to play it safe. With the lull in consumer spending, brands are also using more unknown faces that focus attention on the products themselves.

 
   Conferences

Among the significant conferences next week are the Thomas Weisel Partners 2009 Health Care Conference from Wednesday through Friday in Boston, BMO Capital Markets North American Real Estate Conference from Wednesday through Friday in Chicago, Bank of America Securities Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference on Wednesday and Thursday in Marina del Rey, Calif., Goldman Sachs Retailing Conference on Wednesday and Thursday in New York, Citi Global Technology Conference on Wednesday and Thursday in New York, and Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference from Wednesday through Friday in New York.

-By Kathy Shwiff, Dow Jones Newswires; 212-416-2357; kathy.shwiff@dowjones.com

(Dow Jones Newswires staff contributed to this report.)