The Associated Press

Major business and economic events scheduled for Tuesday:

All times are Eastern.

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

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policymakers begin a two-day meeting to set interest rates.

BERLIN — Germany’s ZEW institute releases its monthly index of investor confidence in Europe’s biggest economy.

PARIS — France’s prime minister faces a confidence vote in a parliament increasingly frustrated with unpopular President Francois Hollande’s handling of the economy — including dissidents from his Socialist Party who could rebel, tilt the balance and bring down the government, or sap support for reforms.

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