A daily rundown of the economic reports and corporate earnings that will be grabbing the market’s attention in the week ahead.
Monday April 21
Euro zone and U.K. markets closed
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. leading indicator
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Tuesday April 22
Euro zone consumer confidence
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s industrial product and raw materials prices indexes for March. Estimates are month-over-month increases of 0.5 per cent and 0.1 per cent, respectively.
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s construction investment for February.
Earnings include: Danaher Corp.; GE Aerospace; Lockheed Martin Corp.; Tesla Inc.; Verizon Communications Inc.; West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.; 3M Co.
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Wednesday April 23
Japan and Euro zone PMI
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s new housing price index for March. Estimate is a month-over-month decline of 0.2 per cent and flat year-over-year.
(9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P Global PMIs for April.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. new home sales for March. Consensus is an annualize rate gain of 0.9 per cent.
(2 p.m. ET) U.S. Beige Book is released.
Earnings include: AT&T Inc.; Boeing Co.; Cargojet Inc.; Choice Properties REIT; IBM; Newmont Corp.; NextEra Energy Inc.; Philip Morris International Inc.; Rogers Communications Inc.; Texas Instruments Inc.; TFI International Inc.; Waste Connections Inc.; Whitecap Resources Inc.
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Thursday April 24
Japan machine tool orders
Germany business climate
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s Payroll Survey: Job Vacancy Rate for February.
(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of April 19. Estimate is 222,000, up 5,000.
(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. durable and core orers for March. The Street is projecting month-over-month gains of 1.5 per cent and 0.2 per cent, respectively.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. existing home sales for March. Consensus is an annualized rate decline of 2.8 per cent.
Also: G20 Financial Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting
Earnings include: Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.; Caterpillar Inc.; Comcast Corp.; FirstService Corp.; Gilead Sciences Inc.; PepsiCo Inc.; Procter & Gamble Co.; Secure Energy Services Inc.; T-Mobile US Inc.; Teck Resources Ltd.; Union Pacific Corp.; Winpak Ltd.
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Friday April 25
China industrial profits
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian retail sales for February. Consensus is a month-over-month decline of 0.4 per cent.
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s manufacturing sales for March.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index.
Earnings include: AbbVie Inc.; Colgate-Palmolive Co.