Monday
8:30 a.m. ET: Canada building permits for June. BMO expects a 10-per-cent rise, rebounding from May’s 12.2-per-cent decline.
2 p.m. ET: U.S. budget balance
Earnings include: Barrick Gold, Sun Life Financial, Ballard, Extendicare
Tuesday
Germany ZEW business expectations survey
U.K. June payrolls report
6 a.m. ET: U.S. NFIB small business economic trends survey for July
8:30 a.m. ET: U.S. Producer Price Index for July. Consensus is for a monthly increase of 0.2 per cent.
Earnings include: Franco-Nevada, Cargojet, Home Depot, HudBay Minerals, Silvercorp Metals, Superior Plus, Algoma Streel, Northwest Healthcare, Minto Apartment REIT, Dream Unlimited, AutoCanada
Wednesday
Euro area GDP for the second quarter and June industrial production
France and Britain release July inflation reports
8:30 a.m. ET: U.S. consumer prices for July. Consensus is for a 0.2-per-cent monthly increase, or 2.9 per cent from a year earlier – slightly lower than June’s 3-per-cent rise. Excluding food and energy, it’s expected to be up 3.3 per cent from a year ago.
Earnings include: Tencent, Cisco, UBS Group, Hydro One, Metro, Northland Power, H&R REIT, Chorus Aviation, CAE
Thursday
China industrial production and retail sales for July
Japan GDP for the second quarter and June industrial production
U.K. GDP for the second quarter, plus the latest services index, industrial production and trade deficit
8:30 a.m. ET: Canada wholesale trade for June
8:30 a.m. ET: Canada new motor vehicle sales for June
8:30 a.m. ET: U.S. retail sales for July. Consensus is for a 0.4-per-cent rise, or 0.2 per cent when excluding autos and gas.
8:30 a.m. ET: U.S. initial jobless claims for last week. BMO forecasts an increase of 7,000.
8:30 a.m. ET: U.S. import prices for July. BMO expects a 1.5-per-cent increase from a year ago.
8:30 a.m. ET: U.S. Philadelphia Fed Index and Empire State manufacturing data
9 a.m. ET: Canada existing home sales for July. BMO expects a 3-per-cent annual rise. Average prices are seen gaining 0.5 per cent from a year ago, following June’s reading that saw a 1.6-per-cent decline. Also, MLS Home Price Index.
9:15 a.m. ET: U.S. industrial production for July. Consensus is for a 0.2-per-cent decline.
10 a.m. ET: U.S. NAHB Housing Market Index
10 a.m. ET: U.S. business inventories
Earnings include: Walmart, Alibaba, Deere & Co, Macy’s
Friday
Euro area trade surplus for June
British retail sales for July
8:15 a.m. ET: Canada housing starts for July. BMO expects a 1.4-per-cent rise to an annualized rate of 245,000.
8:30 a.m. ET: Canada manufacturing sales and new orders for June
8:30 a.m. ET: Canada international securities transactions inflows and outflows for June
8:30 a.m. ET: U.S. housing starts and building permits for July
10 a.m. ET: University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for August