Calendar
A daily rundown of the economic reports and corporate earnings that will be grabbing the market's attention in the week ahead.
Monday April 4
Euro area Producer Price Index (PPI) and unemployment rate
China markets closed
(10 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz and senior deputy governor Carolyn Wilkins speak at Roberta Bondar Public School in Ottawa
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. factory orders for February. Consensus is a decline of 1.7 per cent from previous month.
Also: Saskatchewan provincial election
Earnings include: Hudson's Bay Co.; NovaGold Resources Inc.; Steris PLC.
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Tuesday April 5
Japan Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI)
Euro area PMI and retail sales
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada merchandise trade balance for February. Estimate is a deficit of $750-million, rising from a $655-million in January.
(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. goods and services trade deficit for February. Consensus is $46.3-billion, an increase of $0.6-billion from January.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for February.
(3:45 p.m. ET) Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Wilkins speaks at Vancouver Board of Trade on "China's Great Transition: What It Means for Canada"
Earnings include: Darden Restaurants Inc.; Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.
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Wednesday April 6
China PMI and foreign reserves
Japan leading index
Euro area PMI
Germany industrial production
(10 a.m. ET) Canada Ivey Purchasing Managers' Index for March
(2 p.m. ET) U.S. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes from March 15-16 meeting released.
Also: (10:30 a.m. ET) EIA petroleum status report
Earnings include: Acuity Brands Inc.; Bed Bath & Beyond Inc.; Global Payments Inc.; Monsanto Co.; MTY Food Group Inc.; Qihoo 360 Technology Co Ltd.; RPM International Inc.; Sirius XM Canada Holdings Inc.
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Thursday April 7
Euro area minutes from March 10 EBC meeting released
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada building permits for February. Estimate is an increase of 5 per cent from previous month
(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of April 2. Estimate is 270,000, a decline of 6,000 from previous week.
(3 p.m. ET) U.S. consumer credit for February. Consensus is $15-billion, up from $10.5-billion in January.
Earnings include: Carmax Inc.; ConAgra Foods Inc.; Rite Aid Corp.; Sandvine Corp.;
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Friday April 8
Japan current account balance and consumer confidence
Germany trade surplus
(8:15 a.m. ET) Canada housing starts for March. Estimate is an annualized rate decline of 10.6 per cent.
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada employment and unemployment rate for March. Estimates are an increase of 5,000 jobs (0.03 per cent) from February and 7.3 per cent, unchanged, respectively.
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada average hourly wages for March. Estimate is an increase of 3 per cent year over year.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. wholesale inventories for February. Consensus is a decline of 0.3 per cent from January.
Also: (1 p.m. ET) Baker-Hughes rig count
Earnings include: Platinum Group Metals Ltd.