Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead

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Monday August 3

Japan real GDP

China, Euro zone and Japan manufacturing PMI

Canadian markets closed

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. manufacturing ISM for July. The Street is forecasting a reading of 53.6, up from 52.6 in June.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. construction spending for June. Consensus is a rise of 1.0 per cent month-over-month.

Also: U.S. Ward's total vehicle sales for July.

Earnings include: American International Group Inc.; Brookfield Property REIT; Clorox Co.; Marathon Petroleum Corp.; Mosaic Co.; Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.

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Tuesday August 4

(9:30 a.m. ET) Canada's Markit manufacturing PMI for July

(10 a.m ET) U.S. factory orders for June. The Street is projecting an increase of 5.0 per cent from May.

Also: Canadian auto sales for July

Earnings include: Activision Blizzard Inc.; Allstate Corp.; Aptose Biosciences Inc.; Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Beyond Meat Inc.; Centamin PLC; CT REIT; Dream Industrial REIT; Emerson Electric Co.; Exelon Corp.; Fidelity National Information Services Inc.; Finning International Inc.; Gibson Energy Inc.; goeasy Ltd.; Great-West Lifeco Inc.; Innergex Renewable Energy Inc.; International Petroleum Corp.; McEwen Mining Inc.; Stelco Holdings Inc.; Stingray Group Inc.; Walt Disney Co.; WEC Energy Group Inc.

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Wednesday August 5

(8:15 a.m. ET) U.S. ADP National Employment Report for July. Consensus is an increase of 1.2 million from June.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. goods and services trade deficit for June. Consensus is US$50.3-billion, down from US$54.6-billion in May.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada's merchandise trade deficit for June.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. non-manufacturing ISM for July.

Japan, China and Euro zone services and composite PMI

Earnings include: Andrew Peller Ltd.; Badger Daylighting Ltd.; Ballard Power Systems Inc.; B2Gold Corp; Canaccord Genuity Group Inc.; Crombie REIT; CVS Health Corp.; Dream Global REIT; Endeavour Mining Corp.; Franco-Nevada Corp.; Genworth MI Canada Inc.; GFL Environmental Holdings Inc.; Humana Inc.; IAMGold Corp.; Jamieson Wellness Inc.; Keyera Corp.; Killam Apartment REIT; Kinaxis Inc.; Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp.; Manulife Financial Corp.; Maxar Technologies Ltd.; Morguard Corp.; Norbord Inc.; Osisko Gold Royalties; Pan American Silver Corp.; Parex Resources Inc.; Pretium Resources Inc.; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.; Spin Master Corp.; Stantec Inc.; Stella-Jones Inc.; Square Inc.; SunOpta Inc.; Thomson Reuters Corp.; TMX Group Inc.; Torex Gold Resources Inc.; Tricon Capital Group Inc.; Truth North Commercial REIT; WPT Industrial REIT; WSP Global Inc.

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Thursday August 6

China trade surplus and foreign reserves

Germany factory orders

(7:30 a.m. ET) U.S. challenger layoff report for July.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of Aug. 1. Estimate is 1.450 million, up 16,000 from the previous week.

Earnings include: American Electric Power Company Inc.; Bausch Health Companies Inc.; BCE Inc.; Bombardier Inc.; Brookfield Property Partners LP; Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.; Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd.; Cargojet Inc.; Cascades Inc.; Chartwell Retirement Residences; CI Financial Corp.; Colliers International Group Inc.; Constellation Software Inc.; Cronos Group Inc.; First Capital Realty Inc.; First Majestic Silver Corp.; Home Capital Group Inc.; IGM Financial Inc.; Inter Pipeline Ltd.; Interfor Corp.; Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.; Lightspeed POS Inc.; Linamar Corp.; Morneau Shepell Inc.; NFI Group Inc.; NVIDIA Corp.; Onex Corp.; Open Text Corp.; Parkland Fuel Corp.; Pason Systems Inc.; Pembina Pipeline Corp.; Premium Brands Holdings Corp.; Primo Water Corp.; Quebecor Inc.; Restaurant Brands International Inc.; Ritchie Bros Auctioneers; Russel Metals Inc.; Saputo Inc.; Seabridge Gold Inc.; Smart REIT; SSR Mining Inc.; Sun Life Financial Inc.; T-Mobile US Inc.; Uber Technologies Inc.

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Friday August 7

Japan household spending

Germany industrial production and trade surplus

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian employment for July. Estimate is a rise of 2.0 per cent (or 350,000 jobs) from June with the unemployment rate falling to 11.0 per cent from 12.3 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. nonfarm payrolls for July. The Street is expecting an increase of 1.51 million from June with the unemployment rate declining to 10.5 per cent from 11.1 per cent.

(10 a.m. ET) Canada's Ivey PMI for July.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. wholesale inventories for June. Estimate is a decline of 2.0 per cent from May.

(3 p.m. ET) U.S. consumer credit for June.

Earnings include: Boralex Inc.; Brookfield Renewable Partners LP; CCL Industries Inc.; Cominar REIT; Domtar Corp.; E-L Financial Corp.; Enerplus Corp.; Heroux-Devtek Inc.; Lassonde Industries Inc.; Lundin Gold Inc.; Magna International Inc.; Marathon Gold Corp.; Power Corporation of Canada; Power Financial Corp.; Sprott Inc.; Teranga Gold Corp.