Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead

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Monday July 15

China reports its second quarter GDP, June industrial production and retail sales.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada releases May new motor vehicle sales, forecast of 220,000.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. reports its July Empire State Manufacturing Survey. Consensus is for a reading of 2.0.

(9 a.m. ET) Canada reports its June existing home sales and average prices. Estimates are for year over year increases of 2 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively.

Earnings include: Charles Schwab, Citigroup, JB Hunt, Omnicom, OrganiGram Holdings, People Corp., Valens Groworks

Tuesday July 16

Euro area reports its May trade surplus.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada releases May foreign security purchases.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. releases its June retail sales. Consensus is for an increase of 0.2 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. reports on its June import prices. Consensus is for a year over year decline of 1.8 per cent.

(9:15 a.m. ET) U.S releases its June industrial production and capacity utilization reports. Consensus is for an increase of 0.1 per cent and a reading of 78.1 per cent.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. releases its May business inventories. Consensus is for an increase of 0.4 per cent.

(1 p.m. ET) Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks in Paris on “Aspects of monetary policy in the post-crisis era.”

Earnings include: CSX, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canopy Rivers, Cathay, Dominos Pizza, Goldman Sachs, Husqvarna, Johnson & Johnson, JPMorgan, Kinder Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Neptune Wellness, Synovus, United Continental, United Rentals, Wells Fargo & Co.

Wednesday July 17

Euro area reports its June consumer price index and May industrial orders.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada releases its June inflation rate. Consensus is for a year over year rate of 2.0 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada release its May manufacturing sales and manufacturing orders. Estimates are for an increase of 1.5 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. release its June housing starts and building permits. Consensus is for a decrease of 0.7 per cent and an increase of 0.1 per cent, respectively.

(2 p.m. ET) U.S. releases its Beige Book on economic conditions.

Earnings include: Abbott Labs, Alcoa, Bank of America, Celanese, Choice Properties REIT, Cintas, Comerica, E-Trade, IBM, Martello Technologies, Kinder Morgan Canada, Netflix, Rogers Communications, Scholastic, Skechers, Snap-On, eBay.

Thursday July 18

Japan reports its June trade surplus.

(8:30 a.m. ET) ADP releases its Canadian employment change report for June. Forecast is for an increase of 13,000.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. releases its weekly jobless claims and Philly Fed Index, which is expected to come in at 5.0.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. releases its June leading economic indictators. Consensus is for an increase of 0.1 per cent.

Earnings include: BB&T, Baker Hughes, Honeywell, Mainstreet Equity, Microsoft, Philip Morris, Union Pacific, UnitedHealth, West Fraser Timber, Western Alliance.

Friday July 19

Japan reports its June consumer price index.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada releases its May retail sales. Consensus are for an increase of 0.3 per cent.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. releases its July consumer sentiment report. Consensus is for a reading of 98.5.

Earnings include: American Express, BlackRock, Manpower Group, Platinum Group Metals, Schlumberger, State Street.