A daily rundown of the economic reports and corporate earnings that will be grabbing the market’s attention in the week ahead
Monday August 4
Canadian markets closed
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. factory orders for June. The Street is expecting a month-over-month decline of 5.0 per cent.
Earnings include: Berkshire Hathaway Inc.; Palantir Technologies Inc.; Simon Properties Group Inc.
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Tuesday August 5
China, Japan and Euro zone services and composite PI
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s merchandise trade balance for June.
(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. goods and services trade deficit for June.
(9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P Global Services/Composite PMI for July.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. ISM Services PMI for July.
Earnings include: Advanced Micro Devices Inc.; Amgen Inc.; Caterpillar Inc.; CT REIT; Dream Industrial REIT; Finning International Inc.; Great-West Lifeco Inc.; IA Financial Corp.; Marriott International Inc.; Molson Coors Brewing Co.; Parkland Fuel Corp.; Pet Valu Holdings Ltd.; Pfizer Inc.; SSR Mining Inc.; Suncor Energy Inc.
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Wednesday August 6
China trade surplus
Japan real cash earnings
Euro zone retail sales
Germany factory orders
(9:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s S&P Global Services PMI for July.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Global Supply Chain Index for July.
Earnings include: Airbnb Inc.; Dayforce Inc.; Doordash Inc.; IGM Financial Inc.; Kinaxis Inc.; Manulife Financial Corp.; McDonald’s Corp.; NexGen Energy Ltd.; Nutrien Ltd.; Pan American Silver Corp.; Shopify Inc.; Uber Technologies Inc.; Walt Disney Co.; WSP Global Inc.
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Thursday August 7
ECB’s economic bulletin is release
Germany industrial production and trade surplus
(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of Aug. 2. Estimate is 222,000, up 4,000 from the previous week.
(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. productivity and unit labour costs for Q2 (preliminary reading). The Street is projecting annualized rate rises of 2.8 per cent and 1.5 per cent, respectively.
(10 a.m. ET) Canada’s Ivey PMI for July.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. wholesale inventories for June.
(3 p.m. ET) U.S. consumer credit for June.
Earnings include: BCE Inc.; Brookfield Corp.; Canadian Apartment Properties REIT; Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.; Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd.; Eli Lilly and Co.; Gilead Sciences Inc.; Keyera Corp.; Lundin Gold Inc.; Onex Corp.; Open Text Corp.; Pembina Pipeline Corp.; Power Corp. of Canada; Quebecor Inc.; Restaurant Brands International Inc.; Saputo Inc.; Sun Life Financial Inc.; Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.
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Friday August 8
Japan household spending and bank lending
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian employment for July. The Street is expecting a rise of 0.1 per cent, or 15,000 jobs, versus a rise of 0.4 per cent (or 83,1000 in June), with the unemployment rate gaining 0.1 epr cent to 7.0 per cent and average hourly wages up 3.0 per cent year-over-year.
Earnings include: Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.; Boralex Inc.; Constellation Software Inc.; Emera Inc.
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