A daily rundown of the economic reports and corporate earnings that will be grabbing the market’s attention in the week ahead

Monday September 15

Japan markets closed

China retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment

Euro zone trade surplus

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s manufacturing sales and new orders for July. Estimates are month-over-month gains of 1.8 per cent and 2.0 per cent, respectively.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian wholesale trade for July. Estimate is a rise of 1.3 per cent from June.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian new motor vehicle sales for July. Estimate is a year-over-year increase of 6.5 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. Empire State Manufacturing Survey for September.

(9 a.m. ET) Canada’s existing home sales and average prices for August. Estimates are rises of 2.0 per cent and 1.0 per cent year-over-year, respectively.

(9 a.m. ET) Canada’s MLS Home Price Index for August. Estimate is a decline of 3.5 per cent year-over-year.

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Tuesday September 16

Euro zone labour costs and industrial production

(8:15 a.m. ET) Canadian housing starts for August. Estimate is an annualized rate decline of 3.1 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian CPI for August. The Street is projecting an increase of 0.1 per cent from July and up 2.0 per cent year-over-year.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. retail sales for August. Consensus is a rise of 0.2 per cent from July.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. import prices for August. Estimate is a decline of 0.3 per cent from July and a 0.2-per-cent drop year-over-year.

(9:15 a.m. ET) U.S. industrial production and capacity utilization for August.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. NAHB Housing Market Index for September.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. business inventories for July.

Earnings include: Ferguson Enterprises Inc.; NanoXplore Inc.; WildBrain Ltd.

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Wednesday September 17

Japan trade deficit

Euro zone CPI

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s international securities transactions for July.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. housing starts for August. The Street is projecting an annualized rate decline of 4.4 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. building permits for August. Consensus is an annualized rate increase of 0.6 per cent.

(9:45 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada policy announcement with press conference to follow.

(2 p.m. ET) U.S. Fed announcement and summary of economic projections with press briefing to follow.

Earnings include: General Mills Inc.

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Thursday September 18

Japan core machine orders

Bank of England monetary policy announcement

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian household and mortgage credit for July.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of Sept. 13. Estimate is 245,000, down 18,000 from the previous week.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. Philadelphia Fed Index for September.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. leading indicator for August.

Earnings include: Darden Restaurants Inc.; FedEx Corp.; Lennar Corp.

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Friday September 19

Japan CPI

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian retail sales for July. The Street expects a month-over-month decline of 0.8 per cent.