Economic Calendar: Aug 22 – Aug 26

Economic Calendar: Aug 22 – Aug 26

Monday August 22

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s new housing price index for July. Analyst estimate is flat from June and up 7.4 per cent year-over-year.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. Chicago Fed National Activity Index for July.

Earnings include: Palo Alto Networks Inc.

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Tuesday August 23

Japan PMI and department store sales

Euro zone PI and consumer confidence

(9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P Global PMIs for August.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. new home sales for July. The Street is forecasting an annualized rate decline of 2.5 per cent.

Earnings include: Absolute Software Corp.; Bank of Nova Scotia; Intuit Inc.; Macy’s Inc.; Medtronic PLC

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Wednesday August 24

Japan machine tool orders

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s wholesale trade for July.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. durable and core orders for July. The Street expects month-over-month increases of 0.8 per cent and 0.3 per cent, respectively.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. pending home sales for July. The consensus expectation is a decline of 2.0 per cent.

Earnings include: Allkem Ltd.; Autodesk Inc.; National Bank of Canada; Nvidia Corp.; Royal Bank of Canada; Salesforce.com Inc.; Snowflake Inc.

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Thursday August 25

Germany GDP

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian manufacturing sales for July.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours for June.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of Aug. 20. Estimate is 252,000, down 2,000 from the previous week.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. real GDP for Q2. Consensus is an annualized rate decline of 0.8 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. pre-tax corporate profits for Q2. Estimate is a year-over-year rise of 2.1 per cent.

Also: Jackson Hole Economic Symposium (through Saturday).

Earnings include: Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; Canoe EIT Income Fund; Dollar General Corp.; Dollar Tree Inc.; Toronto-Dominion Bank; VMWare Inc.; Workday Inc.

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Friday August 26

Germany consumer confidence

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. personal spending and income for July. The Street projects rises of 0.5 per cent and 0.6 per cent from June, respectively.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. core PCE price index for July. Consensus is an increase of 0.3 per cent from June and up 4.8 per cent year-over-year.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. goods trade deficit for July.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. wholesale and trade inventories for July.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. University of Michigan consumer sentiment for August.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Fed chair Jerome Powell speak on the economic outlook at the Jackson Hole Conference.

Also: Ottawa’s budget balance for June.

Earnings include: Canadian Western Bank; Dell Technologies Inc.