Calendar: Mar 6 – Mar 10

Monday March 6

China trade surplus and foreign reserves

Euro zone retail sales

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. factory orders for January. The Street is forecasting a month-over-month drop of 1.8 per cent.

Earnings include: Cargojet Inc.; Element Fleet Management Corp.; Wajax Corp.

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Tuesday March 7

Germany factory orders

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. wholesale inventories for January.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies to the Senate Banking Committee.

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

Also: Manitoba budget

Earnings include: Ag Growth International Inc.; Ero Copper Corp.; InterRent REIT; Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp.; Pet Valu Holdings Ltd.

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Wednesday March 8

China aggregate yuan, financing, new yuan loans and money supply

Japan current account deficit and bank lending

Euro zone real GDP

Germany retail sales and industrial production

(8:15 a.m. ET) U.S. ADP National Employment Report for February. Consensus is an increase of 200,000 jobs from January.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s merchandise trade balance for January.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. goods and services trade deficit for January.

(10 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada policy announcement

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey for January.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies to the House Financial Services Committee.

(2 p.m. ET) U.S. Beige Book is released.

Earnings include: Granite REIT; Linamar Corp.; Nuvei Corp.; NuVista Energy Ltd.; Parex Resources Inc.; Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.; Spin Master Corp.; Stella-Jones Inc.; Transcontinental Inc.; Vermilion Energy Inc.; WSP Global Inc.

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Thursday March 9

China CPI and PPI

Japan GDP and machine tool orders

Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting (through Friday)

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of March 4. Estimate is 195,000, up 5,000 from the previous week.

(12 p.m. ET) U.S. flow of funds for Q4.

(1:30 p.m. ET) Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers presents the Economic Progress Report to Manitoba Chambers in Winnipeg.

Earnings include: Docebo Inc.; Endeavour Mining Corp.; Enghouse Systems Ltd.; Maple Leaf Foods Inc.; Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT; Paramount Resources Ltd.; Spartan Delta Corp.; Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

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Friday March 10

Japan household spending

Germany CPI

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian employment for February. The Street expects an addition of 2,500 jobs from January with the unemployment rate at 5.1 per cent. The January report showed surprising job gains of 150,000 from December. Average hourly wage are expected to be up 5 per cent from a year ago.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s capacity utilization for Q4.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. nonfarm payrolls for February. The consensus is the addition of 220,000 jobs with the unemployment rate remaining 3.4 per cent.

(2 p.m. ET) U.S. budget balance for February.

Earnings include: Energy Fuels Inc.