Calendar: March 27 – March 31

Monday March 27

Germany business climate

Earnings include: BioNTech SE; Carnival Corp.; Copper Mountain Mining Corp.; Lassonde Industries Inc.

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Tuesday March 28

Canada’s federal budget is released

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

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. wholesale and retail inventories for February.

(9 a.m. ET) U.S. CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index (20 city) for January. The Street expects a decline of 0.5 per cent from December but up 2.5 per cent year-over-year.

(9 a.m. ET) U.S. FHFA House Price Index for January. Consensus is a drop of 3.0 per cent month-over-month but a rise of 4.9 per cent year-over-year.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index for March.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr testifies before the Senate Banking Committee.

Earnings include: Curaleaf Holdings Inc.; Lululemon Athletica Inc.; Micron Technology Inc.; Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

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Wednesday March 29

Germany consumer confidence

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr testifies before the House Financial Services Committee.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. pending home sales for February. Consensus is a decline of 2.3 per cent from January.

(12:30 p.m. ET) Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Toni Gravelle speaks in Montreal on “The Market Liquidity Measures We Took During COVID”

Earnings include: Cintas Corp.; Dollarama Inc.; Galaxy Digital Holdings Ltd.; Paychex Inc.

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Thursday March 30

Euro zone economic and consumer confidence

Germany CPI

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

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of March 25. Estimate is 200,000, up 9,000 from the previous week.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. real GDP for Q4. The Street is forecasting an annualized rate rise of 2.7 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. pre-tax corporate profits for Q4.

Earnings include: Artemis Gold Inc.; BlackBerry Ltd.; K92 Mining Inc.; MAG Silver Corp.

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Friday March 31

China PMI

Japan retail sales, jobless rate and industrial production

Euro zone CPI and jobless rate

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s monthly real GDP for January. Estimate is an increase of 0.4 per cent from December.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. personal spending and income for February. The Street projects month-over-month increases of 0.3 per cent for both.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. core PCE price index for February. Consensus is an increase of 0.4 per cent from January and 4.7 per cent year-over-year.

(9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. Chicago PMI for March.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment for March.

Earnings include: Northwest Healthcare Properties REIT; Marathon Gold Corp.