Calendar: Aug 18 – Aug 22

Monday August 18

(8:15 a.m. ET) Canadian housing starts for July. The Street is projecting an annualized rate decline of 4.0 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s household and mortgage credit for June.

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

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

Earnings include: BHP Group Ltd.; Palo Alto Networks Inc.

Tuesday August 19

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian CPI for July. Consensus is a month-over-month increase of 0.4 per cent and year-over-year rise of 1.8 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s construction investment for June.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. housing starts for July. The Street is projecting an annualized rate decline of 2.4 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. building permots for July. Consensus is a decline of 0.4 per cent on an annualized rate basis.

Earnings include: Home Depot Inc.

Wednesday August 20

Japan trade balance and core machine orders

Euro zone CPI

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s New Housing Price Index for July. Estimates are a month-over-month decline of 0.2 per cent and 1.5-per-cent drop year-over-year.

(2 p.m. ET) U.S. Fed minutes from July 29-30 meeting are released.

Earnings include: Analog Devices Inc.; Baidu Inc.; Estee Lauder Companies Inc.; Lowe’s Companies Inc.; Target Corp.; TJX Companies Inc.

Thursday August 21

Japan and Europe PMI

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s industrial product and raw materials price indexes for July.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of Aug. 16. Estimate is 226,000, up 2,000 from the previous week.

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

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

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. existing home sales for July.

Also: Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium begins (through Saturday)

Earnings include: Dollar Tree Inc.; Intuit Inc.; Ross Stores Inc.; Walmart Inc.; Workday Inc.

Friday August 22

Japan CPI

Germany GDP

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian retail sales for June. The Street expects a month-over-month rise of 1.1 per cent.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Fed chair Jerome Powell speaks on the Economic Outlook and Framework Review at the Jackson Hole Symposium.

(10:30 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada Senior Loan Officer Survey for Q2.

Earnings include: Paladin Energy Ltd.