Calendar: SEPT 8 – SEPT 12

Monday September 8

China trade surplus, aggregate yuan financing and new yuan loans

Japan GDP and bank lending

Germany industrial production and trade surplus

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. consumer credit for July.

Earnings include: Major Drilling International Inc.; North West Co. Inc.

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Tuesday September 9

China foreign reserves

Japan machine tool orders

(6 a.m. ET) U.S. NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Survey for August.

Earnings include: GameStop Corp.; Synopsys Inc.

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Wednesday September 10

China CPI and PPI

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. PPI for August. The Street expects a month-over-month gain of 0.3 per cent and a rise of 3.4 per cent year-over-year.

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

Earnings include: Adobe Systems Inc.; Evertz Technologies Inc.; Groupe Dynamite Inc.

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Thursday September 11

ECB monetary policy meeting

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s National Balance Sheet and Financial Flow Accounts for Q2

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of Sept. 6. Estimate is 235,000, down 2,000 from the previous week.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. CPI for August. The Street is projecting a rise of 0.3 per cent from July and up 2.9 per cent year-over-year.

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

Earnings include: Empire Co. Ltd.; Kroger Co.

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Friday September 12

Japan industrial production

Germany CPI

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian building permits for July. Estimate is a month-over-month increase of 5 per cent (versus a decline of 9 per cent in June).

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s capacity utilization for Q2.

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

Earnings include: Asante Gold Corp.