Calendar: Mar 2 – Mar 6

Monday March 2

Japan and Euro zone’s manufacturing PMI

Germany’s retail sales

(9 a.m.) Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Sharon Kozicki speaks in Oslo, Norwway

(9:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s S&P Global Manufacturing PMI for February.

(9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P Global Manufacturing PMI for February.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI for February.

Also: Canadian and U.S. auto sales for February.

Earnings include: Capstone Mining Corp.; InterRent REIT; K92 Mining Inc.; MongoDB; Wajax Corp.

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Tuesday March 3

Japan’s jobless rate and capital spending

Euro zone’s CPI

Earnings include: Alibaba ADR, Baytex Energy Corp., CrowdStrike Holdings Inc., Macy’s Inc., Pet Valu Holdings Ltd., Topaz Energy Corp.

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Wednesday March 4

China’s PMI

Japan and Euro zone’s services and composite PMI

(8:15 a.m. ET) U.S. ADP National Employment Report for February.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian labour productivity for Q4. Estimate is a decline of 0.2 per cent from Q3.

(9:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s S&P Global Services PMI for February.

(9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P Global Services/Composite PMI for February.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. ISM Services PMI for February.

(10:20 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem speaks in Toronto.

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

Earnings include: Athabasca Oil Corp., Broadcom Inc., Capital Power Corp., George Weston Ltd., Ivanhoe Electric Inc., Freehold Royalties Ltd., Kinaxis Inc., Linamar Corp., Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd., Vermilion Energy Inc.

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Thursday March 5

Euro zone’s retail sales

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of Feb. 28. Estimate is 217,000, up 5,000 from the previous week.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. productivity and unit labour costs for Q4. The Street expects annualized rate increases of 1.6 per cent and 2.2 per cent, respectively.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. import prices for January. Consensus is a rise of 0.2 er cent from December and down 0.1 per cent year-over-year.

Earnings include: Aecon Group Inc., Canadian Natural Resources Ltd., Canfor Corp., Costco Wholesale Corp., Endeavour Mining Corp., Ero Copper Corp., Headwater Exploration Inc., Maple Leaf Foods Inc., Marvell Technologies Inc., Merck ADR, Methanex Corp., Parex Resources Inc., Spin Master Corp.

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Friday March 6

Euro zone’s GDP

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. nonfarm payrolls for February. Consensus is a rise of 60,000 jobs month-over-month with the unemployment rate remaining at 4.3 per cent and average hourly wages rising 0.3 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. retail sales for January. The Street expects a decline of 0.3 per cent from December.

(10 a.m. ET) Canada’s Ivey PMI for February.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. business inventories for December.

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

Earnings include: Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., AltaGas Ltd., Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp., Nexus REIT