Calendar: Sept. 15 – Sept. 19

Monday September 15

Japan markets closed

China retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment

Euro zone trade surplus

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s manufacturing sales and new orders for July. Estimates are month-over-month gains of 1.8 per cent and 2.0 per cent, respectively.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian wholesale trade for July. Estimate is a rise of 1.3 per cent from June.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian new motor vehicle sales for July. Estimate is a year-over-year increase of 6.5 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. Empire State Manufacturing Survey for September.

(9 a.m. ET) Canada’s existing home sales and average prices for August. Estimates are rises of 2.0 per cent and 1.0 per cent year-over-year, respectively.

(9 a.m. ET) Canada’s MLS Home Price Index for August. Estimate is a decline of 3.5 per cent year-over-year.

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Tuesday September 16

Euro zone labour costs and industrial production

(8:15 a.m. ET) Canadian housing starts for August. Estimate is an annualized rate decline of 3.1 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian CPI for August. The Street is projecting an increase of 0.1 per cent from July and up 2.0 per cent year-over-year.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. retail sales for August. Consensus is a rise of 0.2 per cent from July.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. import prices for August. Estimate is a decline of 0.3 per cent from July and a 0.2-per-cent drop year-over-year.

(9:15 a.m. ET) U.S. industrial production and capacity utilization for August.

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

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

Earnings include: Ferguson Enterprises Inc.; NanoXplore Inc.; WildBrain Ltd.

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Wednesday September 17

Japan trade deficit

Euro zone CPI

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

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. housing starts for August. The Street is projecting an annualized rate decline of 4.4 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. building permits for August. Consensus is an annualized rate increase of 0.6 per cent.

(9:45 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada policy announcement with press conference to follow.

(2 p.m. ET) U.S. Fed announcement and summary of economic projections with press briefing to follow.

Earnings include: General Mills Inc.

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Thursday September 18

Japan core machine orders

Bank of England monetary policy announcement

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian household and mortgage credit for July.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of Sept. 13. Estimate is 245,000, down 18,000 from the previous week.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. Philadelphia Fed Index for September.

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

Earnings include: Darden Restaurants Inc.; FedEx Corp.; Lennar Corp.

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Friday September 19

Japan CPI

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian retail sales for July. The Street expects a month-over-month decline of 0.8 per cent.