Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead AUG 11 – AUG 15

Monday August 11

China CPI, PPI, aggregate yuan financing and new yuan loans

Japanese markets closed

(10:30 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada’s Market Participants Survey for Q2.

Earnings include: Barrick Mining Corp.; Exchange Income Corp.; Franco-Nevada Corp.; K2 Mining Inc.; MAG Silver Corp.; Orla Mining Ltd.

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Tuesday August 12

U.K. employment

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian building permits for June. Estimate is a month-over-month decline of 5.0 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. CPI for July. The Street is projecting a gain of 0.2 per cent from June and up 2.7 per cent year-over-year.

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

Earnings include: Artemis Gold Inc.; CAE Inc.; Discovery Silver Corp.; Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.; Sienna Senior Living Inc.

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Wednesday August 13

Japan machine tool orders

Germany CPI

(1:30 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada’s Summary of Deliberations for the July 30 decision.

Earnings include: Birchliff Energy Ltd.; CCL Industries Inc.; Endeavour Silver Corp.; H&R REIT; Hudbay Minerals Inc.; Hydro One Ltd.; Linamar Corp.; Metro Inc.; Northland Power Inc.; Stantec Inc.; TerraVest Industries Inc.; Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.

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Thursday August 14

Euro zone GDP and industrial production

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of Aug. 9. Estimate is 229,000, up 3,000 from the previous week.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. PPI Final Demand for July. The Street is projecting a month-over-month gain of 0.2 per cent and a 2.6-per-cent rise year-over-year.

Earnings include: Alibaba ADR; Applied Materials Inc.; Deere & Co.; First Majestic Silver Corp.

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Friday August 15

China retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment

Japan real GDP and industrial production

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian manufacturing sales and new orders for June. Estimates are month-over-month increases of 0.4 per cent and 0.5 per cent, respectively.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian wholesale trade for June. Estimate is a gain of 0.7 per cent from May.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s new motor vehicle sales for June. Estimate is a year-over-year rise of 5.5 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. retail sales for July. The Street is projecting a rise of 0.5 per cent from June.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. import prices for July. Estimate is flat month-over-month and down 0.3 per cent year-over-year.

(9 a.m. ET) Canada’s existing home sales for July. Estimate is an increase of 10.0 per cent from the same period a year ago with average prices remaining unchanged.

(9 a.m. ET) Canada’s MLS Home Price Index. Estimate is a year-over-year decline of 4.0 per cent.

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

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for August (preliminary reading).

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