Economic Calendar: April 28 – May 2

Monday April 28

China industrial profits

Germany retail sales

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian wholesale trade for March.

(10:30 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada’s Market Participants Survey for Q1.

Also: Canadian federal election

Earnings include: Domino’s Pizza Inc.; Nucor Corp.; Waste Management Inc.; Welltower Inc.

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Tuesday April 29

Japan’s markets closed

ECB three-year CPI expectations

Euro zone and Germany consumer confidence

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. goods trade deficit for March.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. wholesale and retail inventories for March.

(9 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index (20 city) for February. The Street expects a rise of 0.3 per cent from January and up 4.6 per cent year-over-year.

(9 a.m. ET) U.S. FHFA House Price Index for February. Cosnensus is a rise of 0.3 per cent from January and a 3.9-per-cent gain year-over-year.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index for April.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. Job Openings & Labor Survey for March.

Earnings include: AstraZeneca ADR; Coca-Cola Co.; First National Financial Corp.; Gildan Activewear Inc.; Honeywell International Inc.; Kraft Heinz Co.; Mondelez International Inc.; New Gold Inc.; PayPal Holdings Inc.; Pfizer Inc.; S&P Global Inc.; Spotify Technology SA; Starbucks Corp.; United Parcel Service Inc.; Visa Inc.

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Wednesday April 30

China PMI

Japan retail sales and industrial policy

Euro zone GDP

Germany GDP, CPI and unemployment

(8:15 a.m. ET) U.S. ADP national employment report for April.

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s monthly GDP for February. The Street is projecting a month-over-month decline of 0.1 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. real GDP and price index for Q1. Consensus is annualized rate increases of 0.3 per cent and 3.1 per cent, respectively.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. employment cost index for Q1. Consensus is a rise of 0.9 per cent from Q4 and up 3.5 per cent year-over-year.

(9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. Chicago PMI for April.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. personal spending and income for March. The Street is forecasting month-over-month gains of 0.6 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. core PCE price index for March. Consensus is an increase of 0.1 per cent from February and 2.5 per cent year-over-year.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. pending home sales for March.

(1:30 p.m. ET) Bank of Canada’s summary of deliberations for the April 16 decision are released.

Earnings include: Alamos Gold Inc.; Bausch + Lomb Corp.; Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP; Capital Power Corp.; Caterpillar Inc.; Cenovus Energy Inc.; CGI Inc.; Ebay Inc.; GFL Environmental Holdings Inc.; Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.; Loblaw Companies Ltd.; Meta Platforms Inc.; Methanex Corp.; Microsoft Corp.; Open Text Corp.; Paramount Resources Ltd.; Parkland Fuel Corp.; Qualcomm Inc.; Spin Master Corp.; Toromont Industries Ltd.

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Thursday May 1

China’s markets closed.

Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting and outlook report

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian provincial GDP for 2024.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of April 26. Estimate is 227,000, up 5,000 from the previous week.

(9:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s S&P global manufacturing PMI for April.

(9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P global manufacturing PMI for April.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. ISM manufacturing PMI for April.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. construction spending for March. The Street expects a month-over-month increase of 0.3 per cent.

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

Earnings include: AltaGas Ltd.; Amazon.com Inc.; Andlauer Healthcare Group Inc.; Apple Inc.; Aritzia Inc.; Bombardier Inc.; Cameco Corp.; Canadian National Railway Co.; Capstone Mining Corp.; Eldorado Gold Corp.; Eli Lilly & Co.; Endeavour Mining Corp.; Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.; Mastercard Inc.; McDonald’s Corp.; NexGen Energy Ltd.; TC Energy Corp.

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Friday May 2

China’s markets closed

Japan jobless rate

Euro zone CPI, jobless rate and manufacturing PMI

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. nonfarm payrolls for April. The Street expects an increase of 125,000 from the March with the unemployment rate remaining 4.2 per cent and average hourly wages rising 0.3 per cent.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. factory orders for March. Consensus is a month-over-month gain of 4.4 per cent.

Earnings include: Brookfield Renewable Partners LP; Chevron Corp.; Cigna Corp.; Exxon Mobil Corp.; Imperial Oil Ltd.; Magna International Inc.; Shell ADR; Sprott Inc.; Westshore Terminals Investment Corp.