Economic Calendar: March 24 – March 28

Monday March 24

Japan, U.K. and Euro zone PMI

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s manufacturing sales for February.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. Chicago Fed National Activity Index for February.

(9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P Global PMIs for March.

Earnings include: BYD ADR; Diversified Royalty Corp.; Logan Energy Corp.

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Tuesday March 25

(9 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index (20 city) for January. The Street expects a rise of 0.3 per cent from December and up 4.9 per cent year-over-year.

(9 a.m. ET) U.S. FHFA House Price Index for January. Consensus is a month-over-month increase 0.3 per cent andd year-over-year gain of 5.1 per cent.

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. new home sales for February. Consensus is an annualized rate rise of 3.2 per cent.

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

Also: Quebec budget

Earnings include: Canadian Solar Inc.; McCormick & Co. Inc.

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Wednesday March 26

China current account surplus

U.K. CPI and Spring Budget

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

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. durable orders for February. The Street expects a decline of 1.1 per cent for January with core orders rising 0.2 per cent.

(1:30 p.m. ET) Bank of Canada’s Summary of Deliberations for the March 12 decision.

Earnings include: BRP Inc.; Cintas Corp.; Dollar Tree Inc.; Mag Silver Corp.; Seabridge Gold Inc.

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Thursday March 27

China industrial profits

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s payroll survey: job vacancy rate for January.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of March 22. Estimate is 227,000, up 4,000 from the previous week.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. real GDP and GDP deflator for Q4. The Street expects annualized rate rises of 2.4 per cent for both.

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

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

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

Earnings include: Lululemon Athletica Inc.; Telesat Corp.; Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc.

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Friday March 28

ECB three-year CPI expectations

Euro zone economic and consuumer confidence

Germany unemployment

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s monthly real GDP for January. The Street expects a gain of 0.3 per cent from December.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. personal spending and income for February. Consensus is month-over-month gaims of 0.5 per cent and 0.4 per cent, respectively.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. core PCE price index for February. The Street is projecting a rise of 0.3 per cent from January and up 2.7 per cent year-over-year.

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

Earnings include: Aya Gold & Silver Inc.; Lassonde Industries Inc.