A daily rundown of the economic reports and corporate earnings that will be grabbing the market’s attention in the week ahead
Monday October 19
China releases third quarter GDP plus September retail sales and industrial production
830 am ET: Canada consumer price index for September. Consensus is for a monthly rise of 0.2%, or 3.2% year over year, accelerating from August’s 3.0%
10 am ET: U.S. NAHB housing market index
1130 am ET: Bank of Canada business outlook survey and survey of consumer expectations
Alberta referendum vote
Earnings include: BHP Group Ltd.; Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.; Fifth Third Bancorp; Steel Dynamics Inc.; W.R. Berkley Corp.
Tuesday October 20
Germany business sentiment survey and UK employment data
815 am ET: U.S. ADP employment data
830 am ET: Canadian household and mortgage credit data
830 am ET: U.S. housing starts and building permits
10 am ET: U.S. pending home sales for September
Earnings include: Capital One Financial Corp.; Chubb Ltd.; GE Aerospace; General Motors Co.; Halliburton Co.; Netflix Inc.; Philip Morris International Inc.; Rtx Corp.; United Airlines Holdings Inc.; 3M Corp.
Wednesday October 21
Japan trade balance for September
UK inflation for September
830 am ET: Canadian construction investment data for August
Earnings include: AT&T Inc.; CSX Corp.; IBM; Kinder Morgan Inc.; Meta Platforms Inc.; Nextera Energy Inc.; Tesla Inc.; Texas Instruments Inc.; Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.; Waste Connections Inc.
Thursday October 22
Euro area consumer conference and France business confidence
8 am ET: Canada’s CFIB business barometer
830 am ET: Canada’s industrial product and raw materials price indexes for September. BMO economists estimate a rise of 1% and 5% respectively.
830 am ET: Canada new housing price index for September. BMO forecasts a monthly decline of 0.1%, or a drop of 2% from a year earlier.
830 am ET: U.S. initial jobless claims
10 am ET: U.S. leading indicators
Earnings include: Blackstone Inc.; Comcast Corp.; FirstService Corp.; Gilead Sciences Inc.; Honeywell International Inc.; Lockheed Martin Corp.; Mullen Group Ltd.; Nasdaq Inc.; Newmont Corp.; Procter & Gamble Co.; Roche Holdings AG; Spotify Technology SA; Union Pacific Corp.; Western Digital Corp.; Winpak Ltd.
Friday October 23
Japan consumer prices for September and October purchasing managers indexes (PMIs)
Euro area manufacturing PMIs; ECB three-year CPI expectations; UK consumer confidence, retail sales and PMIs
830 am ET: Canada retail sales for August. Consensus is for a rise of 1.1%, reversing from a 0.7% drop in July
830 am ET: Canada manufacturing sales for September
945 am ET: S&P Global manufacturing and services PMIs for the U.S.
10 am ET: University of Michigan consumer sentiment
Earnings include: American Express Co.; ExxonMobil Holdings Corp.; Rogers Communications Inc.