Calendar
A daily rundown of the economic reports and corporate earnings that will be grabbing the market's attention in the week ahead.
Monday, Jan. 19
Japan releases industrial production, consumer confidence and department store sales.
U.S. stock and bond markets are closed for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
(8:30 a.m.) Statistics Canada releases Canada's international transactions in securities for November.
Tuesday Jan. 20
China releases fourth-quarter real GDP, December industrial production, December retail sales and December fixed asset investment.
Germany releases the ZEW survey and producer price index.
(8:30 a.m. ET) Statistics Canada releases the monthly survey of manufacturing for November and the travel between Canada and other countries for November.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. NAHB housing market index.
Earnings include: Celestica Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Baker Hughes Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., Halliburton Company, IBM Corp., Johnson & Johnson, M&T Bank Corp., Morgan Stanley, Netflix Inc., PetMed Express Inc., Pinnacle Fincl Partners Inc., SAP SE, Southwest Bancorp Inc., Super Micro Computer Inc., TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., Woodward Inc.
Wednesday Jan. 21
Bank of Japan concludes a two-day monetary policy meeting.
(8:30 a.m.) U.S. Commerce Department releases housing starts for December. The Street expects a 1.3 per cent rise to an annualized rate of 1.042 million. Building permits data also to be released.
(8:30 a.m. ET) Statistics Canada releases the wholesale trade figures for November. It's expected to decline 0.2 per cent.
(10 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada policy announcement and monetary policy report.
(11:15 a.m. ET) Monetary policy report press conference with Bank of Canada governor Poloz and senior deputy governor Wilkins.
Earnings include: American Express Co., Briggs & Stratton Corp., Cathay General Bancorp, Coach Inc., Discover Financial Services, Dolby Laboratories Inc., eBay Inc., Energen Corp., F5 Networks Inc., Fifth Third Bancorp, General Dynamics Corp., Horizon Bancorp, iGATE Corp., Logitech International S.A., Motorola Solutions Inc., Pacific Continental Corp., Raymond James Financial Inc., SanDisk Corp., U.S. Bancorp.
Thursday Jan. 22
Euro area reports January consumer confidence while Italy releases November retail sales and industrial orders.
The European Central Bank's governing council meets to set monetary policy for the 19-country eurozone.
(8:30 a.m.) U.S. Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims. It's expected to decline 16,000 from the previous week, to 300,000.
(9 a.m. ET) FHFA house price index for the U.S. for November. It's expected to be up 4.8 per cent from a year ago.
Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, releases weekly mortgage rates (10 a.m.)
Earnings include: Canadian Pacific, Alaska Air Group Inc., Altera Corp., Arctic Cat Inc., BankUnited Inc., Capital One Financial Corp., Celanese Corp., Consolidated Edison Inc., Cypress Semiconductor Corp., E*TRADE Financial Corp., Federated Investors Inc., Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc.,
Friday Jan. 23
HSBC releases China manufacturing PMI for January.
Japan manufacturing PMI for January.
Euro zone releases purchasing managers indexes.
(8:30 a.m.) Statistics Canada releases the consumer price index for December and the retail trade figures for November. The CPI is expected to be up 1.7 per cent from a year ago, with core CPI up 2.1 per cent. Retail sales are expected to come in unchanged for the month.
(9:45 a.m. ET) Markit flash manufacturing PMI for January.
(10 a.m.) U.S. National Association of Realtors releases existing home sales for December. It's expected to be up 2.7 per cent to an annualized rate of 5.07 million.