Economic Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead

Economic Calendar

Monday April 11

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

Japan machine tool orders

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Tuesday April 12

China trade surplus

Japan bank lending

Germany CPI

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. CPI for March. The Street is forecasting a rise of 1.2 per cent from February and up 8.5 per cent year-over-year.

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

Also: Manitoba budget

Earnings include: Corvus Gold Inc.; Shaw Communications Ltd.; Tilray Inc.

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Wednesday April 13

Japan core machine orders

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian construction investment for February

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. PPI final demand for March. Consensus is a increase of 1.1 per cent from February and 8.4 per cent year-over-year.

(10 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada policy announcement and monetary policy report

Earnings include: BlackRock Inc.; Cogeco Inc.; Cogeco Communications Inc.; Delta Air Lines Inc.; Fastenal Co.; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; North West Company Inc.

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Thursday April 14

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

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

(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian new motor vehicle sales for February. Estimate is a year-over-year decline of 12.5 per cent.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of April 9. Estimate is 175,000, down 9,000 from the previous week.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. retail sales for March. The Street is expecting a rise of 0.6 per cent month-over-month (or 0.9 per cent excluding automobiles).

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. import prices for March. Consensus is an increase of 2.4 per cent from February and 11.9 per cent year-over-year.

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

(10 a.m. ET) U.S. University of Michigan consumer sentiment for April (preliminary reading).

ECB monetary policy meeting

Earnings include: Citigroup Inc.; Goldman Sachs Group Inc.; Morgan Stanley; PNC Financial Services Group Inc.; State Street Corp.; UnitedHealth Group Inc.; U.S. Bancorp; Wells Fargo & Co.

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Friday April 15

Euro zone and Canadian markets closed

U.S. stock markets closed and limited bond market activity.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. Empire State Manufacturing Survey for April.

(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. industrial production and capacity utilization for March.