Nov 29, 2019
The Week Ahead: Bank of Canada rate decision; Canadian bank earnings slew
By Noah Zivitz
McCreath's Lookahead: Reasons to shift back into cautious camp in 2020
BNN Bloomberg sets up the week ahead with what investors need to know.
Monday, December 2
-Notable data: ISM U.S. manufacturing index
-Ontario hosts Council of the Federation meeting in Toronto
-U.S. Trade Representative to announce outcome of investigation into France's Digital Services Tax
-Husky Energy releases 2020 capex and production forecasts
-Financial Accountability Office of Ontario releases year-end report on provincial spending (9:30 a.m. ET)
-Newmont Goldcorp holds conference call to discuss 2020 forecasts (10:00 a.m. ET)
Tuesday, December 3
-Notable earnings: Bank of Montreal, Marvell Technology
-Restaurant Brands International presents at Morgan Stanley conference in New York (3:40 p.m. ET)
-NATO summit begins in London
Wednesday, December 4
-Notable earnings: Royal Bank of Canada, National Bank of Canada, Laurentian Bank, Dollarama, Reitmans, Campbell Soup
-Notable data: ISM U.S. services index
-Ontario Premier Doug Ford in Washington, D.C. to meet with business leaders and politicians
-Bank of Canada releases interest rate decision (10:00 a.m. ET)
-U.S. House Judiciary Committee holds public impeachment inquiry hearing (10:00 a.m. ET)
-Uber Technologies CEO Dara Khosrowshahi addresses Economic Club of New York (11:30 a.m. ET)
-Blackstone Group Chairman Stephen Schwarzman addresses Canadian Club in Toronto (12:00 p.m. ET)
Thursday, December 5
-Notable earnings: Toronto-Dominion Bank, CIBC, Canadian Western Bank, Tiffany & Co.
-Notable data: Canadian trade balance, U.S. trade balance
-Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Timothy Lane delivers speech "Economic Progress Report" in Ottawa (0800; remarks on Bank website at 745)
-Parliament reconvenes
-Saudi Aramco expected to price IPO today
-OPEC meeting in Vienna
Friday, December 6
-Notable earnings: Roots, Dollar General
-Notable data: Canadian labour force survey, U.S. non-farm payrolls
-Statistics Canada releases study "The retail cannabis market in Canada: A portrait of the first year"
-OPEC+ meeting in Vienna