The Week Ahead: Canadian banks report earnings; Powell heads to Jackson Hole

The Bank of Montreal, from left, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), and Scotiabank buildings stand in the skyline of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Monday, June 17, 2013. , Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

Noah Zivitz, BNN Bloomberg

Aug 16, 2019

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Monday, August 19

-Notable earnings: BHP

Tuesday, August 20

-Notable earnings: Home Depot, TJX

-Notable data: Canadian manufacturing sales, Teranet/National Bank Canadian home price index

-Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario holds lottery to select 42 cannabis retail licence applicants 

Wednesday, August 21

-Notable earnings: Royal Bank of Canada, Lowe's, Target, Nordstrom, L Brands

-Notable data: Canadian CPI, U.S. existing home sales

-House of Commons Ethics Committee holds emergency meeting on Conflict of Interest Act violation by Prime Minister Trudeau

-U.S. Federal Reserve releases minutes from last meeting (2 p.m. ET)

Thursday, August 22

-Notable earnings: CIBC, Gap

-Notable data: Canadian wholesale trade, EI report

-Three-day Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium begins in Wyoming

Friday, August 23

-Notable earnings: Foot Locker

-Notable data: Canadian retail sales, U.S. new home sales

-U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers speech at Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium (10 a.m. ET)

-Transat shareholder vote on takeover by Air Canada (10 a.m. ET)