Jun 8, 2018
The Week Ahead: Trump-Kim summit, Fed rate decision
By Noah Zivitz
Monday, June 11
-Notable earnings: DavidsTea
-Canada Pension Plan Investment Board CEO Mark Machin speaks before House Finance Committee (1530)
-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korea's Kim Jong-un in Singapore (First meeting expected at 2100 ET)
-World Cannabis Congress in Saint John (runs to June 12)
-International Economic Forum of the Americas' Conference of Montreal begins (runs to June 14)
-Starbucks closing Canadian stores in the afternoon "to address implicit bias"
Tuesday, June 12
-Notable data: U.S. CPI
-Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Commissioner Lucie Tedesco delivers speech to Economic Club in Toronto (1200)
-Mayor John Tory delivers speech at Toronto Board of Trade's annual lunch (1200)
-Hudson's Bay Company holds annual meeting in Toronto (1400)
-U.S. Federal Reserve begins two-day meeting
-U.S. district judge expected to deliver decision on whether to allow AT&T's US$85-billion takeover of Time Warner
-E3 gaming conference begins in Los Angeles (runs to June 14)
Wednesday, June 13
-Notable earnings: Roots
-Notable data: Teranet/National Bank Canadian home price index
-RBC holds investor day in Toronto (0800)
-CP CFO Nadeem Velani presents at UBS Global Industrial and Transportation conference (0845)
-U.S. Federal Reserve releases interest rate decision and updated forecasts (1400); Chair Jerome Powell holds news conference (1430)
-FIFA holds vote on host for 2026 World Cup
Thursday, June 14
-Notable earnings: Transat
-Notable data: Canadian national balance sheet and financial flow accounts, Canadian new housing price index, U.S. retail sales, China retail sales and industrial production
-DavidsTea holds annual meeting (0930)
-Onex holds investor day (1400)
Friday, June 15
-Notable data: Canadian international securities transactions, Canadian manufacturing sales, Canadian existing home sales, U.S. industrial production, U.S. consumer sentiment
-Brookfield Asset Management holds annual meetinig n Toronto (1030)
-End of Canada's public consultation period on proposed $16.6B in trade countermeasures against U.S.