The Week Ahead: Trump-Kim summit, Fed rate decision

Noah Zivitz

Managing Editor, BNN Bloomberg

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Jun 8, 2018

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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.