Calendar: What investors need to know for the week ahead

Monday October 21
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. leading indicator for September. The Street is forecasting a decline of 0.3 per cent month-over-month.
(2 p.m. ET) U.S. budget balance for September.
Earnings include: Nucor Corp.; SAP ADR; TFI International Inc.
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Tuesday October 22
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s industrial product and raw materials price indexes for September. Estimates are month-over-month declines of 0.5 per cent and 2.0 per cent, respectively.
(3:15 p.m. ET) ECB president Christine Lagarde speaks in Washington
Earnings include: Alphabet Inc.; Canadian National Railway Co.; Danaher Corp.; Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold Inc.; GE Aerospace; Lockheed Martin Corp.; Norfolk Southern Corp.; Philip Morris International Inc.; Texas Instruments Inc.; Verizon Communications Inc.; 3M Co.
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Wednesday October 23
Euro zone consumer confidence
G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Washington (through Thursday)
(9:45 a.m. ET) Bank of Canada policy announcement and monetary policy report with press conference to follow.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. existing home sales for September. Consensus is an annualized rate rise of 1.0 per cent.
(10 a.m. ET) ECB president Christine Lagarde speaks in Washington.
(2 p.m. ET) U.S. Beige Book is released.
Earnings include: AT&T Inc.; Boeing Co.; Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd.; Coca-Cola Co.; Ebay Inc.; International Business Machines; MAG Silver Corp.; Methanex Corp.; Newmont Goldcorp Corp.; Tesla Inc.; T-Mobile US Inc.; Waste Connections Inc.; West Fraser Timber Co Ltd.; Whitecap Resources Inc.
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Thursday October 24
Japan PMI and machine tool orders
Euro zone PMI
(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. initial jobless claims for week of Oct. 19. Estimate is 260,000, up 19,000 from the previous week.
(9:45 a.m. ET) U.S. S&P Global PMIs for October.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. new home sales for September. The Street is projecting an annualized rate decline of 0.4 per cent.
Earnings include: Amazon; Capital One Financial Corp.; Caterpillar Inc.; FirstService Corp.; Honeywell International Inc.; Mastercard Inc.; Northrop Grumman Corp.; Rogers Communications Inc.; Teck Resources Ltd.; Union Pacific Corp.; United Parcel Service Inc.; Winpak Ltd.
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Friday October 25
Japan CPI
ECB three-year CPI expectations
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian retail sales for August. Consensus is an increase of 0.5 per cent (or 0.3 per cent excluding automobiles) versus a gain of 0.9 per cent in July.
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canadian new housing price index for September. Estimate is a flat reading from August and up 0.1 per cent year-over-year.
(8:30 a.m. ET) Canada’s manufacturing sales for September.
(8:30 a.m. ET) U.S. durable and core orders for September. Consensus estimates are a month-over-month decline of 1.0 per cent and increase of 0.2 per cent, respectively.
(10 a.m. ET) U.S. University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for October.
Also: Ottawa’s budget balance for August.
Earnings include: Aon PLC; Colgate-Palmolive Co.; HCA Holdings Inc.; Vale ADR