May 19, 2017
The Week Ahead: Bank of Canada rate decision; Trump-Comey probe
By Noah Zivitz
Here are some of the notable scheduled events for next week.
Monday, May 22
Markets closed for Victoria Day
Tuesday, May 23
- Notable data: Canadian wholesale trade, U.S. new home sales
- Amazon.com holds annual meeting (12 p.m. ET)
Wednesday, May 24
- Notable earnings: BMO, Lowe's, Tiffany, HP
- Notable data: U.S. existing home sales
- Bank of Canada releases rate decision (10 a.m. ET)
- PrairieSky Royalty holds investor day meeting in Toronto (9 a.m. ET)
- Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains delivers speech in Ottawa on Canada's standing in "global innovation race" (12 p.m. ET)
- Ontario Financial Accountability Officer releases report on province's hydro plan (9 a.m. ET)
- Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker delivers speech in New York (5 p.m. ET)
- McDonald's holds annual meeting (9:30 a.m. ET)
- Home Capital Group faces $325-million bond maturity date
- Deadline for FBI to hand over documents and recordings related to Comey-Trump communications to U.S. House Oversight Committee. Comey also invited to testify at committee hearing.
Thursday, May 25
- Notable earnings: RBC, CIBC, TD, Heroux-Devtek, Best Buy, Costco
- Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Sylvain Leduc delivers speech in Toronto (12 p.m. ET; remarks on BoC site at 11:45 a.m. ET)
- Finance Minister Bill Morneau delivers speech in Toronto on tax fairness (12 p.m. ET)
- Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest and Former Ambassador Gary Doer deliver remarks on national unity at Senate sympsoium on Canada 150 (4:30 p.m. ET)
Friday, May 26
- Notable data: U.S. GDP, U.S. durable goods orders, University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index
- Former Bank of Canada Governor David Dodge delivers remarks at Senate symposium on Canada 150 (3:15 p.m. ET)