Mar 23, 2018
The week ahead: Ontario and Quebec budgets; Canadian GDP
By Noah Zivitz
Monday, March 26
-U.S. Federal Reserve President William Dudley discusses regulatory reform at Chamber of Commerce event in Washington (1230)
-Intact Financial holds investor day in Toronto (1300)
-Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale addresses Senate committee re. cannabis legislation (1530)
Tuesday, March 27
-Notable earnings: Lululemon
-Notable data: S&P/Case Shiller U.S. home price index, U.S. consumer confidence
-National Bank begins two-day financial services conference
-Quebec Finance Minister Carlos Leitao tables budget
-Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland begins three-day trip to Tokyo and Seoul
-Saudi-U.S. CEO Forum in New York (Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, Brookfield Asset Management CEO Bruce Flatt among speakers)
-Three-day Global Infrastructure Leadership Forum begins in Montreal (speakers include Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi and Aecon CEO John Beck)
-Canada hosts two-day G7 meeting of employment and innovation ministers in Montreal
-Notable earnings: BlackBerry, Hudson's Bay Co., AGF Management
-Notable data: U.S. GDP
-Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa tables budgets (1600)
Thursday, March 29
-Notable earnings: Dollarama, Constellation Brands
-Notable data: Canadian GDP, Canadian industrial product and raw materials prices indices, U.S. personal income and spending, U.S. consumer sentiment
-TD holds annual general meeting in Toronto (0930)
-Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne delivers speech to Economic Club of Canada in Toronto (1200)
Friday, March 30 (Good Friday)
-Aecon and China Communications Construction Company's self-imposed deadline to complete their deal (subject to extension)