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Monday’s Events: Cdn House Prices, Housing Starts; Fed Senior Officer Loans Survey
The Fed’s Senior Officer Loans Survey the highlight
of the U.S. on Monday. Canadian markets will be paying attention to the
releases of housing starts and new house price index. In
the evening, the focus will turn to the UK’s house price balance and the
British Retail Consortium’s retail sales monitor.
Thursday’s Events: U.S. Jobless Claims, Existing Home Sales, Fed’s Geithner
U.S. jobless claims and existing home
sales will dominate the scheduled events of the day, along with
testimony from New York Fed President Timothy Geithner (voter) and SEC
Chairman Chris Cox. Meanwhile, European markets will be paying attention
to the release of the Belgian business confidence index and comments from
Bank of England Deputy Governor Charles Bean.
Wednesday’s Events: Canadian CPI, DOE Oil, Fed’s Beige Book
Canadian CPI tops the economic news of the day as markets receive the
Fed’s Beige Book and the Department of Energy’s weekly oil inventories.
In the afternoon, markets will also be paying attention o the sales of
$31 billion in two-year Treasury notes.
In the U.S., the Mortgage Bankers Association will release
mortgage applications for the week ending July 18 at 7
a.m. EDT. In the previous week, applications rose 1.7%.