EconoScope: What to watch in the week ahead

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This page is updated regularly, so check back often to stay informed about what’s ahead in the Canadian and U.S. economies. Whether you’re watching for the next inflation print, GDP figures, or Bank of Canada deliberations, you’ll find the critical details here first.


Week of June 9, 2025

CountryDateTime (ET)ReleasePrevious readingConsensus forecast
Tues.
June 10
6 a.m.NFIB Small BUsiness Economic Trends Survey (May)
Wed.
June 11
8:30 a.m.Building Permits (April)-4.1% MoM+2.3%
Wed.
June 11
8:30 a.m.Consumer Price Index (May)+2.3% YoY
Core: +2.8%
+2.5%
Core:
+2.9%
Wed.
June 11
2 p.m.Treasury Budget (May)$258.4B
Thurs.
June 12
8:30 a.m.National Balance Sheet Accounts (Q1)
Thurs.
June 12
8:30 a.m.Initial Claims (June 7)247k
Thurs.
June 12
8:30 a.m.Producer Price Index (May)-0.5% MoM+0.2% MoM
Thurs.
June 12
8:30 a.m.Quarterly Services Survey (Q1)
Thurs.
June 12
10 a.m.Flow of Funds (Q1)
Fri.
June 13
8:30 a.m.Capacity Utilization (Q1)79.8%79.6%
Fri.
June 13
12:20 a.m.Manufacturing Sales & Orders (April)-1.4% MoM-2% MoM
Fri.
June 13
7:30 a.m.Wholesale Trade (April)0.2% MoM-0.9% MoM
Fri.
June 13
8:30 a.m.New Motor Vehicle Sales expected (April)
Fri.
June 13
10:00 a.m.University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (June)
52.2

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Week of June 2, 2025

CountryDateTime (ET)ReleasePrevious readingConsensus forecast
Mon. June 29:30 p.m.S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (May)45.3
Mon. June 2Auto sales for May (expected)
Mon.
June 2
9:45 a.m.S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (May)
Mon.
June 2
10 a.m.ISM Manufacturing PMI (May)48.749.5
Mon.
June 2
10 a.m.Construction Spending (April)-0.5% MoM+0.3%
MoM
Mon.
June 2
1 p.m.Fed Chair Jerome Powell to give opening remarks at IF 75th Anniversary Conference in Washington DC
Tues.
June 3
10 a.m.Factory Orders (April)3.4%
MoM
-3.1%
MoM
Tues.
June 3
10 a.m.Job openings and Labor Turnover Survey (April)
Wed.
June 4
8:30 a.m.Labour Productivity (Q1)0.6%
QoQ
Wed.
June 4
9:30 a.m.S&P Global Services PMI41.7
Wed.
June 4
9:45 a.m.Bank of Canada policy announcement2.75%2.75%
Wed.
June 4
8:15 a.m.ADP National Employment Report (May)
Wed.
June 4
9:45 a.m.S&P Global Services PMI (May)
Wed.
June 4
10 a.m.ISM Services PMI (May)
Wed.
June 4
2 p.m.Beige Book
Thurs.
June 5
8:30 a.m.Merchandise Trade Balance (April)$-0.5B-$1.5B
Thurs.
June 5
12:20 a.m.Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Sharon Kozicki to deliver speech in Toronto
Thurs.
June 5
7:30 a.m.Challenger Layoff Report (May)105.4k
Thurs.
June 5
8:30 a.m.Initial Claims (May 31)240k235k
Thurs.
June 5
8:30 a.m.Productivity (Q1)-0.8%
QoQ
-0.8%
QoQ
Thurs.
June 5
8:30 a.m.Goods and Services Trade Balance (April)-$140.5B-$89B
Thurs.
June 5
10 a.m.Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (May)47.9
Fri. June 68:30 a.m.Employment (May)7.4K
6.9%
-10k
7%
Fri.
June 6
8:30 a.m.Employment (May)177k
4.2%
128k
4.2%
Fri.
June 6
3 p.m.Consumer Credit (April)$10.2B$10B

Week of May 12, 2025

CountryDateTime (ET)Release
Mon.
May 12
2 p.m. ETTreasury Budget (April)
Tues.
May 13
6 a.m.NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Survey (April)
Wed.
May 14
8:30 a.m.Building Permits (March)
Wed.
May 14
8:30 p.m.New Motor Vehicle Sales (March)
Thurs.
May 15
8:15 a.m.Housing Starts (April)
Thurs.
May 15
8:30 a.m.Manufacturing Sales & Orders (March)
Thurs.
May 15
8:30 a.m.Wholesale Trade (March)
Thurs.
May 15
8:30 a.m.Existing Home Sales, MLS Home Price Index (April)
Thurs.
May 15
8:30 a.m.Initial Claims (May 10)
Thurs.
May 15
8:30 a.m.Retail Sales (April)

Thurs.
May 15
8:30 a.m.Producer Price Index (April)

Thurs.
May 15
9:15 a.m.Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization (April)

Thurs.
May 15
10 a.m.NAHB Housing Index (May)

Thurs.
May 15
10 a.m.Business Inventories (March)
Fri.
May 16
8:30 a.m.International Securities Transactions (March)
Fri.
May 16
10:30 a.m.BoC Senior Loan Officer Survey (Q1) – Expected
Fri.
May 16
8:30 a.m.Housing Starts, Building Permits (April)
Fri.
May 16
8:30 a.m.Trade Price Indices (April)
Fri.
May 16
8:30 a.m.University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (May P)

Week of April 28, 2025

CountryDateTime (ET)Release
Mon. April 28Federal election
Tues.
April 29
8:30 a.m.Advance Economic Indicators (March)
Tues.
April 29
9 a.m.S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index (February)
Tues.
April 29
9 a.m.FHFA House Price Index (February)
Tues.
April 29
10 a.m.Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index (April)
Tues.
April 29
10 a.m.Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (March)
Wed.
April 30
8:30 a.m.Monthly Real GDP (February)
Wed.
April 30
1:30 p.m.BoC Summary of Deliberations
Wed.
April 30
8:15 a.m.ADP National Employment Report (April)
Wed.
April 30
8:30 a.m.Real GDP (Q1 A)
Wed.
April 30
8:30 a.m.Employment Cost Index (Q1)
Wed.
April 30
10 a.m.Personal Income & Consumption
Wed.
April 30
10 a.m.Pending Home Sales (March)
Thurs.
May 1
8:30 a.m.Provincial GDP (2024)
Thurs.
May 1
9:30 a.m.S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (April)
Thurs.
May 1
7:30 a.m.Challenger Layoff Report (April)

Thurs.
May 1
8:30 a.m.Initial Claims (April 26)

Thurs.
May 1
8:30 a.m.S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (April F)

Thurs.
May 1
10 a.m.ISM Manufacturing PMI (April)

Thurs.
May 1
10 a.m.Construction Spending (March)
Fri.
May 2
8:30 a.m.Employment Report (April)
Fri.
May 2
10 a.m.Factory Orders (March)

Week of April 14, 2025

CountryDateTime (ET)ReleasePrevious reading
Mon. April 148:30 p.m.Wholesale Trade (February)$85.1B (+1.2%)
Mon. April 148:30 a.m.New Motor Vehicle Sales for Feb. (expected)+9.5% (2024 vs 2023)
Tues.
April 15
8:15 a.m.Housing Starts (March)229k
(-4% MoM)
Tues.
April 15
8:30 a.m.Consumer Price Index (March)+2.6%
Tues.
April 15
8:30 a.m.Manufacturing Sales & Orders (Feb.)$73B
(+1.2% MoM)
Tues.
April 15
9 a.m.Existing Home Sales from CREA (March)Sales: -10.4%
Price: +3.3% YoY
Tues.
April 15
8:30 a.m.Trade Price Indices (March)Deficit: $122.7B (-6.1%)
Wed.
April 16
9:45 a.m.Bank of Canada Policy Announcement2.75%
Wed.
April 16
9:45 a.m.BoC Monetary Policy Report
Wed.
April 16
8 p.m.Federal leaders’ debate in French
Wed.
April 16
8:30 a.m.Retail Sales (March)+3.8% YoY
Wed.
April 16
9:15 a.m.Industrial Production & Capacity Utilization (March)+0.7% MoM
Wed.
April 16
10 a.m.NAHB Housing Index (April)39 (-3 pts)
Wed.
April 16
10 a.m.Business Inventories (February)+0.3% MoM
Thurs.
April 17
8:30 a.m.International Securities Transactions (Feb.)$7.9B
Thurs.
April 17
8:30 a.m.Monthly Credit Aggregates (Feb.)
Thurs.
April 17
7 p.m.Federal leaders’ debate (English)
Thurs.
April 17
8:30 a.m.Initial Claims (April 12)
Thurs.
April 17
8:30 a.m.Housing Starts, Building Permits (March)Permits: +1.2%
Starts: +11.2%
MoM
Fri.
April 18
Good Friday – Markets closed

Week of April 6, 2025

CountryDateTime (ET)ReleasePrevious reading
Mon.
April 7
10:30 p.m.BoC SBusiness Outlook Survey and Survey of Consumer Expectations (Q1)
Mon.
April 7
3:00 p.m.Consumer Credit (February)+4.3% YoY
Tues.
April 8
6:00 a.m.NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Survey (March)
Wed.
April 9
Newfoundland and Labrador Budget
Wed.
April 9
10:00 a.m.Wholesale Trade (Feb)$906.2B +0.8%
Wed.
April 9
2:00 p.m.FOMC Minutes
Thurs. April 108:30 a.m.Building Permits (Feb)-3.2% MoM
Thurs. April 108:30 a.m.Initial Claims (March)219k
Thurs. April 108:30 a.m.Consumer Price Index (March)+0.2% MoM
+3.1% YoY
Thurs. April 108:30 a.m.Treasury Budget (March)
Fri.
April 11
8:30 a.m.Producer Price Index (March)0.0% MoM
Fri.
April 11
10:00 a.m.University of March Vehicle Sales (Feb)57.0

Week of March 24, 2025

CountryDateTime (ET)ReleasePrevious reading
Wed
March 26
1:30 p.m.BoC Summary of Deliberations
Wed.
March 26
8:30 a.m.Durable Goods Orders (February)+3.1% MoM
$282.3B
Thurs.
March 27
8:30 a.m.Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (January)+25.3k (+0.1%)
Thurs.
March 27
8:30 a.m.Initial Jobless Claims (Mar 22)
Thurs.
March 27
8:30 a.m.Real GDP (Q4, third estimate)+2.3%
Thurs.
March 27
8:30 a.m.Advance Economic Indicators Report (February)
Thurs. March 2710:00 a.m.Pending Home Sales (February)-4.6%
Fri.
March 28
8:30 a.m.Monthly Real GDP (January)+0.2%
Fri.
March 28
Ottawa’s Fiscal Monitor for January (expected)
Fri.
March 28
8:30 a.m.Personal Income & Consumption (February)Income: +0.9%
Fri.
March 28
10:00 a.m.University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (March final)57.9

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