--- title: "CPI on Tap for Canadians This Week" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296036451.md" description: "This week's economic calendar for Canada and the U.S. features key data releases including Canadian CPI, housing starts, retail trade, and new housing prices, alongside U.S. indicators like jobless claims, PMI, and leading economic indices. Major corporate earnings reports include Fabrinet, H World Group, Home Depot, Walmart, Alibaba, and Analog Devices, with mixed results across sectors." datetime: "2026-08-17T00:06:44.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/296036451.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296036451.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/296036451.md) --- # CPI on Tap for Canadians This Week **Monday** **U.S.** **Economic Lookahead** **Home builder confidence index (Aug.)** **Featured Earnings** **Fabrinet Inc. (NYSE:FN)** (Q4) EPS of $3.69, compared to $2.43 in the prior-year quarter. **H World Group Limited (NASDAQ:HTHT)** (Q2) EPS of 65 cents, compared to 52 cents in the prior-year quarter. **XP Inc. (NASDAQ: XP) (**Q2) EPS of 51 cents, compared to 43 cents in the prior-year quarter **Canada** **Economic Lookahead** **Consumer Price Index (July)** CPI increased 2.8% year over year in June, following a 3.2% gain in May. On a seasonally adjusted monthly basis, the CPI fell 0.1% in June. **Canada's International Transactions in Securities (June)** Foreign investors purchased $7.9 billion of Canadian securities in May, down from a sizable $46.9 billion investment in April. Meanwhile, Canadian investors acquired $22.3 billion of foreign securities, following a divestment of $11.4 billion in the previous month. **Featured Earnings** **Dynacor Group Inc. (T.DNG.TO)** (Q2) EPS of 13 cents, compared to 17 cents in the prior-year quarter **Cardiol Therapeutics Inc. (T.CRDL)** (Q2) EPS for loss of 10 cents, identical to the prior-year quarter. **Tuesday** **U.S.** **Economic Lookahead** **Housing starts (July)** **Building permits (July)** **Import price index (July)** **Industrial production (July)** **Capacity utilization (July)** **Featured Earnings** **Home Depot (NYSE:HD)** (Q2) EPS of $4.71 compared to $4.68 in the prior-year quarter **Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:KEYS)** (Q2) EPS of $2.16, compared to $2.08 in the prior-year quarter **Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU)** (Q2) EPS of $1.19, compared to $1.49 in the prior-year quarter **Canada** **Economic Lookahead** **Housing Starts (July)** Housing starts in Canada declined 6% from the previous month to a seasonally adjust annual rate of 239,000 units in June, compared to a downwardly revised 253,000 units in May and falling short of markets expectations of 258,000 units. **Featured Earnings** **New Found Gold Corp. (V.NFG)** (Q2) EPS for gain of 21 cents, compared to loss of 36 cents in the prior-year quarter **Fireweed Metals Corp. (V.FWZ)** (Q2) EPS for loss of five cents, compared to loss of three cents in the prior-year quarter. **Seabridge Gold Inc. (T.SEA)** (Q2) EPS for loss of six cents, identical to the prior-year quarter **Wednesday** **Minutes of Fed's July FOMC meeting** **Featured Earnings** **Analog Devices Inc (NASDAQ: ADI**) (Q3) EPS of $3.33, compared to $2.05 in the prior-year quarter **The TJX Companies, Inc. (NYSE:TJX)** (Q1) EPS of $1.18, compared to $1.10 in the prior-year quarter **Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW)** (Q2) EPS of $4.25, compared to $4.33 in the prior-year quarter. **Canada** **U.S.** **Economic Lookahead** **Initial jobless claims (August 8)** **Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey (Aug.)** **Featured Earnings** **Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) (Q2)** EPS of 73 cents compared to 68 cents in the prior-year quarter. **Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA)** **(Q1)** EPS of $1.77, compared to $1.89 in the prior-year quarter. **Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) (Q3)** EPS of $4.85, compared to $4.75 in the prior-year quarter **Canada** **Economic Lookahead** **New Housing Price Index (July**) June's new housing price index demurred 0.1%, compared to a loss of 0.3% in May. **Raw Materials Price Index (July)** The index decreased 6.9% month over month in June and increased 20.7% year over year. **Industrial Product Price Index (July)** The index declined 1.4% month over month in June and gained 12.4% year over year. **Featured Earnings** **BluMetric Environmental Inc (V.BLM)** **(Q3)** EPS for gain of four cents, compared to loss of two cents in the prior-year quarter **Versamet Royalties Corporation (T.VMET) (Q2)** EPS of seven cents, compared to 13 cents in the prior-year quarter **Kraken Robotics Inc. (V.PNG) (Q2)** EPS for gain of four cents, compared to loss of one cent the prior-year quarter. **Friday** **U.S.** **Economic Lookahead** **S&P flash U.S. services PMI (Aug.)** **S&P flash U.S. manufacturing PMI (Aug.)** **U.S. leading economic indicators (Aug.)** **Featured Earnings** **BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings Inc (NYSE: BJ) (Q2)** EPS for $1.15, compared to $1.14 in the prior-year quarter **Sol Gel Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ: SLGL)** **(Q2)** EPS for loss of $2.31, compared to gain of $4.17 in the prior-year quarter **BitFuFu Inc. (NASDAQ:FUBU) (Q2**) EPS for loss of one cent, compared to gain of nine cents in the prior-year quarter **Canada** **Economic Lookahead** **Retail Trade (June)** Retail sales increased 1.0% to $73.7 billion in May. 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