Economic Calendar for the Week of 10/19 Through 10/23

Economic Calendar:

(Events highlighted in bold are those I view as the most important.)

(All times are ET)

There are 79 S&P 500 Index member companies reporting earnings this week.

Monday:

Earnings: FITB, STLD, WRB

China - House Prices for September (Sunday)

China - GDP for Q3 (Sunday)

China - Industrial Production, Retail Sales for September (Sunday)

ECB's Elderson (Executive Board) Speaks (2 a.m.)

Germany - Bundesbank Monthly Report (6 a.m.)

Canada - CPI for September (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. - NAHB Housing Market Index for October (10 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $95 Billion in 13-Week Bills (11:30 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $82 Billion in 26-Week Bills (11:30 a.m.)

BoC Business Outlook Survey (11:30 a.m.)

China - Loan Prime Rate Decision for October (9 p.m.)

Tuesday:

Earnings: GE, NFLX, RTX, ISRG, CB, COF, MMM, NOC, GM, MSCI, UAL, HAL, SYF, KEY, EFX, GPC, HAS

U.K. - Employment Report for August (2 a.m.)

Germany - PPI for September (2 a.m.)

Germany - ZEW Economic Sentiment for October (5 a.m.)

U.S. - Housing Starts and Building Permits for September (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. - Pending Home Sales for September (10 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $95 Billion in 6-Week Bills (11:30 a.m.)

U.S. - American Petroleum Institute Crude Oil Inventory Data (4:30 p.m.)

Japan - Trade Balance for September (7:50 p.m.)

Wednesday:

Earnings: META, TSLA, LRCX, PM, TMO, TXN, IBM, ABT, NEE, DHR, T, CME, ELV, CSX, MCO, KMI, URI, WAB, CCI, NTRS, TDY, LVS, PKG, LUV, ROL, GL

ECB's Lane (Chief Economist) Speaks (12:15 a.m.)

U.K. – CPI, PPI for September (2 a.m.)

ECB's Nagel (Germany) Speaks (3:15 a.m.)

U.S. - MBA Mortgage Applications (7 a.m.)

BoE's Bailey (Governor) Speaks (9 a.m.)

U.S. - Energy Information Administration Crude Oil Inventory Data (10:30 a.m.)

ECB's Lagarde (President) Speaks (12 p.m.)

Treasury Auctions $13 Billion in 20-Year Bonds (1 p.m.)

Thursday:

Earnings: PG, UNP, VLO, LMT, NEM, WDC, BX, CMCSA, NSC, HON, BE, NDAQ, FIX, PCG, CBRE, ROP, HBAN, VRSN, DOV, DGX, OMC, PHM, DOW, SNA, TSCO, NVR, ALLE, DECK

France - Business Climate Survey for October (2:45 a.m.)

SNB - Summary of Monetary Policy Discussion (3:30 a.m.)

BoE's Bailey (Governor) Speaks (6:50 a.m.)

U.S. - Initial Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. - Continuing Claims (8:30 a.m.)

Canada - Industrial Product Price Index for September (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. - Leading Index for September (10 a.m.)

Eurozone - Consumer Confidence for October (10 a.m.)

U.S. - EIA Natural Gas Storage (10:30 a.m.)

U.S. - Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index for October (11 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $26 Billion in 5-Year TIPS (1 p.m.)

Fed's Balance Sheet Update (4:30 p.m.)

U.K. - GfK Consumer Confidence for October (7:01 p.m.)

Japan - CPI for September (7:30 p.m.)

Japan - S&P Global PMIs (Preliminary) for October (8:30 p.m.)

Friday:

Earnings: AXP, SLB

U.K. - Retail Sales for September (2 a.m.)

Eurozone - HCOB PMIs (Preliminary) for October (4 a.m.)

U.K. - S&P Global PMIs (Preliminary) for October (4:30 a.m.)

Canada - Retail Sales for August (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. - S&P Global PMIs (Preliminary) for October (9:45 a.m.)

U.S. - University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment for October (10 a.m.)

U.S. - Baker Hughes Rig Count (1 p.m.)

U.S. - CFTC's Commitment of Traders Report (3:30 p.m.)

Fed Releases Balance Sheet Updates on Commercial Banks (4:15 p.m.)