Investors will get readings on the Canadian retail, wholesale and manufacturing sectors this week as well as reports on U.S. and Canadian gross domestic product.

The data flow starts Tuesday when Statistics Canada publishes the consumer price index for September.

Thursday brings reports on industrial and raw material prices for September and the business conditions survey for October.

On Friday, StatsCan delivers its report on August gross domestic product. Analysts forecast an increase of 0.4% for the month.

South of the border, the reporting doesn’t get started until Wednesday with U.S. consumer confidence numbers for October, durable goods orders for September, an the latest beige book numbers from the Federal Reserve Board.

Friday brings the GDP report for the third quarter. Economists are expecting to see growth at an annual rate of 4%, up from the second quarter’s 3.3% advance.

Friday also brings the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey for October and the Chicago PMI for October.

Canadian earnings season comes into full-swing this week. Monday starts off with reports from Dofasco and Teck-Cominco.

Tuesday brings reports from Barrick, CP Railway, Cameco, Corus, Rogers, TransCanada, TSX Group, and WestJet.

Wednesday will the heaving day for earnings news with Agnico-Eagle ,CN Railway, CHUM, EnCana, Fairmont Hotels, JDS Uniphase, Maple Leaf Foods, Newmont Mining, Quebecor World, Placer Dome, and. Torstar

Algoma Steel, Domtar, Kinross Gold, Fairfax Financial, Great-West Life, Molson, Noranda, Open Text, Quebecor, Suncor Energy, Sun Life report on Thurssay.

The week closes on Friday with reports from Canfor, Ipsco, Rothmans.

The flow of Wall Street earnings slows somewhat. At the end of Friday, two-thirds of the S&P 500 will have reported results.

Companies reporting include American Express, DuPont, Thomson, Boeing, and
Exxon Mobil.