On Thursday, Statistics Canada reports on monthly changes in industrial product and raw material prices for June.

On Friday, StatsCan reports on the gross domestic product in May. Economists expect a drop of 0.4% from the previous month.

South of the border

On Monday, the U.S. Commerce Department reports on new home sales in June. Economists expect an increase of 3.8% from the previous month to an annualized figure of 355,000 homes.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Conference Board releases its consumer confidence survey for July. The reading is expected to fall to 48.7 from 49.3 the previous month.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve releases its periodic Beige Book survey of U.S. economic conditions.

The U.S. Commerce Dept. reports on durable goods orders for June. A 0.5% decrease is forecast.

On Thursday, the U.S. Labour Department reports on initial jobless claims for the week ended July 25. Economists forecast 585,000 claims.

On Friday, the U.S. Commerce Dept. reports final figures on the gross domestic product for the second quarter. Economists expect an annualized drop of 1.5%.

Corporate earnings

On Monday, Canadian Oil Sands Trust reports its second-quarter results, as does Cott Corp., Riocan REIT, Enbridge Energy Management, Enbridge Energy Partners LP, and Honeywell International Inc.

On Tuesday, Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. releases its second-quarter results, as does Davis Henderson Income Fund, Inmet Mining Corp., Canadian Utilities Ltd., Rogers Communications Inc., and BP PLC.

On Wednesday, Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. reports its second-quarter results, as does Brookfield Properties Corp., Canada Bread Co. Ltd., Enbridge Inc., MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., Maple Leaf Foods Inc., TMX Group Inc., Torstar Corp., Sherritt International Corp., and Deutsche Bank AG.

On Thursday, Fairfax Financial releases its second-quarter results, as does Barrick Gold Corp., Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., Catalyst Paper Corp., Canfor Corp., Goldcorp Inc., Petro-Canada, TransAlta Corp., and Silver Wheaton Corp. reports. Second-quarter share profit of 8 cents is

Other companies scheduled to report include Royal Dutch Shell PLC, MasterCard Inc., NYSE Euronext Inc., Colgate-Palmolive Co., and Exxon Mobil Corp.

On Friday, George Weston Ltd. releases its second-quarter results.

Eldorado Gold Corp., Dundee Precious Metals Inc., and Chevron Corp. also report.

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