the week ahead

That is mucho headwinds.

They will include

Monday

• existing-home sales for July (Monday);
  

Tuesday

• the Case-Shiller home price index for June,
• new-home sales for July,
• the Conference Board consumer confidence index for August
• and the minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s Aug. 5 meeting
  

Wed

• durable goods for July (Wednesday);

Thursday

• the first revision of second-quarter gross domestic product
  

Friday

• ; and personal income and spending for July,
  
• the Chicago purchasing managers index for August and the Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey (Friday).

EARNINGS REPORTS Canadian banks will headline the earnings calendar this week, with reports coming from the Bank of Montreal and the Bank of Nova Scotia (Tuesday); the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Wednesday); and the Royal Bank of Canada and the Toronto-Dominion Bank (Thursday).