Acuity Brands Action Forum

The week summarized:

Monday

• S&P U.S. Manufacturing PMI (final March)
• Construction Spending (February)
• ISM Manufacturing (March)

Tuesday

• Vacancies (February)
• The President of the FED of San Francisco, Mary Dalygives speeches, and the President of the FED of New York, John Williamsmoderates a panel discussion
• Publication of business figures from Paychex ($PAYX (+2,17 %) ), Cal-Maine Foods ($CALM (+2,56 %) ) and Dave & Buster's Entertainment ($PLAY (-0,54 %) )

Wednesday

• ADP Employment (March)
• S&P U.S. Services PMI (final March)
• ISM Services (March)
• The President of the FED of Chicago, Austan Goolsbeegives speeches, and Jerome Powell participates in a forum at at Standford University attends
• Publication of business figures from Acuity Brands ($AYI (+2,66 %) ), Levi Strauss ($LEVI (-0,32 %) ) and BlackBerry Limited ($BB (+2,36 %) )
• Annual General Meeting of Disney ($DIS (+0,84 %) )

Thursday

• US trade balance (February)
• Speeches by Loretta MesterPresident of the FED of Cleveland, and Austan GoolsbeePresident of the Chicago FED
• Publication of earnings by RPM International ($RPM (+1,62 %) ) and Conagra Brands ($CAG )

Friday

• 
  US Labor Market Report (March)
• Consumer Credit (February)

Important events this week:

Monday

Jefferies Financial Group ($JEF (+2,32 %) ), Commercial Metals Co. and Helen of Troy Ltd. ($HELE (+0 %) ) publish quarterly figures. Data on consumer credit
(November)

Tuesday

Albertson Cos. ($ACI (+0,28 %) ), TD Synnex Corp ($DSYNC (-0 %) ) and Acuity Brands Inc. ($AYI (+2,66 %) ) present their quarterly reports reports. Data on the trade deficit
(November) and the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index
(December) are published.

Wednesday:

KB Home ($KBH (+1,66 %) ) presents its quarterly figureswhile data on wholesale inventories
(November) are expected.

Thursday

Infosys Ltd. ($INFY (+1,37 %) ) publishes its quarterly reports. Data on initial unemployment claims (week ending 6.
January), the CPI
(December) and the US budget report
(December) are published.

Friday

UnitedHealth Group ($UNH (+3,09 %) ), JPMorgan Chase & Co. ($JPM (+0,97 %) ), Bank of America Corp. ($BAC (+1,3 %) ), Wells Fargo & Co. ($WFC (+1,06 %) ), BlackRock Inc. ($BLK ), Citigroup Inc. ($C (+1,33 %) ), BNY Mellon Corp. $BK (+0,21 %) ) and Delta Air Lines ($DAL (+1,41 %) ) publish their quarterly figures. Data on the producer price index
(December) are also expected.

There are some important economic events coming up in the next week that could be relevant:

Monday

• S&P Global Manufacturing PMI - Final Reading (September)
• ISM Manufacturing PMI (September)
• Construction Spending (August)

Tuesday

• Companies like McCormick & Company ($MKC (+3,44 %) ), Cal-Maine Foods Inc. ($CALM (+2,56 %) ) and Novagold Resources Inc.. ($NG (+0,78 %) ) will release their quarterly reports.
• Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) (August)
• IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index (October)
• LMI Logistics Managers' Index (September)

Wednesday

• Companies like RPM International Inc. ($RPM (+1,62 %) ), Acuity Brands Inc. ($AYI (+2,66 %) ) and Helen of Troy Ltd.. ($HELE (+0 %) ) will release their quarterly reports.
• ADP National Employment Report (September)
• S&P Global Services PMI - Final Reading (September)
• S&P Global Composite PMI - Final Reading (September)
• ISM Services PMI (September)
• PLAndings Manufacturing (August)

Thursday

• Companies like Constellation Brands ($STZ (+1,23 %) ), Lamb Weston Holdings ($LW (+1,9 %) ), ConAgra Brands ($CAG ) and Levi Strauss & Co. ($LEVI (-0,32 %) ) will release their quarterly reports.
• Challenger, Gray & Christmas Job Cuts (September)
• Trade Balance of the USA (August)

Friday

• U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls (September)
• Consumer Credit Report (August)
• Updates on the Labor Market

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