highlights on this week<u+2019>s calendar include economic data, including the latest readings on growth and jobs, an appearance by the country<u+2019>s top central banker and canadian bank earnings. bank of canada governor stephen poloz delivers a speech late monday in toronto, which will focus on the services-side of the economy. the speech and subsequent press conference will be mr. poloz<u+2019>s last public appearance before the bank of canada issues its final rate decision for this calendar year on dec. 7. the central bank held its policy rate at 0.5% in october, although mr. poloz said senior officials <u+201c>actively discussed<u+201d> adding further monetary easing due to weak conditions overall. mr. poloz<u+2019>s speech comes ahead of wednesday<u+2019>s release of the country<u+2019>s third-quarter economic data from statistics canada. early expectations are for annualized growth to surpass the 3% level in the july-to-september period, a rebound from the second-quarter decline fueled by wildfires in resource-rich alberta. still, the economy lost momentum in september, with weak figures for manufacturing and wholesaling, which analysts suggest sets the stage for weakness in the final quarter of the year. there<u+2019>s added longer-term uncertainty given the impact on exports to the u.s. with president-elect donald trump and his pledge to renegotiate the north american free-trade agreement. canada<u+2019>s big lenders kick off their fiscal fourth-quarter reporting season this week, led by bank of nova scotia on tuesday. royal bank of canada follows on wednesday, with canadian imperial bank of commerce and toronto-dominion bank set to report thursday. bank of montreal will close out bank-earnings season next week. canada<u+2019>s liberal government was widely expected last week to issue decisions regarding two enbridge inc. proposed pipelines, as the cabinet set a nov. 25 deadline to release verdicts. the government is now expected to unveil those decisions this week, affecting the beleaguered northern gateway project and replacement of the line 3 corridor linking the alberta oil sands to wisconsin. the week ends with the release friday of employment data for november. based on the last three months , the economy has added nearly 140,000 jobs. however, the unemployment rate has remained steady at 7%, in a sign that significant slack remains in the country<u+2019>s labor market. <u+2014>judy mckinnon contributed to this article. write to paul vieira at paul.vieira@wsj.com
key canada events: week of november 28 to december 2 - wsj
paul vieira