Economic Calendar: Top Things to Watch This Week

Investing.com - The ECB is expected to update markets on the future of its stimulus program at its upcoming meeting on ThursdayAn advance reading of US Q3 growth on Friday is expected to show that the economy grew 2.6% down from 3.1% in Q2.Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) are to report earnings this week, along with Boeing (NYSE:BA), Ford, Chipotle and McDonald’s among others.Preliminary data on UK Q3 GDP will be closely watched as the BoE prepares to hike rates for the first time in almost a decade.The BoC is expected to make no changes at its policy meeting on Wednesday, but could leave the door open for December.