government for added advice on the cyberbanking sector.

"Until the problems in the banking sector are bound accident abhorrence will abide in markets," said Jamie Coleman, FX architect at ForexLive.com.

Colman is assured bill markets to abide to clue markets, abacus that with stocks continuing to accomplish new lows, the U.S. dollar will be able-bodied supported.

Conrad DeQuadros from RDQ Economics agreed that a lot of of the focus next anniversary will be on the U.S. government, and any new affairs to abutment the cyberbanking sector.

The a lot of important abstracts this anniversary appears to be U.S. retail sales, but DeQuadros said markets are already advancing for a anemic report.

January's sales afraid to the upside, but he said he is not assured that trend to last.

"January sales were a bit of an anomaly," he said. "The basal trend charcoal to the downside despites endure month's rise."

In Canada, markets will focus on the application report, which is accepted to appearance added aciculate abasement in the labour market.

Sacha Tihanyi, bill architect from Scotia Capital said although the application abstracts will appulse the Canadian dollar, markets will abide acute to all-around and U.S. trends.

He said if all-embracing accident appetence is on the acceleration advanced of the report, it will be admiring of the Canadian dollar. If that is the case, traders ability avoid the calm abstracts and abide afterward the trend, he said.

All times in EST:

Sunday

15:15 US Bernanke Speaks at Naming of Highway Interchange in S.C.

Monday

8:15 CA Housing Starts February Exp: +148.5K Prior: +153.5K

13:00 US Treasury to Sell $31B 3-Month Bills

13:00 US Treasury to Sell $30B 6-Month Bills

Tuesday

8:30 US Bernanke Speaks on Bank Regulation in Washington

10:00 US Wholesale Inventories January Exp: -1.0% Prior: -1.4%

10:00 US IBD/TIPP Bread-and-butter Optimism March Prior: +44.6

11:30 US Treasury to Sell $24B 52-Week Bills

11:30 US Treasury to Sell 4-Week Bills

13:00 US Treasury to Sell $34B 3-Year Notes

17:00 US ABC Consumer Confidence W/E March 8 Exp: -49 Prior: -49

Wednesday

7:00 US MBA Mortgage Applications W/E March 6 Prior: -12.6%

8:30 CA New Housing Price Index (M/M) January Exp: -0.3% Prior: -0.1%

10:30 US DOE U.S. Crude Oil Inventories W/E March 6 Prior: -757K

10:30 US DOE U.S. Gasoline Inventories W/E March 6 Prior: +168K

10:30 US DOE U.S. Distillate Inventory W/E March 6 Prior: +1662K

10:30 US DOE U.S. Heat Oil Inventories W/E March 6 Prior: +870K

10:30 US DOE U.S. Refinery Utilization W/E March 6 Prior: +1.76%

13:00 US Treasury to Sell $18B 10-Year Notes Reopening

14:00 US Monthly Budget Statement February Exp: -$203.0 Prior: -$175.6B

Thursday

8:30 US Advance Retail Sales February Exp: -0.5% Prior: +1.0%

8:30 US Retail Sales Less Autos February Exp: -0.2% Prior: +0.9%

8:30 US Initial Jobless Claims W/E March 7 Exp: +640K Prior: +639K

8:30 US Continuing Claims W/E Feb. 28 Exp: +5130K Prior: +5106K

10:00 US Business Inventories January Exp: -1.1% Prior: -1.3%

10:30 US EIA Natural Gas Storage Change W/E March 6 Prior: -102 Bcf

13:00 US Teasury to Sell $11B 30-Year Bonds Reopening

Friday

7:00 CA Unemployment Rate February Exp: 7.4% Prior: 7.2%

7:00 CA Net Change in Application February Exp: -50.0K Prior: -129.0K

8:30 CA International Merchandise Trade January Exp: -0.8B Prior: -0.5B

8:30 US Trade Balance January Exp: -$38.0B Prior: -$39.9B

8:30 US Import Price Index (M/M) February Exp: -0.8% Prior: -1.1%

8:30 US Import Price Index (Y/Y) February Exp: 13.5 Prior: -12.5%

10:00 US University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment March Preliminary Exp: +55.0 Prior: +56.3