The key economic indicator this week will be the private sector credit figures for March, due to be released by the Central Bank on Friday.
According to media speculation, Bank of Ireland could announce details of its impending rights issue as early as today.
MONDAY
Results:
Boston Scientific; Canon; Caterpillar; Sanmina-SCI; Whirlpool
Meeting:
Patents Office half-day seminar Building a Business on Your Ideas (Kilkenny); Microsoft Ireland’s Smart Economy in Action conference - opening address by Taoiseach Brian Cowen.
Indicators:
Irish Wholesale Price Index (Mar); UK Hometrack House Prices (Apr)
TUESDAY
Results:
Deutsche Bank; Electrolux; Ford; Imperial Tobacco; Jones Lang LaSalle; Western Union
Meeting:
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs meeting on cost of regulation to businessSustainable Innovation Forum (Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin); NIC-ICTU Biennial Conference (to Wed, Derry); Global Water Summit 2010 (Paris); Biovitrum agm
Indicators:
US Case Shiller House Prices (Feb) and Consumer Confidence (Apr); UK
WEDNESDAY
Results:AOL; CB Richard Ellis; GlaxoSmithKline; Invesco; Puma; SAP; Xilinx
Meeting:InterTradeIreland Economic Forum (Belfast); Announcement of new SFI awards by Minister for Enterprise Batt O’Keefe
Indicators:US FOMC Rate Announcement (Apr); German Prelim CPI (Apr); Italian Business Confidence (Apr)
Other:Launch of Ireland RepTrak 2010 Study
THURSDAY
Results:Becton Dickinson; Bristol-Myers Squibb; British Sky Broadcasting; Burger King; Cardinal Health; Colgate-Palmolive; ConocoPhillips; ExxonMobil; Genworth Financial; Motorola; Pernod Ricard; Sanofi-Aventis; Unifi; Unilever
Meeting:R&D Seminar (Galway); ECB-President Jean-Claude Trichet will atttend Munich Economic Summit; Belfast Business Awards; Lufthansa agm; Annual NFTE Entrepreneurship Awards (The Helix, DCU)
Indicators:EU-16 Business Climate (Apr) and Economic Sentiment (Apr); Irish Household Travel Survey (Q4); US Initial Jobless Claims (w/e Apr 24th); UK Nationwide House Prices (Apr); German Unemployment (Apr)
FRIDAY
Results:Allergan; Aon; Fortis
Meeting:FBD agm and egm; National Property Auction (Shelbourne Hotel, D2); official opening of Netwatch’s International Headquarters by an Taoiseach Brian Cowen (Carlow)
Indicators:EU Flash HICP (Apr) and Unemployment (Mar); Irish Trade Statistics December (2009), Tourism and Travel (2009), Agricultural Price Indices (Feb) and Credit Growth (Mar); US Advance GDP (Q1), Chicago PMI (Apr) and Michigan Sentiment (Apr); UK GFK Consumer Confidence (Apr); French PPI (Mar); Italian PPI (Mar)
