This Week: British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown will this week deliver his ninth budget but is seen as unlikely to say anything that will deflect attention away from the state of the dollar.
If anything, markets will be paying closer attention to the figures for the foreign capital inflows into the US. Recent reports of central banks looking to divert money out of the dollar alongside January's larger than expected trade deficit will have analysts examining tomorrow's figures closely to see how the international appetite for US debt is holding up.
Domestically, the highlight of the week will be full-year figures from Independent News & Media on Wednesday. Independent's shares have been having a good run in the second half of the year and the company is expected to produce strong figures , reflecting a global pick-up in advertising.
Monday
Results: Anker, Bond International, Bovis Homes, Candover Investments, CMGI (Q2), Entertainment Rights, Greggs, Group 4 Securicor, Hiscox, Headlam, IAWS (H1), Johnson Service, Neutec Pharma (H1), Qualceram Shires, Regus, Roxboro, Spirax-Sacro.
AGM: Beazley (egm), De Vere (egm), Mice (egm).
Meetings: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Commission on Trade, 9th session (Geneva - to Fri); Seminar on US property investment (Conrad Hotel, Dublin).
Indicators: Irish industrial production and turnover (Jan); British producer prices (Feb); Japanese industrial production (Feb) and bankruptcies (Feb).
Others: European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet testifies before the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the European Parliament.
Tuesday
Results: AGF, Ashtead (Q3), Bayer, Beazley, Computacenter, Cookson, Deltex Medical Group, Derwent Valley, Euronext, Imprint Search, Interior Services (H1), ITouch, John Menzies, Laird, Mersey Docks, Michelin, Munich Re, NTL (Q4), Office2Office, Public Recruitment, Rok Property Solutions, Semperit, Shore Capital, Spectris, Trafficmaster, Wyevale Garden Centres, Xaar.
AGM: Danske Bank.
Meetings: Ernst & Young spring tax forum (Berkeley Court Hotel, Dublin); International Swaps and Derivatives Association's annual meeting (Barcelona - to Fri).
Indicators: Irish industrial employment,earnings and hours worked (Q4); US retail sales (Feb), capital net flows (Jan), business inventories (Jan), National Association of Housebuilders index (Mar) and labour turnover (Jan); German ZEW index (Mar); Italian industrial production (Jan).
Others: US Federal Reserve chairman Mr Alan Greenspan testifies on social security before Senate Special Committee on Aging; Bundesbank president Axel Weber presents the German central bank's annual accounts; Traffic figures from Iberia.
Wednesday
Results: Adecco, Advanced Medical, Ascribe (H1), Bear Stearns (Q1), BMW, BPP Holdings, Costain, Chorion, JC Decaux, Erinaceous Group (Q3), Geest, Global Crossing (Q4), Gyrus, Independent News & Media, JKX Oil & Gas, Johnston Press, Man, Provident Financial, Television Corporation, Smiths, Unite, Visionic.
AGM: Aker Kvaerner, Carlsberg, Club Med, Lonrho Africa.
Indicators: Euro-zone consumer prices (Feb); Irish trade (Jan); US current account (Q4), industrial production (Feb), capacity utilisation (Feb), housing starts (Feb), building permits (Feb) and services survey (Q4); British unemployment (Feb) and average earnings (Jan); Italian consumer prices (Feb).
Others: British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown to present his ninth annual budget.
Thursday
Results: 3Com (Q3), Alfred McAlpine, Allianz, Armor Group, Barnes & Noble (Q4), Bertelsmann, Biocompatibles, Celesio, Corus, Danisco (Q3), Domino Printing Science, Dreamworks (Q4), F&C Asset Management, FedEx (Q3), Goldman Sachs (Q1), Kingfisher, Kuoni, Nike (Q3), Paladin Resources, Pernod Ricard, PPR, Premier Farnell, Psion, Sirdar (H1), Sotheby's (Q4), Swiss Re, Ted Baker.
Meetings: European Central Bank governing council and general council meetings (Frankfurt); British Bankers Association and the Bond Market Association present one day conference "The Future of the European Bond Market" (London); Centre for Financial Studies and Ifo Institute hold international spring conference on "Prospects for the European Economy" (Berlin - to Fri).
Indicators: Euro-zone industrial production (Jan); US leading indicators (Feb) and Philadelphia federal survey (Mar); British retail sales (Feb); French payrolls (Q4).
Others: St Patrick's Day holiday in Ireland but Irish Stock Exchange open for full day's trading.
Friday
Results: Aga Foodservice, Chaucer Holdings, Collins Stewart, Friends Provident, RAB Capital.
AGM: Liberty International, STMicroelectronics.
Meetings: US Congressional Budget Office director Mr Douglas Holtz-Eakin addresses National Economists Club lunch on "Analysing Social Security Reform" (Washington).
Indicators: Irish retail sales (Jan) and construction sector employment (Jan); US import/export prices (Feb) and Michigan Sentiment Survey (Mar prelim); British public sector net cash requirement (Feb); German producer prices (Feb) Italian EU trade (Jan).
Others: European Central Bank Governing Council announces decisions on administrative and other matters, other than interest rate decisions.
