All eyes will be on the crucial EU Economic Summit beginning on Thursday, where Taoiseach Enda Kenny will once again square up to fellow European leaders in a bid to renegotiate the terms of Ireland’s bail-out, while resisting pressure to cave in on the country’s low corporation tax rate.
Monday, March 21st
Meeting:
OECD Tax and Crime Conference (to Wed, Oslo)
Indicators
: ECB Trichet’s speech; US Existing Home Sales (Feb); UK Rightmove Houseprice Index (Mar)
Other
: Webcast with Gerhard Zeiler, CEO of RTL Group and Sue Unerman CSO MediaCom UK
Tuesday, March 22nd
Results
: Independent News & Media; UTV
Meeting:
’Road To Recovery’ - free networking event (RDS); John Bruton to address Chartered Accountants Ireland financial services members; OECD symposium - Toward Coherence in International Economic Law (Washington DC)
Indicators:
US Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (Mar); UK Consumer Price Index (Feb), Public Sector Net Borrowing (Feb) and Retail Price Index (Feb); Japanese All-Index Activity Index (Jan)
Other
: Launch of Ireland’s first Air Ambulance Service – AeroMedevac Ireland (Weston Airport, Leixlip)
Wednesday, March 23rd
Meeting:
Business Angel Conference (Westin Hotel, D2); Business Statistics seminar (Dublin Castle); Goodbody Irish Equity conference (Paris)
Indicators
: EMU Industrial New Orders (Jan) and Consumer Confidence (Mar); US MBA Mortgage Applications, New Home Sales (Feb) and EIA Crude Oil Stocks change; UK Bank of England minutes and BBA
Other:Official launch of the Porterhouse Beer & Whiskey Festival; ’An tShlí Ghlas - The Green Way’ Ireland’s first green economic zone announces global partnership (The Helix, DCU)
Thursday, March 24th
Results:Ted Baker
Meeting:Current Developments in the Energy Sector seminar hosted by Matheson Ormsby Prentice; Ireland-China Association seminar; Challenges and policies for promoting inclusive growth - OECD-World Bank conference; Carlsberg agm (Copenhagen)
Indicators:EMU Economic Summit and PMI (Mar); Irish Production in Building and Construction Index (Q4), Quarterly National Accounts (Q4) and Balance of International Payments (2010); US Durable Goods Orders (Feb), and Initial and Continuing Jobless Claims; UK Retail Sales (Feb); German PMI (Mar)
Friday, March 25th
Meeting:Gaelite Signs Future Focus Seminar
Indicators:EMU Economic Summit and M3 Money Supply (Feb); Irish Trade Statistics (Nov); US GDP (Q4) and Real Personal Consumption Expenditure(Q4); German Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey
Other:EastPoint Jobs & Careers Fair
