The week starts with a meeting of EU foreign ministers to lift sanctions on Yugoslavia in the wake of the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic and ends with a summit of EU leaders to address progress on achieving an enlarged EU or lack thereof in Biarritz.
Economic data from the United States, Britain and the euro zone will be closely scrutinised by financial markets looking for justification for the decision by the ECB to raise rates while Washington and London left them untouched. Analysts said US retail sales and euro-zone industrial production numbers would be looked at for evidence of economic slowdown on both sides of the Atlantic while British inflation data would be key in determining whether interest rates would go up in Britain next month.
At home, the economists will get together for their annual talk-in in Kenmare at the Dublin Economic Workshop, which runs through to Sunday. A range of topics from regulation and competition through national pension funding and transport will be debated over the three days.
Monday
Results: DMC (H1), Harvey Nash (H1), Interx (H1), Newcastle United, Sportsworld Media.
A.G.M.: Cedar (e.g.m.), Govett Euro Enhanced, John Mowlem (e.g.m.).
Meetings: EU foreign ministers meet to discuss inter alia lifting of Yugoslav sanctions (Luxembourg to Tues); Dow Jones Conference on "Strategies for a new Europe"(Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin); Seminar on "Making a Profit Using Northern & Southern Irish Contracts" (Carrickdale Hotel, Dundalk).
Indicators: EMU industrial production (Jul); British producer prices (Sep) and M0 data (Sep); Japanese wholesale prices (Sep);
Others: German court to decide whether DaimlerChrysler can reward top executives with stock options worth millions of euros after a complaint by the small shareholders' association; US, Canadian and Japanese public holiday; Business Software Alliance awards Government first European Cyber Champion Award.
Tuesday
Results: N Brown Group (H1), Incepta Group (H1), James R Knowles, MAN, OM Gruppen (Q3), Rugby Estates (H1), St Ives.
A.G.M.: Babcock Int'l (e.g.m.), Sirdar (e.g.m.), RWE.
Meetings: EU environment ministers meet (Luxembourg); Irish Home Builders Association conference on the housing crisis (RDS); Marketing Society meeting addressed by David McWilliams on "The Irish Economy 2005 From Boom to Bust (and Back!)".
Indicators: EMU industrial production (Jul); Irish live register flow analysis (Sep) and non-EU trade (Aug); German consumer prices (Aug/Sep); British retail prices (Sep).
Others: British Chancellor of the Exchequer Mr Gordon Brown gives evidence about Bank of England monetary policy to House of Lords committee; Launch on young-ebiz.com Ireland's young entrepreneur/Internet competition.
Wednesday
Results: Arm (Q3), JJB Sports (H1), Ted Baker (H1), Tepnel Life Sciences, Town Centre Securities.
A.G.M.: AstraZeneca (e.g.m.), GT Japan (e.g.m.), Novartis (e.g.m.).
Meetings: NSAI annual conference on theme of "Food Safety From Farm to Fork" (Enterprise Ireland).
Indicators: US wholesale trade (Aug) and Chicago federal index (Aug); German current account (Aug), industrial production (Aug) and trade balance (Aug); Japanese current account and trade balance (Aug).
Thursday
Results: DFS Furniture Company, Euro Telecom Communications (H1), Investor (Q3).
A.G.M.: Charterhouse, Haynes Publishing.
Indicators: EMU GDP (Q2); Irish balance of international payments (Q2); US import/export prices (Sep) and Atlanta federal index (Sep).
Friday
A.G.M.: Redrow Group, Tamaris.
Meetings: European Union heads of state and government hold informal meeting (Biarritz to Sat); Dublin Economic Workshop (Kenmare).
Indicators: US producer prices (Sep), Michigan Sentiment Survey (Oct) and retail sales (Sep); German retail sales (Aug); French consumer prices (Sep) and current account (Jul).
Others: RDS 2000 Gold Medal for Industry Award (RDS).
