This week:Investors around the world are on tenterhooks to see what lasting impact the global liquidity crunch has had on the broader economy and this uncertainty has clouded the outlook for interest rates.
Next week brings a flurry of inflation data from the United States, the euro zone and Britain.
Given policymakers' commitment to keeping inflation under wraps at a time of soaring energy and food prices and patchier economic performance, these numbers may shed more light on the likely course of interest rates in these three regions.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and Bank of England Governor Mervyn King make separate appearances next week in the run-up to the Group of Seven meeting next weekend in Washington. The G7 will probably be dominated by further debate on currencies, with a particular focus on the euro's appreciation.
Monday
RESULTS:Citigroup, Connaught, Enzo Biochem, Genentech, Macatawa Bank, Mattel, Premier Direct, Robbins & Myers.
AGMs:SMG (egm).
MEETINGS:OECD Global Forum on Trade: Trade, Innovation and Growth (Paris - to Tues);
INDICATORS:Irish overseas travel (August); Japanese industrial production; Canadian leading indicators.
OTHERS:Robert Holmes Tuttle and Thomas C Foley, US ambassadors to the UK and the Republic respectively lead a business delegation to Northern Ireland (to Tues); Official opening of VHI's 3rd Swiftcare clinic in Ireland; Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke speaks before the Economic Club of New York; National Standards Authority of Ireland celebrates World Standards Day; Talks between the European Union and South Korea for a free trade agreement (Seoul - to Fri); Trading update from SABmiller
Tuesday
RESULTS:Bellway, CSX Corporation, Delta Air Lines, Domino's, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Linear Technology, Next Fifteen Comms, Seagate Technology, State Street, St Ives, Supervalu, US Bancorp , Wells Fargo, Whitbread, Yahoo!
MEETINGS:TIF annual telecoms conference on the theme of Beyond Broadband (Mansion House, Dublin); IDC Mobile Enterprise 2007 Ireland Conference (The Guinness Storehouse).
INDICATORS:Euro-zone consumer price index; US industrial production, capacity utilisation and NAHB housing market index; UK consumer price index; German ZEW survey - economic sentiment and consumer price index.
OTHERS:UCC & Combat Poverty Conference to launch findings of research on Issues in Financial Exclusion and Over-indebtedness in Ireland; UNCTAD World Investment Report; Trading updates from Burberry and Rank
Wednesday
RESULTS:Abbott Laboratories, Alliance Data, Allstate, Altria, AMR, CIT, Citrix Systems, Datalink, E*Trade Financial, eBay, JP Morgan Chase, Sportingbet, Stryker, United Technologies, Valeo.
MEETINGS:John Bruton to address Forum on Europe on EU-US relations (Dublin Castle); Annual CPA President's dinner (Westin Hotel, Dublin).
INDICATORS:US housing starts and building permits, consumer price index and Beige Book survey of U.S. economic conditions; UK umemployment rate
OTHERS:OECD publishes publication of "Revenue Statistics 1965-2006"; Bank of England publishes minutes of its October Monetary Policy Committee meeting; Trading update from Britvic and Rio Tinto.
Thursday
RESULTS:Accuma, Bank of America, Continental Airlines, Dow Jones, Fortum, Google, Horizon Financial, IONA Technologies, Nokia, Novartis, Oakley, Perrier, , Pfizer, PPG Industries, QXL Ricardo, SanDisk, SAP, Smiths News, Southwest Airlines, UnitedHealth Group, Wyeth.
MEETINGS:American Chamber of Commerce to hold its Cork business lunch ( Maryborough Hotel, Cork); G24 deputies meeting (Washington).
INDICATORS:Euro-zone trade balance; Irish Census 2006 - Volume 10, Education and Qualifications; US initial jobless claims; British retail sales
OTHERS:Trading update from DSG International
Friday
RESULTS:Boston Scientific, Caterpillar, Harley-Davidson, Jeeves Information Systems AB, Sonoco Products, Xerox.
MEETINGS:Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association national conference (Heritage Hotel, Killenard, Laois); US Treasury hosts G7 finance ministers meeting ahead of 2007 Annual Meetings of World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (Washington); Irish family business conference, hosted by John C Kelleher Family Business Centre, Hayfied Manor; Institute of International Finance 25th annual membership meeting (Washington).
INDICATORS:Irish industrial stocks (Q2) and capital assets in industry (Q2).
OTHERS:Trading update from WPP
