Euro zone debt concerns look set to remain centre-stage this week, even if a deal for Ireland has been agreed over the weekend as expected.
As a result, today’s release of the European Commission’s latest economic outlook is expected to attract plenty of attention.
The press conference following Thursday’s ECB monetary policy meeting will also be carefully watched. Although interest rates are expected to remain unchanged, markets will be looking to see if the central bank plans to scale back its liquidity support measures.
TODAY
Meeting:Trintech egm (Bewleys Hotel, D18)
Indicators:EU-16 Business Climate (Nov) and Economic Sentiment (Nov); UK Hometrack House Prices (Nov) and Mortgage Approvals (Oct); Spanish Flash HICP (Nov)
Other:Aryzta trading statement; British Airways shareholders meet to consider merger of BA and Spanish airline Iberia; Ernst & Young webcast Are you prepared for the future of banking?; Science Foundation Ireland to make major funding announcement at opening of new research facility at DCU; CARDI to release new publication documenting ageing research in Ireland – A Picture of Ageing Research (Digital Hub); The Community Platform to launch new opinion poll on wealth tax (Buswells); Tourism Ireland to launch global tourism plans to restore growth to visitor numbers to Ireland in 2011 (Burlington Hotel, D4)
TOMORROW
Results:Barnes & Noble
Meeting: Meeting of National Public Service Alliance over measures proposed in Four Year Plan (Teachers Club, Parnell Square)
Indicators:EU-16 Flash HICP (Nov) and Unemployment (Oct); Irish Household Credit Growth (Oct); US Case Shiller House Prices (Sept), Chicago PMI (Nov) and Consumer Confidence (Nov)
WEDNESDAY
Results:Greencore; Sage; Thomas Cook; Trintech
Meeting:Inaugural Grattan Lecture Iceland and the IMF, What Lessons for Ireland? - with Icelandic finance minister Steingrímur J. Sigfússon Iceland (Maxwell Theatre, TCD)
Indicators:EU-16 Markit Manufacturing PMI (Nov); Irish Live Register (Nov); UK Gfk Consumer Confidence (Nov), Nationwide House Prices (Nov) and CIPS Manufacturing PMI (Nov); US ADP Employment (Nov), Construction Spending (Oct), ISM Manufacturing (Nov) and Vehicle Sales (Nov)
THURSDAY
Results:Britvic; Marston’s; TUI Travel
Meeting: Aryzta agm (Toronto); Goodbody Equity Conference; CPA Capital Game Conference (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown)
Indicators:EU-16 GDP (Q3), PPI (Oct) and ECB interest rate announcement; Irish Exchequer Balance (Nov); US Initial Jobless Claims (w/e 27th Nov) and Pending Home Sales (Oct)
Other:UNITE to launch of The People’s Budget – an alternative approach for fiscal stability (Buswells); Chinese Ambassador Liu Biwei and Chris Horn to speak at business breakfast to discuss the growing interaction between Ireland and China
FRIDAY
Results:Berkeley; Greene King; HMV
Meeting: Oglesby & Butler egm (Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire); Dublin Chamber of Commerce Annual Winter Lunch (Burlington Hotel)
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ndicators:EU-16 Markit Services PMI (Nov) and Retail Sales (Oct); Irish White Paper on Receipts and Expenditure; US Non-Farm Payrolls (Nov), Factory Orders (Oct) and ISM Services/Business Activity (Nov); UK CIPS Services PMI (Nov)
