The news agenda this week is likely to be dominated by the European and local elections taking place here on Friday.
However, live register figures for May, due out at the end of the week, will no doubt grab a few headlines as well, as economists reckon that the unemployment rate rose to 11.8 per cent last month.
MONDAY
Bank holiday in the Republic. Results: Enersys.
Indicators:EU purchasing managers' index manufacturing (May); US personal spending (April), construction spending (April) and ISM Index (May); UK purchasing managers' index manufacturing (May); Canadian gross domestic product (March) and industrial product price (April); Japanese monetary base (May).
TUESDAY
Results:Ryanair; VeriFone.
Meetings:WWP agm (Four Seasons, Dublin).
Indicators:Irish national accounts output and value added by activity (2002-2006); US pending home sales (April) and car sales (May); UK consumer credit (April), M4 money supply (April), mortgage approvals (April), PMI construction (May) and Nationwide consumer confidence (May).
Others:Interim management statement from Aryzta; Swedish Central Bank financial stability report.
WEDNESDAY
Results:Sportingbet.
Meetings:Petroceltic agm (Herbert Park Hotel, Dublin).
Indicators:US ADP Employment Change (May), Factory Orders (April), ISM Services (May) and Crude Inventories.
Others:Launch of the IBF/MABS protocol Working Together to Manage Debt by Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Chamber business workshop Thriving in Economic Turmoil; launch of Economic and Social Research Insitute publication Adapting to Diversity: Irish Schools and Newcomer Students (Department of Education and Science, Marlborough Street, Dublin)
THURSDAY
Results:Analogic; Guess; Harry Winston Diamonds.
Meetings:European Central Bankinterest rate decision; Bank of England interest rate decision; Bank of Canada interest rate decision; Saint-Gobain annual general meeting (Paris); Blackrock International Land annual general meeting (Ballsbridge Court Hotel, Dublin)
Indicators:US productivity (Q1) and unit labour costs (Q1).
FRIDAY
Results:Carphone Warehouse.
Meetings:Aer Lingus annual general meeting (Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin); Paul Krugman address (National Gallery of Ireland); Keynote address by Prof James K Galbraith (Institute of International and European Affairs).
Indicators:Irish earnings in distribution and business services (December) and live register (May); US hourly earnings (May), Non-farm payrolls (May), Unemployment Rate (May) and consumer credit (April); UK Halifax house prices (May).
Others:Internet Bootcamp Ireland (Marriott Johnstown House and Spa, Meath).
