GLOBAL RECESSIONARY fears will continue to dominate the business agenda this week. The EU is expected to announce details of an economic regeneration package early in the week, and British chancellor Alistair Darling will present his pre-budget report today.
Monday
Japanese Thanksgiving Day, market holiday.
Results:Analog Devices; Campbell Soup; Hewlett-Packard; Valspar.
Meetings:Barclays egm.
Indicators:EU industrial orders (Sept); US existing home sales (Oct); British pre-budget report; German IFO index (Nov); Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe to launch UCC research highlights lecture series (Aula Maxima, UCC).
Others:National Consumer Agency to launch key findings and recommendations from study, Home Construction Industry and the Consumer in Ireland; launch of Euroframe economic assessment of the euro zone.
Tuesday
Results:American Eagle Outfitters; Borders; Greencore; Imperial Tobacco; J. Crew; Land of Leather; Severn Trent.
Meetings:Management in a Downturn, HR seminar (Radisson hotel, Golden Lane, D8); Tom Raftery, co-founder of the Cork Internet eXchange, presentation on Electricity 2.0 and efficient data centres at IIEA roundtable; Financial Services Ireland annual dinner (Four Seasons hotel).
Indicators:US GDP (Q3); Case Shiller house prices (Sept) and consumer confidence (Nov); German Gfk consumer confidence (Dec) and GDP (Q3); French business confidence (Nov); Italian consumer confidence (Nov); OECD economic outlook.
Wednesday
Results:Britvic; Tiffany.
Meetings:National Women's Enterprise Day (Mullingar Park hotel); it@cork Technology in Business conference, Green IT - Reduce CO2, (Radisson hotel, Little Island, Cork); ICAI conference dealing with new business environment (Radisson hotel, Golden Lane, D8).
Indicators:Irish trade statistics (July); industrial disputes (Q3) and earnings and labour costs (Q2); US durable goods (Oct); initial jobless claims (w/e November 21st); personal income/consumption (Oct); British GDP (Q3); German prelim CPI (Nov); French consumer confidence (Nov); Italian business confidence (Nov).
Thursday
US Thanksgiving Day, market holiday.
Meetings:American Chamber of Commerce Thanksgiving lunch (Four Seasons); Ireland Poland Business Association National Conference, Burlington hotel); All-Island seedcorn business competition (Ramada hotel, Belfast); Irish Medical Devices Association excellence awards (Dromoland Castle, Co Clare).
Indicators:EU M3 (Oct); Irish external trade balance (Sept) and agricultural price indices (Sept); German unemployment (Nov); Japanese unemployment (Oct) and industrial production (Oct)
Others:An Bord Bia's food and drink industry day (IMI Conference Centre, Sandyford).
Friday
Results:ThyssenKrupp
Indicators:EU unemployment (Oct) and flash HICP (Nov); Irish credit growth (Sept); milk statistics (Oct) and CSO's Construction and Housing in Ireland 2008 edition; British Gfk consumer sentiment (Nov) and CBI Distributive trades survey (Nov); Italian prelim CPI (Nov).
