BUSINESS DIARY:One of the spotlight events of the week will be the major conference on the economy taking place in Dublin Castle on Friday.
The Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan is expected to address the conference, and no doubt his speech will be carefully scrutinised for any hints as to what might be in store in the October budget.
Today
Japanese Market Holiday
Results:Hargreaves Services; Kentz; SCi Entertainment; White Young Green
Meetings:Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan to host briefing on Smart Meters and how they will reduce energy bills
Indicators:EU labour cost (Q2); US Empire State Index (Sept) and Industrial Production (Aug)
Other:ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet gives a speech after accepting an honour from the city of Frankfurt
Tomorrow
Results:Adobe Systems; Best Buy; Darden Restaurants; Goldman Sachs
Meetings:Alliance & Leicester egm; Northgate agm; IFIA HR and Training Conference Clarion Hotel, IFSC, D1) 'Governance of Pension schemes not open to new entrants' breakfast seminar hosted by ACE, Aon Consulting and O'Donnell Sweeney Eversheds (Royal College of Physicians, No. 6 Kildare Street)
Indicators:EU HICP (Aug); Irish trade statistics (May); US CPI (Aug), Real Earnings (Aug), TICS Capital Inflows (July), NAHB Housing Index (Sept) and FOMC Rate Decision; UK DCLG House Prices and CPI (Aug); German ZEW Index (Sept) and CPI (Aug); Japanese confidence index (Aug)
Other:Launch of Irish League of Credit Unions 25th Annual All Ireland Poster Competition (Ranelagh Credit Union); Dublin Launch of the Enterprise Europe Network (Dublin Chamber of Commerce, 7 Clare St, D2); trading update from Debenhams
Wednesday
Results:Apogee Enterprises; Morgan Stanley; Woolworths
Meetings:'Practical Actions for Stressed IT Budgets' seminar (Shelbourne Hotel, D2); 'Getting to grips with governance - is your organisation ready for regulation?' training workshop presented by The Wheel (Carmelite Community Centre, Aungier Street, D2); The Broadcasting Commission of Ireland's national conference - 'Does the Medium M Matter?' (to Thursday, Croke Park Conf Centre, D3); Deloitte briefing 'Investment into China' (National Concert Hall, D2); Josephine Feehily, Chairman of Revenue Commissioners to address Leinster Society of Chartered Accountants' monthly lunch (Conrad Hotel, D2); Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin to address event to mark 100th anniversary of the introduction of the State Pension (Dept of Social Welfare, Store Street, D1)
Indicators:EU External Trade Balance (July); US Housing Starts (Aug) and Current Account (Q2); UK BoE Minutes (3/4 Sept meeting), Average Earnings (three months to July) and Claimant Count Unemployment (Aug)
Other:EasyJet investor day; Manpower Employment Outlook Survey for quarter four 2008; Bank of Ireland - pre-close trading statement; IBM and IDA Ireland to make data centre announcement.
Thursday
Results:FedEx; Kingfisher; Lehman Brothers; Oracle; Pernod Ricard; Pier1 Imports
Meetings:Ryanair agm (Radisson Hotel, Dublin Airport); Speed Networking event (Conrad Hotel, D2); ESRI Policy Seminar - 'Part-time work and Health among Older Workers in Ireland'; Asia -Europe Environment Forum - 'The Energy Sustainability Challenge : Fuelling Greater CooperationBetween Asia and Europe' (to Friday, Farmleigh, Phoenix Park); The Irish Sustainable Building Show (to Saturday, RDS); Irish Internet Association to launch 'Building Buzz through Blogging, Microblogging and Podcasting' half-day workshop in association with ICAN (Institute of Public Administration, Ballsbridge, D4)
Indicators:Irish wholesale price index (Aug); US Initial Jobless Claims (w/e 12th September), Leading Indicators (Aug) and Philly Fed Business Survey (Sept); Italian unemployment (Q2); Japanese Teritary Index (July), Bank of Japan Monthly Report and rate decision.
Friday
Meetings:Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan to address IPA/Dept of Finance conference on economy (Dublin Castle)
Indicators:Irish Earnings and Hours Worked in Construction (June) and Area Yield and Production of Crops (2007); German PPI (Aug)
Other:Launch of ESB / University of Limerick Biofuel project (Plassey House, UL)
