Compiled by
CAROLINE MADDEN
MONDAY
Results
: Bovis Homes; Kingspan
Meetings
: Germany’s parliament expected to vote in special session on aid package for Greece
Indicators:
EU 17 M3/three-month moving average (Jan); US pending home sales (Jan); UK Hometrack house prices (Feb)
Other:
Trading statement from Associated British Foods
TUESDAY
Results:
Aer Lingus; CRH; Persimmon
Meetings:
2012 Business Networking Summit (Burlington Hotel, D4)
Indicators
: EU-17 economic sentiment (Feb); Irish retail sales (Jan), residential property prices (Jan) and trade statistics (Oct); US durable goods (Jan), Case Shiller house prices (Dec) and consumer confidence (Feb); UK CBI distributive trades survey (Feb); German preliminary CPI (Feb) and Gfk consumer confidence (Mar).
WEDNESDAY
Results
: Glanbia; Holcim; IAG; Taylor Wimpey
Meetings:
Agri-Food Breakfast Briefing (BDO, D2); SFA Employment Law Conference (Limerick); Minister for Enterprise Richard Bruton to speak at Enterprise Ireland’s High Potential Start-Up Showcase – Class of 2011 (Mansion House)
Indicators:
EU 17 final HICP (Jan) and ECB LTRO – long-term refinance operation; Irish Live Register (Feb) and credit growth (Jan); US revised GDP (Q4), Chicago PMI (Feb) and Federal Reserve Bank publishes beige book (summary of commentary on current economic conditions); German unemployment (Feb); French consumer spending (Jan)
THURSDAY
Results
: Fyffes
Meetings
: EU leaders’ summit (continues to Friday 2nd)
Indicators:
EU-17 Markit Manufacturing PMI (Feb), flash HICP harmonised indices of consumer prices (Feb) and unemployment figures (Jan); US personal income data (Jan), initial jobless claims (w/e Feb 25th), construction spending (Jan), ISM manufacturing (Feb) and vehicle sales (Feb); UK Nationwide house prices (Feb) and CIPS manufacturing PMI (Feb)
FRIDAY
Results
: Italcementi
Meetings
: Central Bank governor Patrick Honohan to give opening address at conference on SME lending market (Radisson Blu Hotel, D8)
Indicators:
Irish exchequer balance (Feb) and earnings and labour costs (Q3-Q4); UK construction PMI (Feb)
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