Some events to note for your diary this week
TODAY
Results: Anheuser Busch Inbev meetings; Euro group chief Jean- Claude Juncker to speak on “Strategies against the Crisis” at an event organised by Der Spiegel and Koerber Foundation; FBD agm.
Indicators: Euro zone M3 (March) and CPI estimate (April); Irish private- sector credit (March); US personal consumption expenditure core, personal income and personal spending (March).
Other: FBD interim management statement; deadline for caretaker Dutch government to agree on budget cuts; German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble and Spanish economy minister Luis de Guindos hold news conference (Madrid).
TOMORROW
Results: Archer Daniels Midland; Becton Dickinson; Biogen Idec; BP; Domino’s Pizza; Genworth Financial; Jones Lang LaSalle; Marchtin Marchietta Materials; Pfizer; TripAdvisor.
Indicators: US ISM manufacturing (April) and construction spending (March); Irish PMI manufacturing and UK PMI manufacturing (April); German retail sales (March).
Other: Launch of farming and agri- business Yes campaign for the stability treaty; US Fed’s Dennis Lockhart talk on monetary policy.
WEDNESDAY
Results: Allergan; Fortis; Master- Card; Symantec; TNT Express.
Meetings: Kerry Group agm; EU economic and financial affairs council (Brussels).
Indicators: Euro zone PMI manufacturing (April); Irish Live Register (April), exchequer returns (January-April) and overseas travel; US ADP employment change (April) and factory orders (March); UK PMI construction (April) and mortgage approvals (March); German unemployment change (April)
Other: Kerry Group interim management statement; Ignite graduate business innovation programme information evening (UCC); Ireland RepTrak 2012.
THURSDAY
Results: Cardinal Health; Kraft Foods; Lufthansa; Saint-Gobain; Societe Generale; Smith Nephew
Meetings: HeidelbergCement agm; cross-Border economic breakfast; Meath food showcase (Headfort Arms Hotel, Kells); Ireland-US Council spring corporate lunch (Four Seasons, Ballsbridge).
Indicators: Euro zone PPI (March); US ISM non-manufacturing (April); UK PMI services (April)
Other: Diageo interim management statement; ECB governing council meeting, followed by interest rate announcement.
FRIDAY
Results: Air France KLM; BNP Paribas; Italcementi; Lafarge; Smurfit Kappa.
Meetings: Aer Lingus agm (Radisson Hotel, Dublin airport); Smurfit Kappa agm.
Indicators: Euro zone retail sales (March) and PMI services (April); Irish industrial production and turnover (March) and consumer sentiment (April); US change in non- farm payrolls ) and unemployment rate (April).