THE MAIN economic focus this week will be on the external trade and wholesale prices data which the CSO is due to publish in the coming days. Economists and commentators will be particularly interested to see if the country’s export sector continues to hold up.
Tomorrow the National Treasure Management Agency will embark on another fundraising mission with the aim of raising up to €1 billion by auctioning Government bonds.
MONDAY
Results:Apple; Boston Scientific; First Derivatives; Hasbro.
Meeting:Barratt Developments egm; Redrow egm; Social Entrepreneurs Ireland awards presented by President Mary McAleese.
Indicators:EMU construction output (August); US NAHB housing market index (October); Canadian investment in foreign securities (September); Japanese tertiary industry index (August).
Other:Announcement by Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan of a new clean-technology project for the west (Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, D2); Fed's Bernanke speech.
TUESDAY
Results:Biogen Idec; Caterpillar; Cirrus Logic; Coca-Cola; Forest Laboratories; M&T Bank; Pfizer; SanDisk; Stobart; Supervalu; Western Union; Yahoo.
Meeting:Cork Chamber annual conference (Radisson Blu Hotel, Cork).
Indicators:Irish trade statistics (June); US producer price index (September), ABC/Washington Post consumer confidence (October 18); UK M4 money supply (September), public sector net borrowing (September); German producer price index (September); Canadian leading indicators (September) and Bank of Canada interest rate decision.
Other:Irish National Treasury Management Agency auction of Government bonds; trading update from Greggs.
WEDNESDAY
Results:Amgen; Boeing; eBay; Elan; Eli Lilly; Home Retail; Genzyme; Icon; Northern Trust; Novellus Systems; QLogic; Wells Fargo.
Meeting:CPL Resources agm; Clean expo (RDS); Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan to address Chartered Accountants Leinster Society pre-budget lunch (Wilde Restaurant, Westbury Hotel); 2009 CFA Institute European Investment Conference – Strategies for a New Era – (Messe Frankfurt, Germany); Datapac meeting showing how Microsoft products can drive business growth (Wexford Opera House); third National Hospitality Environmental Conference hosted by Green Hospitality Award (Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, Killiney).
Indicators:US MBA mortgage applications (October 16th) and Fed's Beige Book; UK CBI industrial trends survey and Bank of England minutes; Japanese merchandise trade balance total (September).
Other:Trading updates from Cadbury and Manganese Bronze.
THURSDAY
Results:Amazon.com; American Express; AT&T; Black Decker; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Chubb; Credit Suisse; Debenhams; Delta Airlines; EMC; Intrum Justitia; Luminar; McDonald's; Merck; Provident Financial Services; Saint-Gobain; Schering-Plough; Smiths News; Sonoco; Wyeth; Xerox.
Meeting:Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards (Citywest Hotel); Club di Dublino fundraising dinner (Trinity College); Fitch Ratings on outlook for Western European banks (Merrion Hotel); Conference on SMEs, entrepreneurship and innovation (Udine, Italy).
Indicators:EMU current account (August); Irish wholesale price index (September) and external trade (August); US initial jobless claims (October 17th), leading indicators and housing price index (August); UK retail sales (September); Swiss trade balance (September); Canadian retail sales (August).
Other:Interim management statement from Dragon Oil; Holme Roberts & Owen Solicitors to open in Dublin.
FRIDAY
Results:Celestica; Ingersoll-Rand; Microsoft.
Indicators:EMU industrial new orders (August); Irish public sector employment and earnings (June); US existing home sales (September); Australian export price index (Q3).
Other:Trading update from BSkyB.
