FURTHER CLARITY on the rescue package for Greece is expected early this week as a series of key meetings of European ministers take place today and tomorrow.
On the domestic front, the main focus will be on the National Treasury Management Agency, which aims to raise up to €1.5 billion in Government funding through the latest monthly bond auction tomorrow.
TODAY
US market holiday for President’s Day
Results: Irish Greyhound Board will publish attendance and financial figures for 2009
Meeting: European Finance Ministers’ Meeting; Presentation of Quarterly IBF/PwC Profile of the mortgage market in Ireland by IBF chief executive Pat Farrell
Indicators: UK Rightmove House Prices (Feb)
TOMORROW
Results:Barclays; InterContinental Hotels; Premier Foods
Meeting:Ecofin meeting
Indicators:Irish NTMA Bond Auction; US Empire State NY Fed Manufacturing (Feb)
Other:Pfizer to launch Cracking Counterfeit research results; Minister of State for Overseas Development Peter Power and the Ambassador of Nicaragua Dr Ricardo Alvarado to deliver significant contract announcement in relation to Bewleys ethical trading partnerships in Nicaragua (Bewley's, Grafton Street)
WEDNESDAY
Results:Analog Devices; BNP Paribas; Hewlett-Packard; Puma
Meeting:Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Minutes of 3rd/4th February Meeting
Indicators:EU-16 External Trade (December);
THURSDAY
Results: Akzo Nobel; Apache; Cap Gemini; Daimler; K-Swiss
Meeting:RDS Energy lecture by Prof Philip Walton, Prof Ian McAulay and Denis Duff entitled Nuclear Power for Ireland: Facts & Fiction(Minerva Suite, RDS);
FRIDAY
Meeting:Irish Franchise Association EXPO (Croke Park); Russian Cultural Festival Business Breakfast (Alexander Hotel, Merrion Square).
