THE WEEK ahead is relatively quiet, with consumer prices for August and industrial output for July the main Irish indicators.
Meanwhile, a number of key indicators, including a consumer confidence index and GDP estimates, as well as the Bank of England’s decision on interest rates, should give investors a better insight into the state of the UK economy. The OECD also provides its assessment of the economic outlook for the US, Europe and Japan this week.
CPL and Donegal Creameries are among the Irish companies reporting results this week.
TODAY
Results: Donegal Creameries; Cherokee.
Indicators: EU Sentix investor confidence (Sep);
Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting.
Other: US Labor Day; Canada Labor Day.
TOMORROW
Results: Hydro International.
Meeting: EU Economic Financial Affairs Council meeting (Brussels).
Indicators: US Federal Reserve’s Beige Book; UK consumer confidence (Aug);
Japan current account (Jul); Japan trade balance (Jul).
Other: Opening of the Convention Centre (Dublin);
McInerney examinership case (High Court, Dublin).
WEDNESDAY
Results: CPL; Barratt Developments; Alliance Pharma.
Meetings: Richard Cantillon School seminar (until Friday, Tralee, Co Kerry); Bank of England monetary policy committee (until Thursday).
Indicators: UK industrial production (Jul); UK manufacturing production (Jul); Germany industrial production (Jul); UK GDP estimate (Aug); US consumer credit (Jul); Germany current account (Jul); Germany trade balance (Jul).
Other: Aer Arann examinership case (High Court, Dublin).
THURSDAY
Results: Redrow; Morrison Supermarkets; Smith Wesson; HMV.
Indicators: Consumer Price Index (Aug); UK trade balance (Jul); ECB monthly report; UK Bank of England interest rate decision; US jobless claims; US trade balance (Aug); Germany consumer price index (Aug).
Others: OECD chief economist Pier Carlo Padoan presents interim economic assessment of US, Europe and Japan (Paris); Christoph Mueller, chief executive, Aer Lingus, addresses Chartered Accountants lunch (Westbury Hotel, Dublin).
FRIDAY
Results: Wetherspoon (JD).
Indicators: Industrial production and turnover (Jun); earnings and labour costs (Q1 preliminary).
