THE OECD’s report on the prospects for the global economy, due to be published on Wednesday, will be a key feature of the week ahead.
The US Federal Reserve meets to decide on interest rates against a backdrop of gradually growing optimism that the worst of the global economic crisis could be over.
MONDAY
Results: Escada; Kewill; Netplay TV; Smith Wesson.
Meeting: IFA delegation will travel to Luxembourg to take part in Copa demonstration; Community Foundation for Ireland to launch Annual Philanthropist of the Year Awards 2009 (Morrison Hotel); Invest Northern Ireland to launch its new social entrepreneurship programme; Capital Regional and Pinewood Shepperton annual general meetings; Irish Architecture Awards (Farmleigh, Phoenix Park)
Indicators: UK Rightmove house prices (June); German IFO index (June).
Other:Publication of Pensions Board annual report 2008 – Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin to attend; North East Pylon Pressure demonstration.
TUESDAY
Results: Apogee Enterprises; Creston; Oracle.
Meeting: Providence Resource agm (Westbury Hotel); OECD Forum 2009, The Crisis and Beyond; for a Stronger, Cleaner, Fairer Economy (Paris).
Indicators:EU Flash PMI (June); Irish output, input and income in agriculture (2008) and report on response burden placed on Irish businesses by CSO inquiries (2008).
Other:Trading update from Aggreko.
WEDNESDAY
Results: Bed Bath Beyond; Castings; Danisco; Kesa Electricals; Nike; Stagecoach; Rite Aid; Wyeth.
Indicators: EU current account (April); Irish trade statistics (Feb); FOMC interest rate announcement; OECD economic outlook.
Other: Lufthansa investor day; launch of new corporate identity by Institute of Accounting Technicians in Ireland (Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, Kildare St, D2); The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland to launch report, The Contribution of the Drinks Industry to Irish Tourism (Old Jameson Distillery, Smithfield).
THURSDAY
Results:Accenture; DSG International; DS Smith; Goldshield; James Latham; Robbins Myers.
Meeting:Experian Ireland annual business lunch, with guest speaker Alan Nolan, director general of SIMI (Four Seasons Hotel); JD Sports fashion agm.
Indicators: EU industrial orders (April); Irish external trade (April), wholesale price index (May) and quarterly national household survey (Q1).
FRIDAY
Results:Berkeley.
Indicators: Irish planning permissions (Q1), consumer prices biannual average price analysis Dublin and outside Dublin (May) and agricultural price indices (April).
