Business Diary

The week ahead will be relatively quiet in terms of domestic economic releases, but economists expect the latest retail sales and PMI data to strengthen the view that the worst may be over.

MONDAY

Results: Charles Schwab; Royal Philips Electronics

Meeting: Infrastructure Investments In Northern Ireland conference; IFA tractorcade to take place across the country; National Offshore Wind Association of Ireland annual conference addressed by EU Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs and Eamon Ryan; meeting of Howth, Sutton and Baldoyle Chamber of Commerce focusing on economic future (The Marine Hotel, Sutton Cross); US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner addresses the National Association for Business Economics 51st annual meeting (Baden-Baden)

Indicators: Irish Ulster Bank Construction PMI (Sept); OECD Harmonised Unemployment Rates

Other: Financial Services Trade Mission To China; Launch of DVD on 'Taking the Risks and Paying Our Share' by 24/7 Frontline Service Alliance

TUESDAY

Results: Bellway; Dominos; Intel; Johnson Johnson

Meeting: World Knowledge Forum 2009 - with participation of OECD (Seoul); Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment meeting on the challenges facing the manufacturing sector in Ireland; Central Bank Governor Patrick Honohan will deliver Opening Address to the Budget Perspectives 2010 Conference (ESRI)

Indicators: US Redbook Sales (w/e Oct 10), IBD Consumer Confidence (Oct) and ICSC/GS Chain Store Sales (w/e Oct 10); UK Consumer Prices (Sept), BRC Sales Monitor (Sept), Core CPI (Sept), Retail Prices (Sept) and DCLG House Prices (Sept); German ZEW: Economic Sentiment (Oct); Japanese M2 Money Supply (Sept)

Other: Publication of ESRI Quarterly Economic Commentary, Autumn 2009

WEDNESDAY

Results: Abbott; Datalink; Punch Taverns; Xilinx

Meeting: Diageo agm; Lunchtime 'Entrepreneurs Live!' Seminars at NovaUCD; Global Forum on Finance organised by the OECD/International Organisation of Pension Supervisors (IOPS), followed by Global Forum on Private Pensions (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Indicators: Euro zone Industrial Production (Aug); US Mortgage Market Index (w/e Oct 9), Retail Sales (Sept), Import Prices (Sept), Business Inventories (Aug) and FOMC Minutes; UK Claimant Count (Sept), ILO Unemployment Rate (June-Aug), Average Earnings (June - Aug) and Manufacturing Unit Wage Costs (June - Aug)

Other: Trading updates from Burberry and Experian

THURSDAY

Results: Citigroup; Goldman Sachs; Google; Harley-Davidson; Merck; Nokia; PPG; Southwest Airlines; WH Smith; Winnebago

Meeting: 'IT Security and the Recession Calyx' seminar (Westbury Hotel, Grafton Street); Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Chamber - EnviroCom 2009 Awards Dinner; Dublin Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner with Minister Brian Lenihan and Denis OBrien (Burlington Hotel); CSI Innovative Technology Exhibition (UCD)

Indicators: Euro zone HICP (Sept) and ECB Monthly Bulletin; Irish Overseas Travel (August)

FRIDAY

Results: Clinton Cards; General Electric; Halliburton; Mattel

Meeting: Reinventing Your Business course (Ramada Hotel, Bray); Annual conference of the Society of Chartered Surveyors - 'Staying Afloat in Uncertain Times' (UCD); Dublin Economic Workshop conference (to Sun. Kenmare)