Business this week

THE FOCUS this week will be on live register figures for Marchch out on Wednesday. Private-sector credit figures due to be released tomorrow by the Central Bank will also be closely analysed, in particular data relating to mortgage lending trends.

Monday

Results: Air Berlin; Dana Petroleum; Kentz.

Meetings: The Recession Ends Here, business seminar (Radisson SAS, Mount Merrion); National Housing Conference 2009 – Readjustment, Resilience, Resurgence(to Tues, Radisson Hotel, Sligo).

Indicators: EU consumer confidence (February), economic confidence and industrial confidence (March); UK M4 money supply, mortgage approvals (February) and Gfk consumer confidence (March);

Other: French unions due to meet to decide on new round of strikes.

Tuesday

Results:Apollo; Bellway; Borders; Cairn Energy; Fortis; Giga Medai; Morgan Stanley; Steelcase; Villeroy Boch.

Meetings: Starting your own business in 2009– Enterprise Ireland workshop (Naas, Co Kildare); interim economic outlook for major world economies presented by OECD's chief economist Klaus Schmidt- Hebbel (Paris).

Indicators:EU consumer price index (CPI) (March); Irish external debt (2008) and private sector credit figures (February); Chicago purchasing managers' index (PMI) and consumer confidence (March) and ABC/ Washington Postconsumer confidence (March 29th); UK index of services (Jan); German ILO unemployment rate (February).

Wednesday

Results: AGI Therapeutics; Newcourt.

Meetings: Healthcare Ireland conference and exhibition (RDS); NUI Maynooth Connect 2009workshop

Indicators: EU PMI manufacturing (March) and unemployment rate; Irish live register (March); US MBA mortgage applications (March 27th), construction spending (February), ISM manufacturing (March) and pending home sales (February); UK housing equity withdrawal (Q4), PMI construction, PMI manufacturing and Halifax house prices (March); German PMI manufacturing (March).

Thursday

Results: Micron Technology; Monsanto.

Meetings: G20 Summit (London); How to Manage Cash and Anticipate Changeseminar run by Laois Enterprise Board (Maldron Hotel, Midway Park, Portlaoise); Inaugural InterTradeIreland Innovation lecture (UCD); Construction Plant Show (Punchestown Event Centre); International Powered Access Federation summit (Crowne Plaza Hotel); Redundancy and Employment Law, talk by Andrew McCann of the Fingal Citizens Information Service (Malahide Library).

Indicators:ECB interest rate decision; US jobless claims and factory orders (February); Australian trade balance (February).

Other: Launch of Microsoft Ireland Business Productivity Online Suite (Morrison Hotel)

Friday

I ndicators:EU PMI services (March); Irish public sector employment and earnings (Dec) and live register additional tables (March); US non-farm payroll, unemployment rate and ISM non- manufacturing; German PMI services and Swiss CPI (all March).