THE BUSINESS calendar for the week ahead is relatively light in terms of economic indicators. On the corporate front, the event most likely to grab the headlines will be Bank of Ireland’s annual general court meeting on Wednesday, where shareholders will get their yearly chance to question the bank’s management. Five directors are due to stand down from the bank’s board at the meeting.
MONDAY
Meeting
: INFINITI Conference on International Finance - with keynote speaker Andrei Shleifer of Harvard University (to Tues); Competition Authority conference on ’The Role of Competition in Ireland's Economic Recovery’; official opening of Aspect by Minister for Small Business John Perry (Glenlo Abbey Hotel, Galway)
Indicators:
Irish Bord Gáis Energy Index (May) and Ulster Bank Construction PMI (May); UK RICS House Price Balance (May)
Othe
r: Minister for Finance Michael Noonan visits the US (to Thurs)
TUESDAY
Meeting:
National Dairy Council Annual Conference (Conrad Hotel, D2); French President Nicolas Sarkozy, EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn and Finance Minister Christine Lagarde speak at a conference on ’Commodities and Raw Materials: Challenges and Policy Responses’ (Brussels); Bank of Italy Governor Mario Draghi appears at European Parliament Economics and Monetary affairs committee for hearing on proposed appointment as ECB president
Indicators:
US Producer Price Index - ex Food and Energy (May), Retail Sales (May) and Business Inventories (Apr); UK Nationwide Consumer Confidence (May), Retail Price Index (May), Consumer Price Index (May), DCLG House Price Index (Apr) and CB Leading Indicator Index (Apr)
WEDNESDAY
Meeting
: Bank of Ireland’s Annual General Court meeting (O’Reilly Hall, UCD); Institution of Occupational Safety and Health Ireland Branch Conference 2011 (Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny); Cork Chamber event ’China’s New Agenda’ (Clarion Hotel, Cork); Governor of Bank of Finland Erkki Liikanen to speak on economic outlook (Helsinki)
Indicators:
EMU Industrial Production (Apr); US Consumer Price Index (May), Industrial Production (May), MBA Mortgage Applications and NY Empire State Manufacturing Index (Jun); UK ILO Unemployment Rate (Apr) and Claimant Count Rate (May)
Other
: Ecofin meeting
THURSDAY
Meeting:
2011 Cloud Trilogy - Part Two (National College of Ireland); IDMA Networking Event (Odessa Club, D2); ’Online Edge 2011’ free seminar (Croke Park); PwC Business Leaders Dinner - with keynote speaker Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Indicators
: EMU Employment Change (Q1) and Consumer Price Index (May); Irish Services Producer Price Index (Q1), Quarterly National Household Survey (Q1), Quarterly National Household Survey Unemployment Thematic Report (Quarter 1 2005-2011) and Earnings and Labour Costs (Q4); US Building Permits (May) and Housing Starts (May); UK Retail Sales (May)
Other:
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde speak on the international financial system (Paris); IEA publishes monthly oil market report and 'The 2011 Edition of Medium-Term Oil & Gas Markets' (Paris)
FRIDAY
Meeting:
Vice President of the European Commission Joaquin Almunia addresses the Federation of International Banks in Ireland annual lunch (Westin Hotel, D2); Herman van Rompuy, president of the European Council, addresses Institute of International and European Affairs on “Building the European Future”
Indicators:
EMU Trade Balance (Apr) and Construction Output (Apr); US Leading Indicators (May) and Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Jun)
Other:
ECB Monthly Report; Launch of OECD-FAO Agriculture Outlook
