Keeping eye on inflation

In the aftermath of the Government's programme of measures to curb inflation, attention will focus on the June figures due out tomorrow. Not that Minister for Finance, Mr McCreevy's package would have had any impact yet. The markets will be looking to see if the figures, although still likely to rise, will at least remain within the latest forecasts.

Elsewhere, attention will focus on another sitting of the DIRT inquiry committee, results from Ireland's largest hotels group Jurys Doyle, both also tomorrow, and the Eircom performance ahead of the bonus share issue on Friday.

Monday

Results: Alcoa (Q2), Ashtead, British Bloodstock Agency, HP Bulmer, Gannett (Q2), Interlink Foods, Low & Bonar (H1), Medisys (H1), New York Times (Q2), Pace Micro Technology (H1), Topnotch Health Clubs.

A.G.M.: Tardis.

Meetings: Europe's first e-learning conference (Dublin to Tues); G-10 and other central bankers at Bank of International Settlements (Basel)

Indicators: British producer prices index (Jun) and M0 data (Jun); US consumer credit (May); Japanese wholesale prices (Jul), current account (May), machinery orders (May) and trade (May); German wholesale prices (Jun).

Others: The President, Mrs McAleese electronically signs the E-commerce Bill 2000 into law; Next round of Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder's roundtable social partner's forum on job creation, the Alliance for Jobs,

Tuesday

Results: Biogen (Q2), Cammell Laird, Digital Advertising, Ellis & Everard, Harley Davidson (Q2), International Paper (Q2), Jurys Doyle Hotel Group, MB Software, MGIC INvestment (Q2), Oriental Restaurant, Yahoo.

A.G.M.: British Airways, Land Securities, Liontrust, Peel (e.g.m.), Providence Resources, Safeway, SSL International.

Meetings: Dail Select Committee of Public Accounts' DIRT sub-committee meets again to review progress.

Indicators: Irish consumer prices (Jun); British retail prices (Jun); US wholesale trade (May) and Chicago Federal Index (May).

Others: Local Ireland introduce online travel and tourism site; British House of Lords committee on monetary policy takes evidence from Bank of England Deputy Governor Mervyn King and new Monetary Policy Committee members Mr Steve Nickell and Mr Christopher Allsopp.

Wednesday

Results: Abbott Laboratories (Q2), BB&T (Q2), Capital Once Financial (Q2), First Data (Q2), Investor (H1), Motorola (Q2), Office Depot (Q2), OM Group (H1), Sudzucker.

A.G.M.: Cadcentre, Internetaction.com (e.g.m.), RPC.

Meetings: Conference on Public Private Partnership in Ireland (Radisson Hotel, Dublin to Thurs).

Indicators: British unemployment (Jun), unit wages (May) and average earnings (May); German consumer prices (Jun), trade balance (May) and currency account (May); French current account (Apr) and consumer prices (Jun).

Thursday

Results: Dow Jones (Q2), Gateway (Q2), Maytag (Q2), Owens Corning (Q2), Samuel Healthf & Sons, Hyder, Rowan Companies (Q2), Saab (H1), Skillsgroup (H1), Stanley Leisure, JWE Telecom.

A.G.M.: Channelfly.com (e.g.m.), Christian Salvesen, Hiscox, Railtrack, Victoria.

Meetings: International Monetary Fund and World Bank hold joint seminar on transparency and codes of conduct in the financial sector (Bangkok).

Indicators: EMU GDP (Q1 2nd); US import/export prices (Jun); Japanese industrial production (May); German retail sales (May).

Others: Jubilee 2000 Ireland supporters march on all G8 embassies in Dublin to demand action on debt cancellation for developing countries.

Friday

Results: Componenta (H1), Eastman Kodak (Q2), KFK (H1), Rockwell Int'l (Q2).

A.G.M.: British Land, Express Dairies, Knutsford, Latchways, Matalan.

Indicators: US producer prices (Jun), retail sales (Jun), capacity utilisation (Jun), industrial production (Jun) and Michigan Sentiment Survey (Jul); Italian industrial production (May).

Others: Eircom shareholders get bonus issue of one share for every 25 they have held since the flotation a year ago.