A raft of leading Irish companies publish interim figures this week including CRH (tomorrow), Irish Life& Permanent, Glanbia, Kingspan and Independent News & Media (Wednesday).
On the economic front, the key data will be US employment figures on Friday. Analysts are looking for any sign that consumer demand - the one thing to sustain the US in the current downturn - is heading for a slowdown.
Monday
Results: BNP Paribas (H1), British Vita (H1), Enterprise (H1), Guardian IT (H1), KPN Telecom (Q2), Pizza Express, Project Telecom (H1), Provalis, Repsol, SIG (H1), Telef≤nica (H1), TNT Post Group (Q2), Wilson (Connolly) Holdings (H1).
Indicators: EMU purchasing managers' index (PMI) (Aug); British PMI (Aug) and M0 data (Aug); Italian wages (Jul); French purchasing managers' index (Aug).
Others: US Labor Day public holiday.
Tuesday
Results: AGF (H1), Air France (Q1), Associated British Ports (H1), Axis-Shield (H1), Biofocus (H1), Caffe Nero Group, CRH (H1), Dawson International (H1), Lafarge (H1), Linx Printing Technologies, L'OrΘal (H1), Old Mutual (H1), Parity Group (H1), P&O (H1), Pharmagene (H1), SEB (H1), Serco Group (H1), Taylor Woodrow (H1), Tullow Oil (H1), WSP Group (H1).
Indicators: EMU unemployment (Jul) and retail sales (Jun); US construction spending (Jul); Italian EU trade (Jun) and non-EU trade (Jul).
Others: Bundesbank president Mr Ernst Welteke addresses Financial Services Industry Association annual dinner (O'Reilly Hall, UCD); Intertrade Ireland publishes its 2000/01 annual review.
Wednesday
Results: Brambles Industries, Chubb (H1), Churchill China (H1), Clarkson (H1), Clydeport (H1), Gallaher (H1), Glanbia (H1), Interbrew (H1), Irish Life & Permanent (H1), Independent News & Media (H1), iTouch (H1), Kingspan (H1), Lavendon (H1), Logica, National Toll Roads (H1), Riversoft (H1), Screen (H1), Signet Group (H1), Spirent (H1), Thistle Hotels (H1), TotalFinaElf (H1).
A.G.M.: Dixons Group, Conduit, Daniels (S) (e.g.m.), DTZ Holdings, Smith (David S) Holdings.
Meetings: Watson Wyatt seminar on PRSAs and the Pensions (Amendment) Bill 2001 (Alexandra Hotel, Dublin).
Indicators: German unemployment (Aug).
Thursday
Results: Arriva (H1), Avis Europe (H1), Centrica (H1), Chelsfield (H1), Chorion (H1), Devro (H1), Diageo, Enterprise Oil (H1), Holmes Place (H1), Hunting (H1), Kidde (H1), Marshalls (H1), McBride (H1), Meggitt (H1), Mowlem (John) (H1), National Semiconductor (Q1), Orange (H1), Queens Moat Houses (H1), Quicks Group (H1), Senior (H1), Spirax-Sarco Engineering (H1), Staffware (H1), Travis Perkins (H1), Wireless Group (H1), Yorklyde (H1), Zen Research (H1), Zurich Financial (H1).
A.G.M.: Bulmer (H.P) Holdings, Heiton
Holdings, Syltone.
Meetings: National Institute of Technology Management 23rd annual conference on R&D management, (Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business - to Fri); eCRM breakfast briefing on the implications of e-business on customer relationship management (Jurys Hotel, Dublin).
Indicators: EMU producer prices index (Jul); British industrial production (Jul) and manufacturing produciton (Jul); German industry orders (Jul) and consumer prices (Aug); Italian business confidence (Jul).
Friday
Results: Anglo-American (H1), Credit Lyonnais (H1), Go-Ahead Group, Tranzenogen (H1), Wetherspoon (JD).
A.G.M.: Air France, Aston Villa, Hampson Industries, Menzies (John), Reflex Group.
Indicators: EMU trade balance (Jun) and imports/expports (Jun); US employment (Aug) and wholesale inventories (Jul); German industrial production (Jul), retail sales (Jul) and manufacturing production (Jul).
