Political developments will set the agenda this week, but corporate results will attract attention nonetheless. Bookmaker Paddy Power will get things started today, while FBD, Tullow Oil and Origin Enterprises are due to release results in the coming days.
Meanwhile, Thursday’s inflation figures for February will constitute the main economic indicator of the week.
Monday, March 7th
Results:
Paddy Power
Meeting:
Irish Hotel Federation Annual Conference; Olli Rehn, EU Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs, attends Eurostat
General Assembly Indicators
: EMU Sentix Investor Confidence (Mar); US Consumer Credit Change (Jan); Canadian Building Permits (Jan)
Other:
Bord Gáis Energy Index (Feb); Morgan McKinley Irish Employment Monitor
Tuesday, March 8th
Results:
FBD Holdings
Meeting:
Dublin Web Summit 5; Women in Business – Looking Ahead, Shaping the Future 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day (Alexander Hotel, D2)
Indicators:
UK BRC Retail Sales (Feb) and RICS House Price Balance (Feb); German Industrial Orders (Jan); Swiss Unemployment Rate (Feb); Canadian Housing Starts (Feb)
Wednesday, March 9th
Results:
Tullow Oil
Meeting:
Business of Ageing Conference
Indicators:
US Wholesale Inventories (Jan); UK Trade Balance (Jan); German Industrial Production (Jan); Canadian New Housing Price Index (Jan)
Other:
Chambers Ireland Corporate Social Responsibility Awards Launch (Gibson Hotel, Point Village, D1)
Thursday, March 10th
Results:
DHL; Geberit; Origin Enterprises
Meeting:
Dungarvan & West Waterford Chamber Business Afterhours (Waterford County Council)
Indicators:
Irish Consumer Price Index (Feb); US International Trade Balance (Jan) and Initial Jobless Claims (w/e Mar 5th); UK Industrial Production (Jan), Manufacturing Production (Jan) and BoE Interest Rate Decision
Friday, March 11th
Meeting:
Providence Resources egm (The Westbury Hotel); Executive Edge Day (UCD Smurfit School)
Indicators:
Irish Vehicles Licensed for the First Time (Feb) and Industrial Production & Turnover January (2011); US Retail Sales (Feb), Reuters/Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (Mar) and Business Inventories (Jan); UK Producer Price Index (Feb); German Final CPI (Feb)
