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THE MAIN focus this week will be on the exchequer returns for January, which will give a good indication of how the economy has…

Mon Feb 1 2010 - 00:00

THE MAIN focus this week will be on the exchequer returns for January, which will give a good indication of how the economy has performed in the opening weeks of the new year. Wednesday’s live register figures will also be watched with interest. Meanwhile, the ECB meets on Thursday and is expected to leave interest rates on hold.

MONDAY

Results: Hewitt; Ryanair.

Indicators: EU Markit manufacturing PMI (Jan); Irish manufacturing PMI (Jan), private-sector credit (Dec) and new car sales (Jan); US personal income (Dec), construction spending (Dec) and ISM manufacturing (Jan); UK CIPS manufacturing PMI (Jan), consumer credit (Dec).

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TUESDAY

Results: Archer Daniels Midland; BP; Jones Lang LaSalle; Manpower; Pepsi Bottling; Whirlpool.

Meeting: Oireachtas joint committee meeting on the impact of financial regulation on credit unions; ESRI launches new report An Economic Approach to Municipal Waste Management; Ibec ICG Careers Conference (Clayton Hotel, Ballybrit, Galway).

WEDNESDAY

Results: CB Richard Ellis; Cisco; Electrolux; Honda; Intrum Justitia; Pfizer; Time Warner; Visa.

Meeting: Launch of Irish Software Innovation Network (Ibec, D2); panel discussion with the European Commission's chief economist Damien Neven and legal expert Conor Quigley on State Aid and the Financial Crisis (IIEA, D1); Bank of England MPC meeting.

Indicators: EU-16 Markit services PMI (Jan) and retail sales (Dec); Irish live register (Jan), services PMI (Jan) and household travel survey (Q3); US ADP employment (Jan) and ISM – non-manufacturing PMI (Jan).

THURSDAY

Results: Allergan; Burger King; Deutsche Bank; Edwards Lifesciences; Gold Fields; Hitachi; Kellogg.

Meeting: National outsourcing conference (IMI); Society of Chartered Surveyors annual dinner (Burlington Hotel, D4); Dublin Web Summit, with keynote address by Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist (TCD); Characters in Conversation networking and fundraising initiative organised by UCD Alumni Relations, with Denis O'Brien and Pat Kenny.

Indicators: ECB interest rate announcement; US initial jobless claims (w/e 30th Jan), productivity (q4) and factory orders (Dec); Bank of England announces interest rate decision.

FRIDAY

Results: Aon; British Airways.

Meeting: Meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bank governors (Canada); Social Media Unspun with Damien Mulley (Morrison Hotel, D1).

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