IN THE Quinn Insurance saga, the case returns to the High Court for a further hearing. Close attention will also be paid to the ESRI’s latest pronouncements on the economy in its quarterly commentary.
TODAY
Results:Alcoa
Meeting:Minister for Enterprise Batt O'Keeffe to make major jobs announcement (Cork); Chambers Ireland annual president's awards for corporate social responsibility.
Indicators:US federal budget (Mar); Irish KBC Ireland/ESRI consumer sentiment index (Mar) and Ulster Bank construction PMI (Mar).
Other:ESRI's quarterly economic commentary; Icelandic parliament's investigation commission to report on processes that led to the collapse of Iceland's three main banks.
TOMORROW
Results:Intel.
Indicators:Irish retail sales index (Feb); US export prices (Mar) and international trade balance (Feb); German final CPI (Mar).
Other:Minister for Health Mary Harney launches PwC health report.
WEDNESDAY
Results:AGI Therapeutics.
Meeting:LK Shields Solicitors energy conference – Strategies for Growth and Investment in the Green Economy (Shelbourne Hotel); Joint Oireachtas Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs meets Financial Regulator Matthew Elderfield on the development of the financial regulatory framework.
Indicators:EU-16 industrial production (Feb); US CPI (Mar), real earnings (Mar), retail sales (Mar) and Federal Reserve publishes Beige Book.
THURSDAY
Results:Google; Rio Tinto.
Meeting:Anti-money laundering/ fraud investigation breakfast briefing (Capel Building, D7); National Recruitment Federation annual conference (Citywest Hotel, Saggart).
Indicators:ECB monthly bulletin and EU foreign trade (Feb); US initial jobless claims (w/e April 10th); UK Nationwide consumer confidence (Mar).
FRIDAY
Results:General Electric; Mattel.
Meeting:Google Apps seminar – The Big Software Switch (Gordon House, Dublin).
Indicators:EU16 final HICP (Mar); Irish industrial stocks (Q4) and capital assets in industry (Q4); US housing starts (Mar) and Michigan sentiment (Apr).
Other:Ernst & Young issues its first euro zone economic forecast.
