Key economic indicators will be thin on the ground during this holiday-shortened week. The main focus will be on the external trade data out tomorrow, expected to show a healthy surplus.
MONDAY
Meeting: Amarin agm (Herbert Park Hotel, Ballsbridge)
Indicators: Irish tourism and travel (third quarter), agricultural price indices (October) and trade statistics August (2009); National Bank of Hungary interest rate announcement; Bank of Japan board report (Dec) and trade balance (November).
Other: ECB executive board member Jürgen Stark speaks on "lessons from the crisis" (Germany).
TUESDAY
Indicators: EU-16 industrial orders (October); Irish external trade (October), wholesale price index (November), earnings and labour costs (Q2) and overseas travel October (2009); US final GDP (third quarter) and existing home sales (November); UK current account (third quarter) and final GDP (third quarter); German Gfk consumer confidence index (Jan); French PPI (November); Belgian business confidence (December).
WEDNESDAY
Meeting: AIB egm
Indicators: Irish foreign nationals: employment activity, social welfare activity and PPSN allocations (2008) and estimates of the capital stock of fixed assets (2008); US personal income (November), Michigan sentiment (Dec) and new home sales (November); Bank of England monetary policy committee minutes of Dec 9th/10th meeting; French consumer spending (November); Italian consumer confidence (Dec); National Bank of Poland interest rate announcement; Bank of Japan minutes of November meeting.
THURSDAY
Christmas Eve – half-day on Irish stock market.
Indicators: US durable goods (November) and initial jobless claims (w/e Dec 19th); Japanese household spending (November), Core CPI – national (November) and unemployment (November).
FRIDAY
Christmas Day – Irish stock market closed.
