US Federal Reserve chairman Mr Alan Greenspan's testimony before the Senate banking committee on Thursday - his first public statement under President George W Bush, will be the centrepiece for market watchers this week.
As the great and the good gather at Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, Mr Greenspan's words will be parsed for any signal of intentions on interest rates when the Fed's open markets committee meets at the end of the month.
In Europe, inflation figures for the euro zone today are likely to show a clear drop as the strengthening euro and lower oil prices kick in.
Monday
Results: Ashtead Group (H1), Computer Associates (Q3), Eaton (Q4), Enron (Q4), Safeco (Q4), Texas Instruments (Q4), Union Pacific (Q4).
Meetings: EU foreign ministers meet (Brussels to Tues).
Indicators: EMU inflation (Dec); US leading indicators (Dec); German producer prices (Dec), inflation (Jan), Ifo business survey (Dec) and import prices (Dec).
Others: Council of Religious in Ireland publishes document on the PPF, Budget 2001 and social welfare.
TUESDAY
Results: Avery Dennison (Q4), Bard C.R. (Q4), Chemring Group, Compaq Computer (Q4), Deutsche Telekom (Q4), EMC (Q4), Finvest, IMS Group, ITT (Q4), Kimberly-Clark (Q4), Logitech (Q3), John Menzies (H1), NCR (Q4), OM Gruppen, SAP, SFI Group (H1), Siebel Systems (Q4), Tellabs (Q4), Wrigley (Q4).
Meetings: British-Irish Council meeting (Dublin Castle).
Indicators: Irish wholesale price index (Dec); French consumer spending (Dec).
Others: Marks & Spencer issues Christmas trading statement; Irish Association of Investment Managers publishes "The Provision of Incentives to Save"; Official opening of Guinness Enterprise Centre by An Tanaiste, Ms Harney; British government holds fifth of six gold auctions; International Labour Organisation publishes World Employment Report (Geneva).
WEDNESDAY
Results: BBVA, B&O (H1), Corning (Q4), Du Pont (Q4), Kensington Group, Knight-Ridder (Q4), Ingersoll-Rand (Q4), Investor, Just Group (H1), Northrop Grumman (Q4), Parthus Technologies (Q4), Polaroid (Q4), Porvair, Sara Lee (Q2), Stanley Leisure (H1), Texaco (Q4), Whirlpool (Q4).
Indicators: EMU M3 data (Dec); French inflation (Dec).
Others: Deloitte & Touche publishes Technology Fast 50 of fastest growing technology companies in Ireland.
THURSDAY
Results: American Home Products (Q4), Autoliv, Bausch & Lomb (Q4), Black & Decker (Q4); Dow Jones (Q4); Eli Lilley (Q4), Fitness First, H&M, Lockhead Martin (Q4); Maytag (Q4), Misys (H1), OpenTV, Partridge Fine Arts, Raytheon (Q4), Qualcomm (Q4), Safeway (Q4), Saint-Gobain, Snackhouse, Starbucks (Q1).
A.G.M.: Allders, Scottish Radio Holdings.
Meetings: World Economic Forum on "Bridging the Divide: Creating a Roadmap for the Global Future" (Davos, Switzerland); Conference on "Creating the Future: Leadership Through the Digital Age" (Culloden Hotel, Belfast).
Indicators: EMU imports/exports (Nov) and trade balance (Nov); British trade figures (Dec); Italian inflation (Jan).
Others: US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan testifies before US Senate banking committee; Financial Services Industry Association annual IFSC lunch addressed by Minister for Finance Mr McCreevy (Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin); PricewaterhouseCoopers publishes its January 2001 Economic Outlook (Conrad Hotel, Dublin).
FRIDAY
Results: Ericsson, Gillette (Q4), London Bridge Software.
Meetings: EU foreign ministers meet (Brussels to Sat).
Indicators: Irish retail sales (Nov); British GDP (Q4); US durable goods (Dec); Italian retail sales (Nov).
