The focus this week will be firmly on consumer confidence, with the latest retail sales and household credit figures due out on Friday. Meanwhile in the US the release of the advance estimate of GDP for the third quarter is likely to be the highlight of what will be a busy week in terms of economic data.
TUESDAY
Results:Biogen Idec; Bristol-Myers Squibb; CB Richard Ellis; Intrum Justitia; Jones Lang LaSalle; Michelin; Novellus; Puma
Meeting:Transparency International Ireland to launch Corruption Perceptions Index (Central Hotel, D2)
Indicators:Irish Manufacturing Output Prices (Sept); US Case Shiller House Prices (Aug) and Consumer Confidence (Oct); German Gfk Consumer Confidence (Nov); French Consumer Confidence (Oct)
Other:Launch of CIF pre-Budget submission
WEDNESDAY
Results:ConocoPhillips; Deutsche Bank; Elan; First Derivatives; National Australia Bank; Procter & Gamble; Symantec
Indicators:EU-16 M3/3 Month Moving Avg (Sept); US Durable Goods (Sept) and New Home Sales (Sept); German Prelim CPI (Oct); French Consumer Spending (Sept); Italian Business Confidence (Oct)
Other: Trading update from Heineken; CSM interim management statement
THURSDAY
Results:Bayer; Cardinal Health; Genworth Financial; Lufthansa; Motorola; Sanofi-Aventis; Thomson Reuters
Meeting:ESRI/TCD conference Turning Globalisation to National Advantage: Economic Policy Lessons from Ireland's Experience; IBEC/CBI joint business council public spending forum (Dublin Castle); Dublin Web Summit (to Fri); CSR Europe's Enterprise 2020 marketplace event (Brussels)
Indicators:EU-16 Economic Sentiment (Oct); Irish Institutional Sector Accounts Non-Financial (2009); US Initial Jobless Claims (w/e 23rd Oct); UK CBI Distributive Trades Survey (Oct); German Unemployment (Oct)
Other:Interim management statement from William Hill
FRIDAY
Results:British Airways; Iberia; SAP
Meeting:Goffs egm on Arcana deal; Gamer Expo (Citywest Convention Centre
Indicators:EU-16 Flash HICP (Oct) and Unemployment (Sept); Irish Retail Sales Index (Sept), Foreign Direct Investment (2009) and Household Credit Growth (Sept); US Employment Cost Index (Q3), Advance GDP (Q3), Chicago PMI (Oct) and Michigan Sentiment (Oct); UK GFK Consumer Confidence (Oct) and Mortgage Applications (Sept)
