Economic Indicators and Company Results - Week Commencing 15 Oct 07
You'll need a packed lunch, flask of coffee and a colostomy bag for this week.
The US Q3 reporting season really takes off, along with a wealth of economic data. It will be interesting to see how this week's euphoric markets deal with the raft of data. Expect plenty of rumours ahead of the meeting of G7 ministers, starting on Friday and working solidly through the World Cup Final weekend.
FTSE options expire at 10.15 on Friday.
Monday
Economic indicators
US: 13.00 Empire Manufacturing survey
Results
US: Citigroup Tuesday
Economic indicators
UK: 09.30 CPI
EU: 07.00 German CPI, 10.00 German ZEW survey, EU CPI
US: 14.00 TIC capital inflows, 14.15 Industrial Production and Capacity Utilisation, 18.00 Housing Market Index
Results
UK: Bellway finals, Whitbread interims, Diageo agm
US: Domino's Pizza, Intel, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, State Street, US Bancorp, Wells Fargo, Yahoo Wednesday
Economic indicators
UK: 09.30 Bank of England minutes, Unemployment data, Average Earnings
EU: 10.00 Trade Balance
US: 13.30 CPI, Housing Starts and Building Permits, 19.00 Beige Book
Results
UK: Sportingbet finals, Legal & General quarterly results, Britvic trading statement
US: Abbott Laboratories, Coca-Cola, E-Trade, E-Bay, JP Morgan Chase and Manpower Thursday
Economic indicators
UK: 09.30 Retail Sales, PSNCR (government borrowing) and Money Supply
US: 13.30 Weekly Jobless, 15.00 Leading Indicators, 17.00 Philadelphia Fed survey
Results
UK: Prudential quarterly reporting, Media Corp trading statement
US: Bank of America, Eli Lilly, Google, Pfizer and Southwest Airlines Friday
Economic indicators
UK: 09.30 GDP Q3
EU: 07.00 German Producer Prices
Results
UK: Kazakhmys egm
US: Caterpillar, Honeywell, McDonalds, Schlumberger, Texas Instruments, Xerox
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'Company Results w/c 15 Oct' by DB, updated 15-Oct-07
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