Prepare for another fun week, packed with trading opportunities. After rallying for 2 days, the markets were looking decidedly jumpy towards the close of trading on Friday. Will rumours of a Dutch/Belgium bank in trouble prove to be true? That apart, focal point of the week will be the Federal Reserve meeting on Wednesday evening; will the Fed risk disappointing market expectations of a further 0.5% cut in rates? There's also plenty of key company results to keep us occupied ahead of the US employment numbers on Friday. Watch out for reports from American Express, Amazon, Google and Sony in the US and Royal Dutch Shell, AstraZeneca and Vodaphone in the UK.
Monday
Economic indicators
EU: 09.00 M3 Money Supply
US: 15.00 New Home Sales
Results
UK: Beales and Sage finals
IRE: McInerney
EU: Infineon
US: American Express, Corning, Halliburton. McDonalds Tuesday
Results
UK: Autonomy and Porvair finals, Pace Micro interims, Greene King, Hornby, Imperial Tobacco, SSL, Severn Trent and TUI Travel trading updates, Prudential new business figures
US: Blackrock, Dow Chemical, Eli Lilley,3M Wednesday
Economic indicators
UK: 09.30 Money Supply and Mortgage Approvals
US: 13.15 ADP Employment, 13.30 GDP Q4, 15.30 Oil Inventories, 19.15 Federal Reseve announcement on US interest rates
Results
UK: Thomas Cook and Northern Rock finals, Standard Life quarterly, Britvic, Kazakhmys, Party Gaming, United Utilities and Vedanta Resources trading updates
EU: Arcandor
US: Altria, Amazon, Boeing, Eastman Kodak, Kellogg, Kraft Foods, Merck, Starbucks and United Parcel Services Thursday
Economic indicators
UK: 10.30 GFK Consumer Confidence
EU: 08.50 German Unemployment, 10.00 EU CPI and Unemployment
US: 13.30 Weekly Jobless, Personal Income & Spending, 14.45 Chicago PMI, 15.00 Existing Home Sales
Results
UK: AstraZeneca finals, BSkyB interims, GCAP Media, Land of Leather, Mitchells & Butler, National Grid, Royal Dutch Shell, Smiths Group, Vodafone, WH Smith trading updates, Friends Provident strategic review
EU: Altana, Sandvik
US: Bristol Myers, Google, Hertz Global, Mastercard, Procter & Gamble, Raytheon and Sony Friday
Economic indicators
UK: 09.30 Manufacturing PMI
IRE: 08.30 Manufacturing PMI
EU: 09.00 Manufacturing PMI
US: 13.30 Non-Farm Payrolls, 15.00 Manufacturing ISM and University of Michigan Consumer Confidence
Results
UK: British Airways trading
IRE: Anglo Irish AGM
EU: Ericsson
US: Chevron and Ryder Systems
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