This Week

The euro zone's ongoing sovereign debt crisis is likely to remainto the fore this week, and the results of the area's bank stresstests, due to be published in the coming days, will also be closelywatched.

On the domestic front, the key indicator this week is likely tobe the manufacturing output figures for May.

Monday

Meeting : Bank of Ireland EGC (UCD)

Indicators : Irish Industrial production and turnover (May),construction PMI (June) and vehicles licensed for the first time(June); US RICS housing price balance (June); UK BRC retail salesmonitor (June); French industrial output (May).

Other : Launch of OECD Economic survey of Austria.

Tuesday

Indicators : EcoFin meeting; US FOMC minutes and trade balance(May); UK consumer price index (June) and Trade Balance - non-EU(May); German consumer price index (June); French HICP (June).

Other : Energy efficiency summit (Bangkok).

Wednesday

Results : Borders; Marriott International.

Indicators : EMU industrial production (May); US Fed's BenBernanke testifies, monthly budget statement (June) and import priceindex (June); UK ILO unemployment rate (May) and claimant count rate(June); German wholesale prices (June).

Thursday

Results : Google; JPMorgan Chase; Sudzucker.

Meeting : Zamano agm (Conrad Hotel, D2); Midleton Chamber event"Costs - Get your Spend Working for You".

Indicators : EMU consumer price index (June) and ECB monthlyreport; Irish consumer price index (June), quarterly nationalhousehold survey module on equality (quarter 4) and institutionalsector accounts non financial (quarter 1); US producer price index(June), retail sales (June) and business inventories (May).

Other : Associated British Foods interim management statement;launch of Irish Internet Association's critical skills retentionpolicy proposal.

Friday

Results : Citigroup.

Meeting : DCC agm (Four Seasons, D4); Ormonde Mining agm (ConradHotel).

Indicators : EU trade balance (May); Irish capital assets inindustry (quarter 1), industrial stocks (quarter 1) and agriculturalprice indices; US consumer price index (June), NY Empire statemanufacturing index (July) and industrial production (June).

Other : Official opening of new engineering building at NationalUniversity of Ireland, Galway, by Taoiseach Enda Kenny.