TUESDAY UK consumer and retail price indices and retail sales;

Germany's yearly and monthly producer prices; US residential housing starts Results: Newcourt (Q4), Adobe Systems (Q1), Friends Provident , Oracle (Q2)

WEDNESDAY Bank of Ireland trading statement; US Federal Reserve expected to make a rate decision; ECB president JeanClaude Trichet addresses economic & monetary committee; British chancellor's monthly budget statement Results: Independent News & Media (Q4), Tullow Oil (Q4), Fedex (Q3), Hugo Boss (Q2)

THURSDAY ECB governing council meeting; Irish wholesale prices, yearly and monthly; UK retail sales; Jobless claims and money supply stats Results: Premier Oil, Next, Nike (Q3)

FRIDAY Peter Mandelson, EU trade commissioner, speaks at Irish Taxation Institute lunch; Retail sales for Ireland; US existing home sales statistics Results: Fyffes (Q4) El Dorado Gold Corporation (Q1)