TUESDAY US ABC consumer confidence index; weekly retail sales German external trade statistics French industrial output Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting and report Results: Discovery Oil (Q4)

WEDNESDAY Irish industrial production statistics US monthly budget statement Federal Reserve boss to speak on market discipline French external trade statistics Results: Independent Bank Corporation (Q2)

THURSDAY Irish consumer price index Irish Continental shareholders' meeting UK trade balance ECB governing council meeting in Germany Euroland GDP and industrial output US jobless claims and money supply Japanese corporate goods price index; consumer confidence Results: Cherokee (Q4)

FRIDAY US trade balance and producer prices Results: General Electric (Q1)