IG Markets: The Week Ahead Economic Diary 2/8/2010

Saturday, 31 July 2010, 11:29 pm
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IG Markets - The Week Ahead Economic Diary

The Week Ahead from IG Markets keeps you in touch with scheduled events in the financial markets for the coming week. Data highlighted in red is likely to have a higher influence on index, equity or currency markets.

For the week commencing 2/08/10

Monday 02/08/2010	Country	Time (AEST)	Description
Economic Figures	AU	9:30	AIG Manufacturing Index
	AU	10:30	MI Inflation Gauge
	CNY	12:30	HSBC Manufacturing PMI
	EU	18:30	Final Manufacturing PMI
	UK	18:30	Manufacturing PMI
Company Announcements	AU	-	Earnings - CRG
Public Holiday	CAD	-	Bank Holiday
Tuesday 03/08/2010	Country	Time (AEST)	Description
Economic Figures	US	0:00	ISM Manufacturing PMI, Construction Spending
	AU	11:30	ANZ Jobs ads, Building Approvals, Retail Sales
	AU	14:30	RBA Rate Decision
	EU	19:00	PPI
	US	22:30	Personal Income and Spending
Company Announcements	AU	-	Earnings - NVT, HIL
	US	-	Earnings - Mastercard, Pfizer, Chesapeake Energy
Wednesday 04/08/2010	Country	Time (AEST)	Description
Economic Figures	US	0:00	Pending Home Sales, Factory Orders
	AU	9:30	AIG Services Index
	AU	11:30	Trade Balance
	EU	18:00	Services PMI
	UK	18:30	Services PMI
	EU	19:00	Retail Sales
	US	22:15	ADP Private Payroll Report
Company Announcements	AU	-	Earnings - AXA, WAN
ASX 200 Cash Dividend	AU	16:00	0.126 points (SGT goes ex-div on 5th paying 6.5c)
Thursday 05/08/2010	Country	Time (AEST)	Description
Economic Figures	US	0:00	ISM Services PMI
	UK	21:00	MPC Rate Decision
	EU	21:45	ECB Rate Decision
	US	22:30	Jobless Claims
Company Announcements	AU	-	Earnings - NWS (US) , RIO, TAH
	US	-	Earnings - Time Warner
Friday 06/08/2010	Country	Time (AEST)	Description
Economic Figures	AU	9:30	AIG Construction Index
	AU	11:30	RBA Monetary Statement
	UK	18:30	Manufacturing Production
	US	22:30	Non Farms Payrolls and Unemployment Rate
Company Announcements	AU	-	Earnings - RMD

Please note that this information is for guidance only and no liability is accepted for its accuracy or otherwise.

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