Tuesday December 1

Australia: Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) rate announcement
France: Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) manufacturing - November final
Germany: PMI manufacturing - November final
Germany: Unemployment - November
EMU: PMI manufacturing - November final
UK: PMI manufacturing - November
EMU: Unemployment - October
US: Institute of Supply Management (ISM) manufacturing - November
US: Pending home sales - October
US: Construction spending - October
Japan: Monetary base - October

Results:
Blackrock Greater Europe Investment Trust - AGM
Greene King PLC - H1
ITE Group PLC - Preliminary
OMG PLC - Preliminary
Prime Focus London PLC - H1
Shaftesbury PLC - Preliminary
TUI Travel PLC - Q4

Wednesday December 2

EMU: Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) - October
US: Fed to release beige book
Japan: Capital spending - Q3

Results:
Brewin Dolphin Holdings PLC - Preliminary
Dawson Holdings PLC - Preliminary
Optos PLC - Preliminary
Sage Group (The) PLC - Preliminary

Thursday December 3

France: Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) Services - November final
Germany: PMI Services - November final
UK: PMI services - November
EMU: PMI services - November final
EMU: Retail sales - October
EMU: Gross domestic product (GDP) - 2nd release
EMU: European Central Bank (ECB) rate announcement
US: Non-farm productivity - Q3 final
US: Initial jobless claims - week of November 28
US: Institute of Supply Management (ISM) non-manufacturing - November

Results:
Ashtead Group PLC - Q2
British Airways PLC - Traffic
Findel PLC - H1
Halma PLC - H1
Kingfisher PLC - Q3 Trading
Marstons PLC - Preliminary
Marshalls PLC - Meeting

Friday December 4

EU ministers to discuss GM Europe restructuring plan for Opel and Vauxhall

Kraft has until Monday (December 7) to send an offer document to Cadbury, after which Cadbury must produce a defence document within 14 days

Switzerland: Consumer Prices Index (CPI) - October
Canada: Unemployment rate - November
US: Non-farm payrolls - November
US: Factory orders - October
Canada: IVEY PMI - November

Results:
Associated British Foods PLC - AGM
Berkeley Group Holdings (The) PLC - H1
Bellway PLC - Trading
Ceres Power Holdings PLC - AGM
easyJet PLC - Traffic
Minerva PLC - AGM
SThree PLC - Trading
Innovation Group (The) PLC - Preliminary

Monday December 7

Germany: Factory orders - October
Canada: Building Permits - October
US: Consumer credit - October
Japan: Current account - October
Japan: M3 - November
UK: Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) house price balance - November (for Tuesday December 8)

United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen (to December 18)

The Future of Finance Initiative - Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Conference. Damon Buffini, Alistair Darling, Bob Diamond, Richard Gnodde, Anshu Jain, Peter Sands, George Soros, Michael Spencer, Paul Volcker (to December 8) www.futurefinance.wsj.com

Tuesday December 8

Japan: Leading indicators - October preliminary
UK: Industrial production - October
UK: CBI Industrial Trends (brought forward a day to avoid Pre-Budget Report (PBR)
Germany: Industrial production - October
Canada: Housing starts - November
Canada: Bank of Canada (BoC) rate announcement
US: IBD/TIPP index economic optimism
Japan: GDP -Q3 final
UK: Nationwide consumer confidence
(for Wednesday December 9)

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