Friday preview: US inflation data, UK consumer confidence in focus

The financial market spotlight at the end of the week will be on the latest personal income and spending report for December due out in the States.

That is because of the key inflation data that are contained in the same, namely the readings on the price deflators for personal consumption expenditures.

In year-on-year terms, core PCE - the Fed's preferred inflation gauge - is expected to have slowed from 3.2% for November to 3.0% in December.

Also due out are readings for consumer confidence in Germany and the United Kingdom referencing the months of February and January, respectively.

Euro area money supply growth figures are also scheduled to be published at 1000 GMT.

Friday 26 January

INTERIMS

Superdry

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Auto Trader Group , Big Yellow Group, Burberry Group, Cranswick, Foresight Group Holdings Limited NPV, Iomart Group, Latham (James), Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust, Templeton Emerging Markets Inv Trust, Walker Crips Group

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust, Marble Point Loan Financing Limited NPV, Value and Indexed Property Income Trust

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

GFK Consumer Confidence (GER) (07:00)

M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00)

Personal Consumption Expenditures (US) (13:30)

Personal Income (US) (13:30)

Personal Spending (US) (13:30)

EGMS

Air China Ltd.

AGMS

Avon Protection, On The Beach Group , WH Smith

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Paragon Banking Group, Record, WH Smith

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

GFK Consumer Confidence (00:01)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Character Group, Ultimate Products