Week ahead: BoE speakers, Fed's Powell in the spotlight
Central bankers will continue to be in focus over the coming week with of the Bank of England's top officials set to deliver remarks.
According to some economists, Monetary Policy Committee members' comments will be carefully parsed for clues as to their outlook for interest rates.
First at the podium on Monday will be Jonathan Haskel and Catherine Mann, followed by their colleagues, chief economist Huw Pill and Silvia Tenreyro the following day.
On Wednesday meanwhile, Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, is due to deliver his Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress.
Next in importance will be a raft of preliminary survey readings for manufacturing and services sector activity for June in the euro area and UK, on Thursday.
Other UK data scheduled for release include a reading on May CPI on Wednesday, public sector borrowing figures also for May on Thursday and monthly retail sales numbers on Friday.
The last day of the week will see the release too of the final results of the University of Michigan's closely-followed US consumer confidence survey.
US stockmarkets will remain closed on 20 June in observance of the Juneteenth National Independence Day.
Monday 20 June
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Producer Price Index (GER) (07:00)
FINALS
Sysgroup
AGMS
Armadale Capital, Bank of Georgia Group, Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited, MetalNRG, Midatech Pharma , Venture Life Group, Zhejiang Expressway Co 'H' Shares
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Associated British Foods
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Elecosoft Public Limited Company, Investec Non-Red Non-Cum Non-Part Prf Shs, Public Policy Holding Company, Inc. (DI) (REG S, CAT3)
Tuesday 21 June
INTERIMS
Safestore Holdings
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Jersey Electricity 'A' Shares, Numis Corporation, Virgin Money UK
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Chenavari Toro Income Fund Limited NPV
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Current Account (EU) (09:00)
Existing Home Sales (US) (15:00)
FINALS
Cropper (James), Record, Telecom Plus, Trifast
AGMS
1Spatial, Altus Strategies , Coca-Cola HBC AG (CDI), ContourGlobal , Cora Gold Limited (DI), Fireangel Safety Technology Group, HSS Hire Group , North Atlantic Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Novacyt S.A. (CDI), Pendragon, PJSC Lukoil ADR, PJSC Lukoil ADR, RTW Venture Fund Limited NPV, Slingsby H.C, Strip Tinning Holdings, The Mission Group, The Mission Group, Velocys plc
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Gem Diamonds Ltd. (DI), Inchcape
Wednesday 22 June
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Fidelity Special Values, Puma VCT 12
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
FINALS
Berkeley Group Holdings (The)
AGMS
ASA International Group , Atalaya Mining, Bonhill Group, Chesterfield Resources , Chesterfield Resources , Ecofin U.S. Renewables Infrastructure Trust, EJF Investments Ltd NPV, Frenkel Topping Group, Good Energy Group, Honeycomb Investment Trust, Huatai Securities Co., Ltd GDR (Each Repr 10 A Shs RMB1) (Reg S) , ICG-Longbow Senior Secured UK Property Debt Investments Ltd, Intelligent Ultrasound Group , Iofina, Kingfisher, Menhaden Resource Efficiency, Micro Focus International, Pembridge Resources, Pennant International Group, Plant Health Care, SDIC Power Holdings Co.,Ltd GDR (Reg S) , Skillcast Group, Team, Trident Royalties, Vertu Motors, Wentworth Resources NPV, Wood Group (John)
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (07:00)
Producer Price Index (07:00)
Retail Price Index (07:00)
Thursday 23 June
INTERIMS
Oxford Metrics, Redx Pharma
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
AVI Global Trust , Gooch & Housego, RWS Holdings
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Abrdn Private Equity Opportunities Trust, Alpha Real Trust Ltd., Mercantile Investment Trust (The), NB Global Monthly Income Fund Limited Red Ord Shs NPV £, Scottish Inv Trust
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
Current Account (US) (13:30)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
GMS
Puma VCT 12
FINALS
Alpha Financial Markets Consulting, Deepverge Plc , First Property Group, Manolete Partners, Volex, XPS Pensions Group
ANNUAL REPORT
Deepverge Plc
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Castings
AGMS
Anglo Asian Mining, Avacta Group, Bluejay Mining, Braime Group, Card Factory, Cordiant Digital Infrastructure Limited NPV, En+ Group International Public Joint-Stock Company GDR (Reg S), GENinCode, GENinCode, GETECH Group, Life Settlement Assets, LongBoat Energy , Menzies(John), Next Fifteen Communications, Norman Broadbent , Oxford Nanopore Technologies , RBG Holdings, Tandem Group, Union Jack Oil, Zinnwald Lithium
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Public Sector Net Borrowing (07:00)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Cenkos Securities, Gamma Communications, LMS Capital, Manx Financial Group, TI Fluid Systems
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Abrdn Japan Investment Trust , Airtel Africa , Baillie Gifford China Growth Trust , British Land Company, Discoverie Group, GB Group, Helical, Helios Underwriting, JPMorgan European Discovery Trust, Medica Group , Mitie Group, Norcros, Tatton Asset Management , Templeton Emerging Markets Inv Trust, TR Property Inv Trust, Tribal Group, United Utilities Group, VP
Friday 24 June
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Blackrock Frontiers Investment Trust, Euromoney Institutional Investor, Majedie Investments, Orchard Funding Group , Origin Enterprises (CDI), RM Infrastructure Income, Town Centre Securities
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Croda International 6.6% Cumulative Preference 1
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
BP, Honeycomb Investment Trust, Seplat Energy (DI), Thomaslloyd Energy Impact Trust , Thomaslloyd Energy Impact Trust , Tritax Eurobox (EUR), Tritax Eurobox (GBP), Vaalco Energy, Inc (DI)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
IFO Business Climate (GER) (09:00)
IFO Current Assessment (GER) (09:00)
IFO Expectations (GER) (09:00)
New Homes Sales (US) (15:00)
U. of Michigan Confidence (US) (15:00)
ANNUAL REPORT
Caledonia Investments
EGMS
Dish TV India Limited GDR (Each Repr One Shr)
AGMS
Avast, Cadogan Petroleum, Devolver Digital, Inc. (DI) Reg S Cat 3/144A, Entain, Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd Com Shs (DI), Hawkwing, Life Science REIT, Northcoders Group , Sistema PJSFC GDR (Reg S)
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
GFK Consumer Confidence (00:01)
Retail Sales (07:00)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Alfa Financial Software Holdings , Anexo Group , Foresight VCT, Foxtons Group , H&T Group, Spectra Systems Corporation, Tesco