Week ahead: UK CPI, Global PMIs in the spotlight

Come Wednesday, the Office for National Statistics is expected to report that the annual rate of increase in headline CPI slowed from 10.1% in March to 8.2% for April.

On the other side of the Atlantic meanwhile, the key day will be Friday, which will see the release of readings for durable goods, personal income and spending as well as consumer confidence.

Included in the second of those reports would be the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, the price deflator for personal consumption expenditures, for April.

Investors would also be pouring over a raft of manufacturing and services sector survey readings for the month of May in the UK, euro area and US.

In Asia, on Thursday Japan's statistics bureau will release a report on consumer prices in Tokyo covering the month of April.

Worth noting, some observers believed that lawmakers in the US might announce a deal on increasing the government debt ceiling over the weekend.

Monday 22 May

FINALS

Big Yellow Group, Kainos Group

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Savills

AGMS

Crossword Cybersecurity, Judges Scientific, Stelrad Group , Touchstar, Venture Life Group

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Belvoir Group, HGCapital Trust, Quilter, Savills

Tuesday 23 May

INTERIMS

Avon Protection, Benchmark Holdings , Ixico, Victorian Plumbing Group

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Thomaslloyd Energy Impact Trust , Thomaslloyd Energy Impact Trust

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Vaalco Energy, Inc (DI)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Current Account (EU) (09:00)

New Homes Sales (US) (15:00)

Q2

Benchmark Holdings

Q3

Seraphim Space Investment Trust

GMS

Fulcrum Utility Services Ltd. (DI)

FINALS

Assura , Bytes Technology Group , Bytes Technology Group , Calnex Solutions , Cranswick, Eneraqua Technologies, Engage XR Holdings (CDI), FD Technologies Public Limited Company, Helical, RS Group

ANNUAL REPORT

Engage XR Holdings (CDI)

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Capricorn Energy

AGMS

888 Holdings (DI), Access Intelligence, Arix Bioscience , Bank of Ireland Group (CDI), Big Technologies, Centamin (DI), China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd GDR (Reg S) , CT Private Equity Trust, Empresaria Group, Epwin Group, Forterra, Fresnillo, Gresham Technologies, Gresham Technologies, Harworth Group, Hilton Food Group, Hvivo, HydrogenOne Capital Growth, IQ-AI Limited, JTC, K3 Business Technology Group, Portmeirion Group, PPHE Hotel Group Ltd, Restaurant Group, Riverstone Energy Limited , SDIC Power Holdings Co.,Ltd GDR (Reg S) , Shell , Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) C Limited NPV, The Pebble Group, Triple Point Social Housing Reit, Union Jack Oil, Wickes Group, Xeros Technology Group

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Public Sector Net Borrowing (07:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Bridgepoint Group (Reg S) , Central Asia Metals, Lloyds Banking Group, Maven Income & Growth 4 VCT, TP Icap Group

Wednesday 24 May

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Softcat

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)

IFO Business Climate (GER) (09:00)

IFO Current Assessment (GER) (09:00)

IFO Expectations (GER) (09:00)

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

FINALS

C&C Group (CDI), Great Portland Estates, Marks & Spencer Group, Severn Trent, SSE

ANNUAL REPORT

HICL Infrastructure

EGMS

EFG-Hermes Holding SAE GDR (Reg S), Joint Stock Company Kaspi.Kz GDR (Reg S)

AGMS

4Imprint Group, Arbuthnot Banking Group, Bango, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (DI), Deltic Energy , Distribution Finance Capital Holdings, Ebiquity, Empiric Student Property , Horizonte Minerals, Intertek Group, Ithaca Energy, Kelso Group Holdings, Lookers, M&G, Mercantile Investment Trust (The), Microlise Group, Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) , National World , Ondine Biomedical Inc. NPV (CDI), Petershill Partners , Playtech, RHI Magnesita N.V. (DI), The Artisanal Spirits Company, Tullow Oil, US Solar Fund, US Solar Fund, Zotefoams

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Aviva, Close Brothers Group, Intertek Group

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Price Index (07:00)

Producer Price Index (07:00)

Retail Price Index (07:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Genuit Group, Harbour Energy , London Stock Exchange Group, Reckitt Benckiser Group

Thursday 25 May

INTERIMS

AJ Bell

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (DI), DFS Furniture

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Bellway, Britvic, Cardiff Property, Croda International 5.9% Cumulative Preference 1, Croda International 6.6% Cumulative Preference 1, Diploma, Ecclesiastical Insurance 8.625% Non-Cum Irr Pref Shares, Grainger, Titon Holdings, Victrex plc

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Diversified Energy Company , HICL Infrastructure , I3 Energy , Tritax Eurobox (GBP)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

GDP (Preliminary) (US) (13:30)

GFK Consumer Confidence (GER) (07:00)

Gross Domestic Product (GER) (07:00)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

Pending Homes Sales (US) (15:00)

FINALS

Griffin Mining Ltd., Intermediate Capital Group, Pets at Home Group , QinetiQ Group, ReNeuron Group, Renewi , United Utilities Group, Workspace Group

ANNUAL REPORT

London Security

AGMS

Air China Ltd., Alliance Pharma, Biome Technologies, Capital & Regional, Destiny Pharma , Dignity, Ferrexpo, Ferrexpo, Fevertree Drinks, Headlam Group, Henry Boot, Hill and Smith, Joint Stock Company National Atomic Company Kazatomprom GDR (Reg S) , Life Science REIT, Ming Yang Smart Energy Group Limited Gdr (Each Repr 5 A Shs Rmb1) (Reg S), NAHL Group, Prudential, Prudential, Regional REIT Limited, Resolute Mining Limited NPV (DI), Resolute Mining Limited NPV (DI), RM, S&U, Sabre Insurance Group, TBC Bank Group, Vanquis Banking Group 20

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Kingfisher

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Coats Group, Convatec Group , ITV, Octopus AIM VCT 2, Secure Trust Bank

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Alfa Financial Software Holdings , Andrews Sykes Group, Anexo Group , Aptitude Software Group , Ashtead Technology Holdings, Cenkos Securities, Coca-Cola HBC AG (CDI), DCC (CDI), Empresaria Group, Fuller Smith and Turner 6% 1st Cumulative Preference 1, Fuller Smith and Turner 8% 2nd Cumulative Preference 1, Intertek Group, IP Group, Kingfisher, Lords Group Trading, Mincon Group (CDI), Spire Healthcare Group, TI Fluid Systems, Whitbread

Friday 26 May

INTERIMS

IntegraFin Holding

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Income & Growth VCT , Mobeus Income & Growth 4 Vct, Mobeus Income & Growth Vct, Nippon Active Value Fund

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

NOTTS.B.S. 7 7/8% PERM INT BEARING SHS

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Supermarket Income Reit, Tetragon Financial Group Limited

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Durable Goods Orders (US) (13:30)

Personal Consumption Expenditures (US) (13:30)

Personal Income (US) (13:30)

Personal Spending (US) (13:30)

U. of Michigan Confidence (US) (15:00)

Wholesales Inventories (US) (13:30)

GMS

Solgenics Limited (DI)

FINALS

Volvere

ANNUAL REPORT

HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited A Shs

EGMS

TotalEnergies SE

AGMS

Bank of Cyprus Holdings Public Limited Company (CDI), Barr (A.G.), China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co., Ltd GDR (Reg S), Glencore , Keywords Studios, Old Mutual Limited NPV (DI), Spectris, TotalEnergies SE, XLMedia

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Retail Sales (07:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

AVI Japan Opportunity Trust , Centaur Media, Chesnara, Clarkson, Croda International, Fresnillo, Greggs, Gresham House, Gresham Technologies, Harworth Group, Merchants Trust, One Media IP Group, Rightmove, Robert Walters, Senior, Stelrad Group , STV Group, Toyota Motor Corp., TT Electronics, Tyman, Unite Group

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

LMS Capital