The Week Ahead: August 15-19Aug 12 Jim ParkerOverviewAnother...

The Week Ahead: August 15-19
Aug 12
Jim Parker


Overview
Another huge week for local earnings. Among the big names reporting are OneSteel and Boral on Tuesday; Woodside Petroleum, Lend Lease and Leighton Holdings on Wednesday; Qantas, AMP and Perpetual Trustees on Thursday; and IAG, Billabong and James Hardie on Friday. The economic calendar is lighter, though given the strength of the jobs market, the ABS' labour price index on Wednesday might cause some hearts to flutter. Former Treasury boss Ted Evans unloads on RBA governance on Wednesday. The offshore highlight should be the US CPI mid-week.




Australia diary

Financial news diary for this week.
Aug
15
Monday
Corporate/Equities
Earnings: Bendigo Bank, United Group, Austal Group.

Economics/Money

Nothing major scheduled.
Aug
16
Tuesday
Corporate/Equities
Earnings: Boral, OneSteel, Computershare, Cochlear, APN News & Media, GWA International, Hutchison Telecom, JB Hi-Fi, Nylex.
Full-year Sales: Coles Myer.

Economics/Money

Merchandise imports, July, ABS, 1130 AEST.
Aug
17
Wednesday
Corporate/Equities
Earnings: QBE (1H), Woodside Petroleum, Leighton Holdings, Lend Lease, Spotless Group, Ansell, Healthscope, Macquarie Communications, Alinta, Iluka Resources, Pacific Hydro, Noni B, Reject Shop.

Economics/Money

Westpac leading index, June, 1030 AEST.
Labour price index, Q2, ABS, 1130 AEST.
Short-term visitor arrivals, July, ABS, 1130 AEST.
Aug
18
Thursday
Corporate/Equities
Earnings: Qantas, Perpetual Trustees, AMP (1H), Flight Centre, Adelaide Brighton (1H), Austereo, Multiplex, Iluka Resources (1H), Centennial Coal.

Economics/Money

Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings, Q2, ABS, 1130 AEST.
Ex-Treasury Secretary Ted Evans speaks on RBA governance, 1230 AEST.
RBA monthly bulletin, 1500 AEST.
Aug
19
Friday
Corporate/Equities
Earnings: IAG, Billabong, James Hardie Industries (1Q), UNiTAB, Mirvac Group, Baycorp Advantage.

Economics/Money

Nothing major scheduled.
World diary

Aug
15
Monday
NY Fed manufacturing index, Aug.
Aug
16
Tuesday
US CPI, July.
US housing starts, July.
US industrial production, July.
Aug
17
Wednesday
Bank of England minutes from August meeting.
US producer price index, July.
Aug
18
Thursday
Philly Fed manufacturing index, Aug.
Aug
19
Friday
Nothing major scheduled.