Week ahead: US-China trade, central banks in focus
Without a doubt, all eyes next week will be trained on the ongoing trade spats around the globe between the US and its main trading partners.
It is against that backdrop that the Monetary Policy Committee will decide on policy, on Thursday, followed by Governor Mark Carney's Mansion House speech that same evening.
No change in the MPC's policy settings are expected and rate-setters may well prefer to bide their time as events unfold across the globe, including at home in Parliament.
Nevertheless, after the 'soft patch' in the economy at the start of the year, which saw Bank shy away from another rate hike, and with some of the other main central banks - to one degree or another - on the move, the MPC may well be feeling some 'peer pressure'.
Interest rate decisions are also expected from the Swiss National Bank and the Norges Bank on Thursday.
Spread across the first half of the week as well are speeches from various central bank governors, with members of the European Central Bank's governing council, the Bank of Japan, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the US Federal Reserve all set to coincide at the ECB's 2018 Sintra conference, on Wednesday.
Soft data will also be in the spotlight, with the Federal Reserve bank of Philadelphia's factory sector survey for June scheduled for release on Thursday.
On Friday, it will be followed by IHS Markit's 'flash' euro area purchasing managers' index for June.
Monday June 18
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Standard Life Private Equity Trust
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Royal Dutch Shell 'A', Royal Dutch Shell 'B', SQN Asset Finance Income Fund Limited
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Standard Life Private Equity Trust, Standard Life Private Equity Trust
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Thalassa Holdings Ltd. (DI)
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Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings (DI)
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Angling Direct , Ascent Resources, Boston International Holdings, Comptoir Group, Cyanconnode Holdings, Directa Plus, EVR Holdings, Horizon Discovery Group, ICG Enterprise Trust, IP Group, MHP SE GDR (Reg S), Mission Marketing Group, OJSC Rostelekom ADR (level I), Papua Mining, Premier Technical Services Group
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Kingfisher, Pagegroup, Witan Pacific Inv Trust
Tuesday June 19
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Benchmark Holdings
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Fidelity Special Values, Mobeus Income & Growth 4 Vct
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Building Permits (US) (13:30)
Current Account (EU) (09:00)
Housing Starts (US) (13:30)
Q3
Ferguson, Ferguson
Q4
Ashtead Group
FINALS
Accsys Technologies, Ashtead Group, Bonmarche Holdings, Braveheart Investment Group, Castleton Technology, Flybe Group, Footasylum, Gresham House Strategic , Telecom Plus
ANNUAL REPORT
Biffa
IMSS
Ferguson
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Caspian Sunrise , Evraz, London & Associated Properties, Luceco , Metals Exploration, Motif Bio, Nautilus Marine Services, NB Distressed Debt Investment Fund Limited, Ranger Direct Lending Fund, Ranger Direct Lending ZDP Shs, Science In Sport, Slingsby H.C, Strategic Minerals, Trinity Exploration & Production, Trufin, Water Intelligence
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Aurora Investment Trust, Taptica International (DI)
Wednesday June 20
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DFS Furniture, Tharisa (DI)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Current Account (US) (13:30)
Existing Home Sales (US) (15:00)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
Producer Price Index (GER) (07:00)
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BlackRock Emerging Europe
FINALS
Berkeley Group Holdings (The), Best of the Best, F&C Global Smaller Companies, Severfield
AGMS
Andrews Sykes Group, BlackRock Emerging Europe, Cadogan Petroleum, Deltex Medical Group, Elektron Technology, Inspired Energy, London Security, Northern Electricity Prf, Primorus Investments, Tax Systems, UK Commercial Property Trust
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
CBI Industrial Trends Surveys (11:00)
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Tongaat-Hulett Ltd.
Thursday June 21
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Chemring Group
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Euromoney Institutional Investor, Income & Growth VCT , Titon Holdings
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Compass Group, Gooch & Housego
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Brunner Inv Trust, Funding Circle SME Income Fund, Land Securities Group, Mercantile Investment Trust (The), TwentyFour Select Monthly Income Fund Limited
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)
House Price Index (US) (14:00)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)
Philadelphia Fed Index (US) (13:30)
GMS
Bank Pekao SA GDS (Reg S), Transense Technologies
FINALS
Dixons Carphone
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PayPoint
EGMS
Synthomer
AGMS
Aberdeen New Thai Inv Trust, Armadale Capital, BH Macro Ltd. GBP Shares, Eden Research, EJF Investments Ltd NPV, Good Energy Group, HSS Hire Group , Impellam Group, Maistro, Mereo Biopharma Group, NetScientific , PAO TMK GDR (Reg S), PJSC Lukoil ADR, Saga , Tarsus Group, Vipera
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Saga
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
BoE Interest Rate Decision (12:00)
Public Sector Net Borrowing (09:30)
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Gamma Communications
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Air Partner, Big Yellow Group, Braemar Shipping Services, Edinburgh Inv Trust, Fidelity China Special Situations , First Derivatives, Fuller Smith & Turner, ICG Enterprise Trust, KCOM Group, Majestic Wine, Mitie Group, MS International, Norcros, Northern 2 VCT, Northern 3 VCT, Octopus AIM VCT, PayPoint, ProVen Growth & Income VCT, ProVen VCT, Syncona Limited NPV, Tate & Lyle, Tex Holdings, TR Property Inv Trust, United Utilities Group, Vertu Motors, Weiss Korea Opportunity Fund Ltd, Wynnstay Properties
Friday June 22
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Evraz, Gattaca, Majedie Investments, Maven Income & Growth 2 VCT, Numis Corporation, Town Centre Securities
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BP, UIL Limited (DI)
FINALS
Naspers Ltd. ADR, Prime People
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VinaLand Ltd
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BH Global Ltd. GBP Shares, Blackstone/GSO Loan Financing Limited, Boohoo.com, Braemar Shipping Services, Cambian Group, Fair Oaks Income Limited 2017 Shs NPV, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. GDR (Reg S), Lenta Ltd GDR (Each 5 Repr 1 Ord) (144A) , New Century AIM VCT 2, Next Fifteen Communications, PJSC Tatneft ADS , Synairgen, Tiger Resource Finance, Xtract Resources, Zoltav Resources Inc (DI)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Burford Capital , Howden Joinery Group, Inchcape, John Laing Environmental Assets Group Limited , Keller Group, Keywords Studios, M. P. Evans Group, Medica Group , Midwich Group, Mincon Group , Moss Bros Group, TBC Bank Group, Ted Baker, Tesco, Venture Life Group