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A round-up of business events happening this week

TODAY Results: Hornbach Baumarkt. Indicators: Euro zone consumer confidence ( December); US existing home sales (November); Bank of Japan monthly economic survey. Other: Report launch: Capturing the Economic and Social Value of Higher Education: A Pilot Study of Dublin City University. TOMORROW Results: Caledonian Trust; DFS Furniture; Walgreen. Indicators: US GDP (Q3), durable goods orders (November), Reuters/Michigan consumer sentiment index (December), and personal income and spending (November); UK GDP (Q3), BBA mortgage approvals (November) and current account (Q3); German retail sales (November).

WEDNESDAY Indicators: US jobless claims; Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting minutes.

THURSDAY Indicators: Japanese national consumer price index, unemployment rate, industrial production and retail trade (November). FRIDAY Results: Protalex.