The Economic Week Ahead

820PM GMT thirteen Mar 2010

Economic doubt has increasing over the past month as the stroke of complicated layer at the commencement of the year has potentially sheltered underlying trends in the majority not long ago published data.

That doubt is expected to be reflected in the ultimate mins of the Bank of England"s Monetary Policy Committee, published on Wednesday.

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The MPC voted to say the quantitative easing roof at �200bn and hold seductiveness rates at 0.5pc.

Economists design the mins to show the decisions were unanimous, with the cabinet receiving a "wait and see" proceed for now.

Economists will closely watch the open finance management interpretation on Thursday, that will give a clearer denote of either or not the Treasury is expected to encounter the projection of �178bn of borrowing for the full monetary year. The City is awaiting around �13.5bn of borrowing for February.

Debenhams, the dialect store chain, is set to give a first-half trade refurbish on Tuesday, stating sales numbers but not profit.

Investors and analysts will be meddlesome to see how commercial operation has fared during Jan and February, when Britain was gripped by Arctic conditions. Consensus forecasts for the initial half design like-for-like sales to be flat.

MONDAY, Mar 15th Bank of England quarterly bulletin

TUESDAY Speech by Bank of England emissary administrator Charles Bean, Communities Department residence prices index, halt formula from Close Brothers Group, first-half trade refurbish from Debenhams

WEDNESDAY MPC minutes, stagnation and normal gain data, full-year formula from French Connection

THURSDAY Public finance management data, Bank of England trends in lending survey, extended income data, debate by MPC part of Andrew Sentance, British Chambers of Commerce conference, full-year formula from Aegis Group, Collins Stewart and Savills, trade refurbish from Investec

FRIDAY None scheduled