With the January sales in full swing, attention in the first week of the new year will be on retailers with fashion group Next and greetings cards seller Clinton Cards due to update the market. Recruiters Hays and Robert Walters are also due to report. TuesdayUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSM4 Money Supply (09:30) M4 Sterling Lending (09:30) Mortgage Approvals (09:30) PMI Manufacturing (09:30)INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSUnemployment Rate (GER) (08:55) Auto Sales (US) (15:00) Factory Orders (US) (15:00) FOMC Interest Rate Minutes (US) (19:00) ABC Consumer Confidence (US) (22:00)WednesdayFINALSWilliam SinclairTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSNextIMSDomino's Pizza UK & IrlUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPMI Construction (09:30)INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPMI Composite (GER) (08:55) PMI Services (GER) (08:55) PMI Composite (EU) (09:00) PMI Services (EU) (09:00) MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00) ISM Non-Manufacturing (US) (15:00) ISM Services (US) (15:00) Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30) FOMC Interest Rate Minutes (US) (19:00)ThursdayTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSClinton Cards, HaysUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSPMI Composite (09:30) PMI Services (09:30)INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSFactory Orders (GER) (11:00) Continuing Claims (US) (13:30) Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)FridayTRADING ANNOUNCEMENTSPersimmon, Robert WaltersUK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSOfficial Reserves (09:30)INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTSBalance of Trade (GER) (07:00) Current Account (GER) (07:00) Retail Price Index (GER) (07:00) PMI Construction (GER) (08:55) PMI Construction (EU) (09:00) Industrial Production (GER) (11:00) Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)