Tourism figures are out today

Merida in Badajoz celebrates a local holiday in Spain today.

In Spain, we will have hotel tourism figures for April, and service sector reports for March.

The preliminary May reading of the Eurozone Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) will be published on Thursday. It is expected that the composite leading indicator will manage to place the 4 main economies of the Eurozone in expansion territory for the first time in 12 months.

Plus, we will have the preliminary reading of consumer confidence from the European Commission after showing last April a slight improvement in economic sentiment to stand at -14.7 points.

The ongoing Covid-19 Inquiry might raise a few eyebrows again on Thursday as another key player in the actions and attitudes of Downing Street, Simon Case, gives evidence.

The Home Office is set to publish the Migrant Journey report, and we will have provisional stats on long-term international migration for 2023, both of which will prove that “the plan is working” from the mouths of some politicians, irrespective of the actual results.

Annual figures on abortions in England and Wales, annual stats on UK dwelling stock, quarterly NHS figures on bed availability and occupancy, and quarterly stats on young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) are all set to be published in the UK.

Ralph Lauren releases their latest collection, of accounts and results that is, along with Royal Mail Group, Nationwide, JD Sports Fashion, Tate & Lyle, and National Grid.