1.   December sales figures will be released on Thursday.

2.   The central bank is scheduled to release the figure this week.

3.   The figures were recently released by the magazine.

4.   Yesterday sterling enjoyed its first quiet day since the trade figures were released a week ago.

5.   The announcement of the Westcott redundancies came as monthly figures were released showing unemployment coming down across the region.

6.   The figures were released soon after Fine Gael, the main opposition party, had identified unemployment as a key issue for the election.

7.   Alliance commanders refused to release casualty figures for the first day of battle, but it seemed clear by the nature of the fighting that the numbers were high.

8.   Also Tuesday, the Commerce Department will issue its final estimate of gross domestic product during the third quarter, and will also release figures for November housing starts.

9.   Also Wednesday, the National Association of Purchasing Management releases figures on manufacturing orders, production, hiring and other activity in October.