The week ahead in business and economics: July 16 The IMF will kick off on Monday, when it is expected to roughly halve its 0.8pc growth forecast to bring it into line with consensus. Inflation on Tuesday will see the consumer prices index edge lower, from 2.8pc to 2.7pc. Retail sales on Thursday should continue to show resilience, rising 0.9pc. And public-sector borrowing on Friday will reinforce deficit worries by rising sharply. But most eyes will be fixed on the appearance of Britain's top regulators, including the Bank's Governor, before the Treasury Select Committee today and tomorrow to answer questions on Libor. Monday SThree Sage Group IMF publishes world economic update, including new forecasts on UK growth. FSA's Lord Turner and Andrew Bailey to appear before Treasury Select Committee. None scheduled. Tuesday FTSE 100 giant Rio Tinto, the world's second biggest miner, kicks off a week of production updates from the natural resources majors, with BHP Billiton and Anglo American reporting later. The figures will offer an insight into global demand and, by extension, the world economy. IG Group, Schroder Real Estate Amino Technologies, Low & Bonar BTG, Computacenter, Dairy Crest, Global Health, Hochschild Mining, Record, Rio Tinto (production) Official UK inflation figures, Bank of England Governor and deputy to appear before Treasury Select Committee on the Financial Stability Report. BTG (AGM), Cyprotex (AGM), Dairy Crest (AGM), Healthcare Trust (AGM), North Midland & Construction (AGM), Sepura (AGM), Worldwide Healthcare Trust (AGM) Wednesday Severn Trent's AGM should see investors approve the £150m special dividend the company announced at its preliminary results at the end of May. Its trading update is unlikely to contain many surprises, although it may pass comment on the recent draft Water Bill. Analysts at UBS believe Severn Trent is "in relatively the strongest position to benefit from proposed regulatory changes." Ebiquity Aberforth Smaller Co, Access Intellegence, Sagentia Group Booker Group, BHP Billiton (production), Exchange Group, Fresnillo, Fuller Smith & Turner, London Stock Exchange Group, Mobile Streams, Severn Trent Official UK unemployment figures, average earnings, minutes to the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee's June meeting, European Commission report on eurozone public finances Booker Group (AGM), BP Marsh & Partners (AGM), Experian (AGM), Fuller Smith & Turner (AGM), JP Morgan Eurpean Smaller Co Trust (AGM), London Stock Exchange Group (AGM), RPC Group (AGM), Severn Trent (AGM), Summit Corporation (AGM), Telecom Plus (AGM), VP (AGM) Thursday Mothercare's new chief executive, Simon Calver, is grappling with strong competition from the supermarkets and niche internet operators. It can't really blame the weather, as babies need buggies, clothes and car seats come rain or shine. Seymour Pierce is forecasting that first-quarter sales have worsened to a fall of 9pc, compared with a fall of 8.2pc in the final quarter of last year. Last week, JJB Sports issued a pretty nasty profit warning, saying the Euro 2012 championships had failed to benefit its sales at all. We will find out whether this was a company-specific issue or a problem with the whole market. More interesting than JJB's full-year figures will be any comments on current trading. Seymour Pierce is expecting pre-tax profits of £165m. Ilika, Sports Direct International Howden Joinery Group Acal, Britvic, Halfords Group, Hilton Food Group, Kingfisher, Mothercare UK retail sales, Bank of England Trends in Lending report Acal (AGM), API Group (AGM), Byotrol (AGM), Energy Technique (AGM), Icon (AGM), JJB Sports (AGM), JPMorgan European Inv. Tst. (AGM), Kcom Group (AGM), Mckay Securities (AGM), Mothercare (AGM), Shanks Group (AGM), Shires Income (AGM), Straight (EGM), Zamano (AGM) FRIday July 20 Beazley Anglo American (production), Close Brothers Group, DDC, Vodafone Official UK public finance figures Cable & Wireless Communications (AGM), DCC (AGM), Edinburgh Inv. (AGM), Homeserve (AGM), Templeton Emerging Markets Inv.