Week ahead in business and economics: May 13 The report is released on the same day as jobs figures. Unemployment is expected to be unchanged at 7.9pc, with the claimant count down to 4.6pc. Average earnings are expected to have grown slightly in March compared with February, when pay excluding bonuses was just 0.6pc. Howard Archer, at IHS Global Insight, has forecast a rise to 1pc - still far below the rate of inflation. Europe's finance ministers meet today and tomorrow, when the problems with Cyprus, Slovenia and Spain are likely to be discussed. Monday British Gas owner Centrica updates the market on trading in the first four months of the year, before facing shareholders at its AGM in London. Consumption is likely to have risen in the spring cold snap and British Gas may also have picked up new customers as its rivals faced bad publicity over tax and mis-selling. Diploma Dignity, DRS Data and Research Services, Interserve, Johnston Press Eurogroup finance ministers meeting AGMs for Bioquell, Centrica, DRS Data and Research Service, Fiberweb, Interserve and Microgen Enterprise Inns, one of the companies targeted by a government crackdown on tenanted pub groups, is expected to have had a tough first half as challenging industry conditions were exacerbated by poor weather. Morgan Stanley is forecasting a 16pc reduction in first half pre-tax profit to £54m. Babcock International Group, British Land, DCC, eTherapeutics, ICAP Enterprise Inns APR Energy, Balfour Beatty, Capita, Paddy Power, Rathbone Brothers, Sportech RICS housing survey, Ecofin Amerisur Resources (AGM), APR Energy (AGM), BG Group (strategy update), Capita (AGM), Cello (AGM), Grafton (AGM), IP Group (AGM), Paddy Power (AGM), Rathbone Brothers (AGM), Royal Bank of Scotland (AGM), Sportech (AGM), Standard Life (AGM), Toumaz (AGM) Analysts believe easyJet could use its half-year results to announce a major aircraft order after talks with manufacturers including Boeing, Airbus and Bombardier. Any order would be likely to put easyJet, which has already guided towards first-half losses of £60m-£65m and is now chaired by John Barton, on a collision course with its biggest shareholder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou. C&C Group, Land Securities Group, Speedy Hire Compass Group, easyJet, OMG Ark Therapeutics Group, Cape Intermediate Holdings, CLS Holdings, FBD Holdings, Greggs, Hilton Food Group, ITV, John Wood Group, Serco Group, Vitec Group UK unemployment and average earnings, Bank of England Inflation Report, Eurozone Q1 GDP first estimate AGMs for Candover Investments, Cape Intermediate Holdings, Cineworld, EKF Diagnostics Holdings, FBD Holdings, French Connection, Greggs, Gresham Computing, Hill & Smith Holdings, Hilton Food Group, Informa, ITV, John Wood Group, Marshalls, Rentokil Initial, Restaurant Group, RSA Insurance, Sagentia Group, Serco Group, Unilever, Vitec Group, XChanging, Zotefoams Private equity group 3i reports full-year results, with Oriel Securities expecting the company to report net asset value of between 315p to 325p as of March 31. The results take on particular significance because a turnaround vehicle set up by activist investor Edward Bramson has been building a stake in the group since January, although the exact intentions of Mr Bramson are unclear. Invensys, JZ Equity Partners, National Grid, Shanks Group, Stobart Group, TalkTalk, 3i Group, Vedanta Resources Euromoney Institutional Investor, Grainger, Impax Asset Management Group, Marston's Afren, Aviva, Bovis Homes Group, Cairn Energy, Capital & Regional, Dixons Retail, Glanbia, Inchcape, Kier Group, Premier Oil, Rank Group, SIG, Synthomer, Travis Perkins, Trinity Mirror, UTV Media Eurozone inflation, US inflation, Japan Q1 GDP first estimate AGMs for Amlin, Balfour Beatty, Bovis Homes Group, Cairn Energy, Corac Group, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Hiscox, Inchcape, Lloyds Banking Group, Next, Prudential, Resolution, Synthomer, Trinity Mirror, Unite Group, UTV Media, Xaar, Xcite Energy Rugby Estates Alent, Brammer, Centaur Media, Chesnara, Headlam Group, Huntsworth, Intertek, John Menzies No UK data AGMs for Brammer, Chesnara, Computacenter, Derwent London, Intertek, John Menzies, Petrofac, Tribal Group