LONDON (SHARECAST) - Drinks brands leviathan Diageo will be going up against tough comparative figures from a year ago when it unveils fiscal first-quarter figures on Wednesday.
Nomura thinks the Guinness brewer will still manage to churn out organic revenue growth of 5%. with strong growth in emerging markets and resilience in the US more than offsetting the slow-down in Europe.
"We do not expect any change to the company‘s medium-term guidance (6% revenue growth, 200bp [two percentage points] on margin over three years)," the Japanese broker revealed.
Minutes from the October meeting of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will be released at 09:30.
The Bank's current round of quantitative easing (QE) ends next month and economists will be scouring the minutes to see whether there are any clues as to whether the QE tap will be turned on again.
MPC member Martin Weale, for one, has expressed concern about sanctioning more QE while inflation remains above the Bank's 2.0% target rate. Weale's colleagues Ben Broadbent and Spencer Dale have also recently gone on record to warn about inflation risks.
The Bank of England increased its asset purchase pot by £50bn to £375bn in July.
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LONDON (SHARECAST) - Drinks brands leviathan Diageo will be going up against tough comparative figures from a year ago when it unveils fiscal first-quarter figures on Wednesday.
