Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 01/05/17

Monday 01 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PMI Manufacturing   52.8 52.7
PCE Price Index Month on Month PCE Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.1% -0.2%
PCE Price Index Year on Year PCE Price Index Year on Year Chart 2.1% +1.8%
PCE Core Price Index Month on Month PCE Core Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.2% -0.1% -0.1%
Personal Spending Real Month on Month Personal Spending Real Month on Month Chart -0.1% +0.3%
Personal Income Month on Month Personal Income Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.3% +0.2%
PCE Core Price Index Year on Year PCE Core Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.8% +1.6%
Dallas Fed PCE Dallas Fed PCE Chart 2.0% 0.8%
PMI Manufacturing   55.5 55.9
ISM Manufacturing PMI ISM Manufacturing PMI Chart 57.2 56.5 54.8

Corporate Statements

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Boardwalk Pipeline, Cardinal Hlth, Chemours Company, CMS Energy Corp, Community Health Systems, Diamond Offshore, Dun and Bradstreet Corporation, Dynegy Inc., Edison Intl, Flowserve Corporation, General Growth Prop, Loews Corp, Metals USA Hldgs Corp, Noble Energy, Plantronics, Tenet Healthcare

Tuesday 02 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
RBA Cash Rate RBA Cash Rate Chart 1.50% 1.50% 1.50%
PMI Manufacturing   55.7 56.0 56.2
PMI Manufacturing   55.1 55.1 55.1
PMI Manufacturing   58.2 58.2 58.2
Unemployment Rate   11.5% 11.5% 11.7%
PMI Manufacturing   56.8 56.8 56.7
PMI Manufacturing   54.2 54.0 57.3
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 9.5% 9.4% 9.5%

Corporate Statements

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Aberdeen Asset Management, BP
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Aetna Inc, Altria Group Inc, American States Water Co, Ametek Inc, Apollo Commercial Real Estate, Arch Coal, Assurant, Becton Dickinsn, Coach, Comstock Resources, Conocophillips (All Sessions), Consol Energy, Cummins Inc, CVS Caremark Crp, DaVita, Devon Energy, DineEquity, Eaton Vance, Ecolab Inc, Emerson Electric, Enterprise Products Partners, Fidelity Natl In, FMC Corporation, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, Hanesbrands, HCA Inc, HCP, Hilton Worldwide, Intrepid Potash, Mastercard (All Sessions), Mosaic, Newfield Exploration Company, NRG Energy, Och-Ziff Capital Management, ONEOK, Parker Drilling, Pfizer Inc (All Sessions), PG&E Corp, Pinnacl West Cap, Pitney Bowes Inc, Rowan Cos Inc, RSP Permian, Scotts Miracle Gro, Spectrum Brands Holdings, Sunstone HTL, Weightwatchers, Western Refining, Western Union, Xylem

Wednesday 03 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -30k -12k -15k
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 5.8% 5.8% 5.8%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 4.5% 4.1% 3.9%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% -0.1% -0.3%
ADP employment report ADP employment report Chart 263k 175k 177.0k
ISM Non Manufacturing New Orders ISM Non Manufacturing New Orders Chart 58.9 63.2
ISM Non Manufacturing Employment ISM Non Manufacturing Employment Chart 51.6 51.4
ISM Non Manufacturing Business Activity ISM Non Manufacturing Business Activity Chart 58.9 58.4 62.4
ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI Chart 55.2 55.8 57.5
ISM Non Manufacturing Prices Paid ISM Non Manufacturing Prices Paid Chart 53.5 57.6
FOMC Rate Decision   0.875% 0.875% 0.75-1.00%

Corporate Statements

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Carillion, Focusrite, Indivior Pharmaceuticals, International Personal Finance, Wetherspoon(J.D.)
Flag of Great Britain
Carillion, Focusrite, Indivior Pharmaceuticals, International Personal Finance, Wetherspoon(J.D.)
Flag of the USA
3D Systems Corp, Aerohive Networks, Alliant Energy Corp, Allstate Cp, American Financial, American International Group, American Water Works Co, Annaly Capital Management Inc, Bunge, Care.com, CBL & Associates Properties, Centurytel Inc, CF Industries, Clean Harbors, Clorox Co, Compass Diversified Holdings, Compass Minerals, Continental Res, Corrections Corp of America, Exelon Corp, General Cable, Halcon Resources, Harris Corporation, Harsco Corporation, Healthcare Realty Trust, HollyFrontier, Humana, Lincoln Natl, Matador Resources, MDU Resources, Metlife Inc, Molson Coors Br, Murphy Oil Corp, Nisource Inc, Nu Skin Enterprises, NY Times, Ocwen Financial, Omega Healthcare Investors, Pioneer Natural Resources, Qwest Communications, Rayonier Inc, Norfolk Southern, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc, Spirit Realty Capital Inc, Sprint Nextel, Tableau Software, Inc., Terex Corp, The Progressive, Time Warner, Two Harbors Inv Corp, Urban Edge Properties, WellCare Health Plans, Williams Comps, WPX Energy, Yum Brands
Flag of Great Britain
Carillion, Focusrite, Indivior Pharmaceuticals, International Personal Finance, Wetherspoon(J.D.)
Flag of Great Britain
Carillion, Focusrite, Indivior Pharmaceuticals, International Personal Finance, Wetherspoon(J.D.)

Thursday 04 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Imports Imports Chart -5.0% +5%
Exports Exports Chart 1.0% +2%
Trade Balance Goods & Services Trade Balance Goods & Services Chart 3574mln AU 3400mln AU +3107mln AU
PMI Services   52.9 53.5 56.2
PMI Services   57.7 57.7 56.7
PMI Services   54.7 54.7 55.4
PMI Services   56.2 56.2 56.4
PMI Composite   56.7 56.7 56.8
PMI Services   55.0 54.5 55.8
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.7% 0.1% 0.3%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 1.8% 2.1% 2.3%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -0.97bln C$ -0.80bln C$ -0.14bln C$
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 257k 247k 238k
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -43.6bln $ -44.5bln $ -43.7bln $
Factory Orders Factory Orders Chart 1.0% 0.4% +0.2%

Corporate Statements

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Air Lease Corporation, Aircastle, Alleghany Corp, Ameren Corp, Amerisourcebergn, Amerus, Apache Corp, Avon Products, B&G Foods, Ball Corp, Beazer Homes, Cable One Inc, Catalent, CBS Corp, Chesapeake Energy, Church & Dwight Co, Consol Edison, Denbury Resources, DeVry Inc., Dominion Res Inc, EPAM Systems, Esterline Technologies, Fluor Corp, Gain Capital, Hercules Technology Growth, Homeowners Choice, Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc, Kellogg Co, Lending Club Corp, Marathon Oil, Motorola Solutions, MSCI Inc, National Fuel Gas Co., Natl Semiconduct, Occidental Petroleum, Paramount Group, Parsley Energy, Perkinelmer, PPL Corp, Shake Shack Inc, The Madison Square Garden Co, The St Joe Company, Titan International, World Wrestling Ent., Zoetis Inc.
Flag of Great Britain
Convatec, G4S, HSBC Hldgs, IMI, Inmarsat, Noble Corporation

Friday 05 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 6.7% 6.7% 6.5%
Non-Farm Payrolls Non-Farm Payrolls Chart 98k 185k +211k
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 4.5% 4.6% 4.4%
Average Earnings Average Earnings Chart 0.2% 0.3% +0.3%

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
BBA Aviation, Pearson, Smith & Nephew
Flag of the USA
CenterPoint Energy, Cigna Corp, EW Scripps, Health Care REIT, Inc., Koppers Holdings, Louisiana Pacific, Moody's

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