Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 03/08/20


Monday 03 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PMI Manufacturing   42.6 45.2
PMI Manufacturing   47.5 51.2 51.9
PMI Manufacturing   52.0 52.0 52.4
PMI Manufacturing   50.0 50.0 51.0
PMI Manufacturing   51.1 51.1 51.8
PMI Manufacturing   53.6 53.6 53.3
ISM Manufacturing PMI ISM Manufacturing PMI Chart 52.6 53.6 54.2

Corporate Statements


Tuesday 04 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Imports Imports Chart -6% 1%
Exports Exports Chart -4% 3%
Trade Balance Goods & Services Trade Balance Goods & Services Chart 8025Mln AU 8800Mln AU 8202Mln AU
Retail Sales Retail Sales Chart 16.9% 2.4% 2.7%
RBA Cash Rate RBA Cash Rate Chart 0.25% 0.25% 0.25%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -5.0% -3.9% -3.7%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.6% 0.5% 0.7%
PMI Manufacturing   47.8 52.9
Factory Orders Factory Orders Chart 8.0% 5.0% 6.2%

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
AECOM, Alleghany Corp, Allegheny Tech, Allstate Cp, American Financial, Ametek Inc, Arista Networks (All Sessions), Assurant, Avalara, Callon Petroleum Company, Compass Minerals, Delek, Devon Energy, Emerson Electric, Exelon Corp, Ferro Corp, Fidelity Natl In, FMC Corporation, HCP, Invitae, KKR & Co. L.P., Lear Corporation, Lending Club Corp, Louisiana Pacific, Mallinckrodt, MDU Resources, Neenah Paper, NuStar Energy, Pioneer Natural Resources, Planet Fitness, Polo Ralph Lauren, Prudential Finl, Ramco-Gershenson, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc, Sunstone HTL, The Progressive, Unisys Corp, Vulcan Materials, Walt Disney (All Sessions), Western Union, Wisconsin Energy
Flag of Great Britain
Babcock International Group, BP, Diageo, Easyjet, Fidelity European Values, Filtronic, Fundsmith Emerging, Intl Game Tech, Keller Group, LMS Capital, RIT Capital Partners

Wednesday 05 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PMI Services   46.4 51.1 51.6
PMI Services   57.8 57.8 57.3
PMI Services   56.7 56.7 55.6
PMI Composite   54.8 54.8 54.9
PMI Services   55.1 55.1 54.7
PMI Services   56.6 56.6 56.5
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 17.8% 5.9% 5.7%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -5.1% -0.5% 1.3%
ADP employment report ADP employment report Chart 2369k 1500k 167k
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -0.68Bln CA -0.90Bln CA -3.19Bln CA
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -54.6Bln US -50.1Bln US -50.7Bln US
ISM Non Manufacturing Prices Paid ISM Non Manufacturing Prices Paid Chart 62.4 57.6
ISM Non Manufacturing Business Activity ISM Non Manufacturing Business Activity Chart 66.0 60.0 67.2
ISM Non Manufacturing Employment ISM Non Manufacturing Employment Chart 43.1 42.1
ISM Non Manufacturing New Orders ISM Non Manufacturing New Orders Chart 61.6 67.7
ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI Chart 57.1 55.0 58.1
EIA Weekly Crude Oil Stocks   -10.612Mln -3.001Mln -7.373Mln

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
China Nonferrous Gold, Hastings, Hill & Smith Hldgs, Frontier IP Group, LSL Property Services, Morgan Sindall Group, Noble Corporation , Segro, William Hill

Thursday 06 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
BoE Rate Decision BoE Rate Decision Chart 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%
MPC Vote For Rate Unchanged   9 9 9
MPC Vote For Rate Hike   0 0 0
MPC Vote For Rate Cut   0 0 0
BoE QE Total   725Bln GB 725Bln GB 725Bln GB
Industrial Production Year on Year (wda) Industrial Production Year on Year (wda) Chart -20.3% -16.8% -13.7%
Industrial Production Month on Month (sa) Industrial Production Month on Month (sa) Chart 42.1% 5.1% 8.2%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 1435k 1415k 1186k

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Aggreko, Convatec, Evraz, Genel Energy, GW Pharmaceuticals, Hammerson, Ibstock, ITV, JPMorgan Claverhouse IT, Mondi, Savills, Serco Group, Spirent Communications, Vitec Group (The)
Flag of the USA
Air Lease Corporation, Alliant Energy Corp, Alteryx, AMC Entertainment, Amer Elec Pwr, Ameren Corp, Amerus, Arconic Inc, Ball Corp, Becton Dickinsn, Bonanza Creek Energy, BP Midstream Partners, Bristol Myers Sq, Cable One Inc, Cabot Corporation, Cardinal Hlth, CBL & Associates Properties, CBS Corp, CenterPoint Energy, Cloudflare Inc (All Sessions), Consol Edison, CubeSmart, DXC Technology, Envestnet Inc, EOG Resources, EPAM Systems, FleetCor Technologies, Flotek Industries, General Growth Prop, Glaukos, Graftech International Ltd, Gray television, Hecla Mining, Hilton Worldwide, HollyFrontier, Homeowners Choice, Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc, Iron Mountain Incorporated, KBR, MetroPCS Comm, Mohawk Inds, Motorola Solutions, Murphy Oil Corp, National Fuel Gas Co., NRG Energy, Parker-Hannifin, Penn Virginia Corp, Pinnacl West Cap, Post Holdings, Quanta Services, SailPoint Technologies, Sealed Air Cp, Solar Winds, Synthetic Biologics, Targa Resources, Tenneco Inc, Teradata Corporation, The AES Corp, Titan International, Univar Solutions, Urban Edge Properties, Yelp Inc, Zoetis Inc.

Friday 07 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 7.6Bln EU 10.1Bln EU 14.5Bln EU
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart 7.8% 8.1% 8.9%
Industrial Production Month on Month   19.6% 8.9% 12.7%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -7.05Bln EU -7.96Bln EU
House Price Index UK (Halifax) House Price Index UK (Halifax) Chart -0.1% 1.6%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 1.505Bln EU 1.557Bln EU
Average Earnings Average Earnings Chart -1.2% -0.5% 0.2%
Non-Farm Payrolls Non-Farm Payrolls Chart 4800k 1600k 1763k
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 12.3% 11.0% 10.9%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 11.1% 10.5% 10.2%

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Hargreaves Lansdown, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, i3 Energy

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