Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 12/05/14


Monday 12 May

Corporate Statements

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MBIA Inc, Mckesson Corp, Planet Payment
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Anglo Pacific Group, Granite Point Mortgage Trust, Blur Group, Candover Investments, Capita, Dignity, E-Therapeutics, Gem Diamonds, JPMorgan Emerging Mkts INV TRST, Just Retirement, London Mining, Savills

Tuesday 13 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales (Office for National Stats) Retail Sales (Office for National Stats) Chart -1.70% 1.80%
Retail Sales Retail Sales Chart 12.2% 12.2% 11.9%
CPI Final Year on Year   0.6% 0.6% 0.5%
CPI Final Month on Month   0.6% 0.6% 0.5%
ZEW Economic sentiment ZEW Economic sentiment Chart 43.2 41.0 33.1
ZEW Current Conditions ZEW Current Conditions Chart 59.5 60.5 62.1
Retail Sales Month on Month   1.2% 0.4% 0.1%
Retail Sales Ex-Auto Month on Month   0.7% 0.6% 0.0%
Business Inventories Month on Month Business Inventories Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.4% +0.4%

Corporate Statements

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Ark Therapeutics Group, Boot (Henry), Easyjet, Enterprise Inns, Interserve, Melrose Industries, Mucklow(A.& J.)Group, National Express Group, NB Global Floating Rate Income, Oxford Biomedica, Stock Spirits, Tui Travel, Wilmington Group, Xchanging
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RSP Permian, Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc

Wednesday 14 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 1.3% 1.3% 1.3%
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart 0.5% 0.1% +0.0%
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 0.7% 0.9% +0.8%
Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Chart 1.7% 2.1% +1.7%
Unemployment Rate (ILO) Unemployment Rate (ILO) Chart 6.9% 6.8% 6.8%
Claimant Count Unemployment Change Claimant Count Unemployment Change Chart -30.4k -30.0k -25.1k
ZEW Investor Sentiment   7.0 7.4
Industrial Production Month on Month   0.2% -0.3% -0.3%
Industrial Production Year on Year Industrial Production Year on Year Chart 1.7% 1.0% -0.1%

Corporate Statements

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3i Group, Admiral Group, Borders & Southern Petroleum, British Land Co, Centaur Media, CLS Holdings, Galliford Try Holdings, Hill & Smith Hldgs, Hilton Food Group, ITV, Lookers, Marshalls, Novae Group, Partnership Assurance Group, Premier Oil, Rathbone Bros, Renishaw, Statpro Group, Wood Group (John)
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Agilent, Macy's, Pinnacle Foods, Puricore, The Progressive

Thursday 15 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Quarter on Quarter   0.2% 1.0% +1.5%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 37.5 37.0
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.30% 0.2% +0.0%
GDP Flash Estimate Year on Year GDP Flash Estimate Year on Year Chart 1.3% 2.2% 2.5%
GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.4% 0.7% 0.8%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter   0.1% 0.2% -0.1%
GDP Prelim Year on Year GDP Prelim Year on Year Chart -0.9% -0.1% -0.5%
GDP Flash estimate Year on Year   0.5% 1.1% 0.9%
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 0.7% 0.7% 0.7%
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart 0.9% 0.2% 0.2%
GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.3% 0.4% 0.2%
CPI Year on Year (nsa) CPI Year on Year (nsa) Chart 1.5% 2.0% +2.0%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 319k 320k 297k
CPI Month on Month (sa) CPI Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.2% 0.3% +0.3%
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart 0.7% 0.0% -0.6%
Philadelphia Fed Business Index Philadelphia Fed Business Index Chart 16.6 14.0 15.4

Corporate Statements

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Aviva, Baring Emerging Europe, Cairn Energy, Chime Communications, Communisis, Dixons Retail, French Connection Group, Agenus, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Frontier IP Group, JKX Oil & Gas, Kier Group, Land Securities Group, Manchester United (US), Merlin Entertainments, Old Mutual, Ophir Energy, Optos, Premier Farnell, Rank Group, Restaurant Group, Shanks Group, Soco International, TalkTalk Telecom Group, UTV Media, Vedanta Resources, Vesuvius
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J C Penney Co, Nordstrom Inc, USEC Inc, Wal Mart

Friday 16 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Industrial Production Revised Industrial Production Revised Chart 0.3% +0.7%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 1.253bln EU 1.173bln EU
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 13.6bln EU 15.5bln EU 17.1bln EU
Housing Starts Housing Starts Chart 0.946mln 0.980mln 1.072mln
Univ Michigan Sentiment Univ Michigan Sentiment Chart 84.1 84.5 81.8
Univ Michigan Expectation Univ Michigan Expectation Chart 74.7 75.0 73.2
Univ Michigan Conditions Univ Michigan Conditions Chart 98.7 99.0 95.1

Corporate Statements

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Bovis Homes Group, Brammer, Capital & Regional, Enquest, Fidelity European Values, Grainger, Hansteen Holdings, Headlam Group, Intertek Group, Keller Group, Menzies(John), Signet Jewelers, Tribal Group

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