Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 13/05/13


Monday 13 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Retail Sales Chart 12.6% 12.8% 12.8%
Retail Sales Month on Month   -0.4% -0.3% +0.1%
Retail Sales Ex-Auto Month on Month   -0.4% -0.1% -0.1%
Business Inventories Month on Month Business Inventories Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.3% 0.0%

Corporate Statements

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Bioquell, Blinkx, Centrica, Diploma, Fiberweb, Johnston Press, Lonmin, Microgen, Rank Group, Unite Group

Tuesday 14 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 1.2% 1.2% 1.2%
CPI Final Month on Month   0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
CPI Final Year on Year   1.3% 1.3% 1.3%
ZEW Economic sentiment ZEW Economic sentiment Chart 36.3 38.3 36.4
ZEW Current Conditions ZEW Current Conditions Chart 9.2 10.0 8.9
Industrial Production Year on Year Industrial Production Year on Year Chart -3.1% -2.2% -1.7%
Industrial Production Month on Month   0.4% 0.4% 1.0%

Corporate Statements

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Babcock International Group, Balfour Beatty, British Land Co, Capita, Enterprise Inns, E-Therapeutics, TP ICAP Group, Mears Group, Mucklow(A.& J.)Group, Rathbone Bros, Sportech
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Agilent, APR Energy

Wednesday 15 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 44.8 44.5
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart -0.30% -0.1% -0.2%
GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter Chart -0.6% 0.3% 0.1%
GDP Flash Estimate Year on Year GDP Flash Estimate Year on Year Chart 0.1% -1.4%
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 1.1% 0.9% +0.8%
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart 0.8% 0.0% -0.1%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter   -0.9% -0.3% -0.5%
GDP Prelim Year on Year GDP Prelim Year on Year Chart -2.8% -2.2% -2.3%
Claimant Count Unemployment Change Claimant Count Unemployment Change Chart -7.0k -3.0k -7.3k
Unemployment Rate (ILO) Unemployment Rate (ILO) Chart 7.9% 7.9% 7.8%
Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Chart 0.8% 0.7% +0.4%
GDP Flash estimate Year on Year   -0.9% -0.9% -1.0%
GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter Chart -0.6% -0.1% -0.2%
ZEW Investor Sentiment   20.0 2.2
PPI Core Year on Year PPI Core Year on Year Chart 1.7% 1.7% +1.7%
PPI Core Month on Month PPI Core Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.1% +0.1%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.6% -0.6% -0.7%
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart 0.4% -0.2% -0.5%

Corporate Statements

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Computer Science, Dillard Cl A, Macy's, The Progressive
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Centaur Media, Chime Communications, Cineworld Group, CLS Holdings, Compass Group, Enquest, French Connection Group, Greggs, Gresham Computing, Hill & Smith Hldgs, Hilton Food Group, JPMorgan American IT, Keller Group, Land Securities Group, London Stock Exchange Group, Lookers, Marshalls, NB Global Floating Rate Income, Northern Petroleum, Restaurant Group, RIT Capital Partners, Speedy Hire, The Vitec Group, Xchanging, Zotefoams

Thursday 16 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Quarter on Quarter   0.0% 0.7% +0.9%
Industrial Production Revised Industrial Production Revised Chart 0.2% +0.9%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 0.380bln EU 0.607bln EU
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart 1.2% -0.1% -0.1%
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 1.2% 1.2% 1.2%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 10.4bln EU 22.9bln EU
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 323k 330k 360k
CPI Year on Year (nsa) CPI Year on Year (nsa) Chart 1.5% 1.3% +1.1%
CPI Month on Month (sa) CPI Month on Month (sa) Chart -0.2% -0.2% -0.4%
Housing Starts Housing Starts Chart 1.036mln 0.973mln 0.853mln
Philadelphia Fed Business Index Philadelphia Fed Business Index Chart 1.3 2.4 -5.2

Corporate Statements

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J C Penney Co, Kohls Corp, Nordstrom Inc
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3i Group, Afren, Amlin, Anglo Pacific Group, Antofagasta, Aviva, Bovis Homes Group, Bumi, Cairn Energy, Capital & Regional, Corac Group, CPPGroup, Dixons Retail, Euromoney Institutional Invest, Grainger, Hansteen Holdings, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Impax Group, Inchcape, Frontier IP Group, JKX Oil & Gas, LSL Property Services, Marston's, NWF Group, Ophir Energy, Optos, Oxford Biomedica, Petrofac, Premier Oil, Ricardo, Signet Jewelers, Soco International, Source Bioscience, TalkTalk Telecom Group, Thomas Cook Group, Travis Perkins, Trinity Mirror, Vedanta Resources, Wilmington Group

Friday 17 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Boc Core Month on Month CPI Boc Core Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
CPI BoC Core Year on Year CPI BoC Core Year on Year Chart 1.4% 1.2% 1.1%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.0% -0.2%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.0% 0.6% 0.4%
Univ Michigan Expectation Univ Michigan Expectation Chart 67.8 68.1 74.8
Univ Michigan Conditions Univ Michigan Conditions Chart 89.9 89.9 97.5
Univ Michigan Sentiment Univ Michigan Sentiment Chart 76.4 78.0 83.7

Corporate Statements

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Alent, Ark Therapeutics Group, Brammer, Chesnara, Headlam Group, Huntsworth, Intertek Group, Menzies(John), Parity, Pendragon, Premier Farnell, PV Crystalox Solar, Vesuvius
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Puricore

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