Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 14/04/14

Monday 14 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Final Month on Month   2.1% 2.1% 2.2%
CPI Final Year on Year   0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
Industrial Production Year on Year Industrial Production Year on Year Chart 2.1% 1.5% 1.7%
Industrial Production Month on Month   -0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Retail Sales Ex-Auto Month on Month   0.3% 0.5% +0.7%
Retail Sales Month on Month   0.3% 0.8% +1.1%
Business Inventories Month on Month Business Inventories Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.5% +0.4%

Corporate Statements

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Citigroup (All Sessions), M&T Bank Corp
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Carr's Milling Industries, French Connection Group, M. P. Evans Group

Tuesday 15 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales (Office for National Stats) Retail Sales (Office for National Stats) Chart -1.00% 1.00% -1.7%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.5% 0.2% 0.2%
PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) Chart 1.1% 0.9% 1.0%
PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) Chart 0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
RPI Year on Year RPI Year on Year Chart 2.7% 2.5% 2.5%
RPI Month on Month RPI Month on Month Chart 0.6% 0.3% 0.2%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.7% 1.6% 1.6%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 0.9bln EU 13.6bln EU
ZEW Current Conditions ZEW Current Conditions Chart 51.3 51.8 59.5
ZEW Economic sentiment ZEW Economic sentiment Chart 46.6 45.0 43.2
CPI Month on Month (sa) CPI Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.1% 0.1% +0.2%
CPI Year on Year (nsa) CPI Year on Year (nsa) Chart 1.1% 1.4% +1.5%

Corporate Statements

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Aggreko, Caretech Holdings, Debenhams, GKN, Hochschild Mining, Immunodiagnostic Systems Hldgs, Michael Page International, NB Global Floating Rate Income, Punch Taverns, SABMiller, Sweett Group PLC, Trifast (UK)
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Charles Schwab (All Sessions), Coca Cola European Partners, Comerica Inc, CSX Corp, Johnson & Johnson (All Sessions), Motorola Solutions

Wednesday 16 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Retail Sales Chart 11.8% 12.1% +12.2%
China GDP Year on Year China GDP Year on Year Chart 7.7% 7.3% +7.4%
Industrial Production Revised Industrial Production Revised Chart -2.3% -2.3%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 1.262bln EU 1.253bln EU
Unemployment Rate (ILO) Unemployment Rate (ILO) Chart 7.2% 7.1% 6.9%
Claimant Count Unemployment Change Claimant Count Unemployment Change Chart -34.6k -30.0k -30.4k
Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Chart 1.4% 1.8% 1.7%
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart 0.3% 1.0% 0.9%
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 0.5% 0.5% 0.5%
ZEW Investor Sentiment   19.0 7.0
Housing Starts Housing Starts Chart 0.907mln 0.973mln 0.946mln
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart 0.6% 0.5% +0.7%
BoC Rate Decision   1.00% 1.00% 1.00%

Corporate Statements

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Bunzl, Burberry Group, Central Asia Metals, Dialight, Hargreaves Lansdown, Hunting, Noble Corporation , Persimmon, Quindell Portfolio, Reckitt Benckiser Group, Telford Homes, Xaar
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Abbott Laboratories, American Express (All Sessions), Astoria Financial, B&G Foods, Bank Of America (All Sessions), Cap One Financial, Crown Holdings Inc, IBM (All Sessions), Kinder Morgan (All Sessions), Kinder Morgan Energy, PNC Financial Services, St Jude Medical, US Bancorp, WW Grainger Inc

Thursday 17 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 38.3 37.5
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -0.9% -0.7% -0.9%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.0% -0.3%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 300k 315k 304k
CPI Boc Core Month on Month CPI Boc Core Month on Month Chart 0.7% 0.3% 0.3%
CPI BoC Core Year on Year CPI BoC Core Year on Year Chart 1.2% 1.3% 1.3%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.1% 1.4% 1.5%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.8% 0.4% 0.6%
Philadelphia Fed Business Index Philadelphia Fed Business Index Chart 9.0 10.0 16.6

Corporate Statements

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Adv. Micro Device 49000 Call, Sep 26, Autonation Inc, Baker Hughes, Baxter Intl Inc, BB&T Corp, Blackrock, Inc., Blackstone Group (All Sessions), Chipotle Mex Grill, Danaher, Dover Corp, First Horizn Ntl, General Electric, Goldman Sachs (All Sessions), Honeywell (All Sessions), Keycorp New, Morgan Stanley China, Pepsico Inc (All Sessions), Philip Morris , PPG Industries, Rockwell Coll, Schlumberger Ltd, Sherwin-Williams, Snap-On Inc, Union Pacific Cp, United Health GP
Flag of Great Britain
Blur Group, Brooks Macdonald Group, Lavendon Group, Mulberry Group, NCC Group, Sepura, Synergy Health, Taylor Wimpey, Wandisco

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