Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 14/08/17


Monday 14 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Quarter on Quarter   0.3% 0.6% +1.0%
Retail Sales Retail Sales Chart 11.0% 10.8% 10.4%
Industrial Production Year on Year Industrial Production Year on Year Chart 4.0% 2.8% 2.6%
Industrial Production Month on Month   1.3% -0.5% -0.6%

Corporate Statements

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Akers Bioscience, Sysco Corp

Tuesday 15 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Industrial Production Revised Industrial Production Revised Chart 1.6% +2.2%
GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.6% 0.7% 0.6%
GDP Flash Estimate Year on Year GDP Flash Estimate Year on Year Chart 2.9% 1.9% 0.8%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.0% -0.1%
PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) Chart 0.2% 0.2% +0.1%
RPI Year on Year RPI Year on Year Chart 3.5% 3.5% +3.6%
RPI Month on Month RPI Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.1% +0.2%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 2.6% 2.7% +2.6%
PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) Chart 2.9% 2.5% +2.4%
Retail Sales Month on Month   -0.2% 0.4% 0.6%
Retail Sales Ex-Auto Month on Month   -0.2% 0.3% 0.5%
Business Inventories Month on Month Business Inventories Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.4% +0.5%

Corporate Statements

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Agilent, Akers Bioscience, Coach, Dicks Sporting, TJX Co
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H&T Group, Menzies(John), Tex Holdings

Wednesday 16 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter   0.4% 0.4% 0.4%
GDP Prelim Year on Year GDP Prelim Year on Year Chart 1.2% 1.4% 1.5%
Claimant Count Unemployment Change Claimant Count Unemployment Change Chart 5.9k 3.7k -4.2k
Unemployment Rate (ILO) Unemployment Rate (ILO) Chart 4.5% 4.5% 4.4%
Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Chart 1.8% 1.8% +2.1%
GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.6% 0.6% 0.6%
GDP Flash estimate Year on Year   2.1% 2.1% 2.2%
Housing Starts Housing Starts Chart 1.215mln 1.220mln 1.155mln

Corporate Statements

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Target Corp (All Sessions), The Progressive
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Aortech, BGEO Group, Cloudbuy, Hochschild Mining, Sirius Minerals, Stilo Intl

Thursday 17 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Exports Year on Year Exports Year on Year Chart 9.7% 13.6% +13.4%
Imports Year on Year Imports Year on Year Chart 15.5% 17.0% +16.3%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 439.9bln JP 392.0bln JP +418.8bln JP
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 5.6% 5.6% 5.6%
ILO Unemployment Rate ILO Unemployment Rate Chart 9.60% 9.5%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.6% 0.2% +0.3%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 2.9% 1.4% +1.3%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 21.4bln EU 22.9bln EU 26.6bln EU
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 0.0% -0.5% -0.5%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 244k 240k 232k
Philadelphia Fed Business Index Philadelphia Fed Business Index Chart 19.5 18.5 18.9
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.3% +0.2%

Corporate Statements

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The Madison Square Garden Co
Flag of Great Britain
Allied Minds, JPMorgan US Smaller Co. Inv Tst, Murray International Trust, NB Global Floating Rate Income, Oxford Biomedica

Friday 18 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.1% 0.2%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 2.4% 2.2% 2.3%
CPI BoC Core Year on Year CPI BoC Core Year on Year Chart 0.9% +0.9%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.0% 1.2% +1.2%
CPI Boc Core Month on Month CPI Boc Core Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.1% -0.1%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart -0.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Corporate Statements

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Foot Locker
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Management Consulting Group

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