Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 16/03/20


Monday 16 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Retail Sales Chart 8.0% 0.8% -20.5%
CPI Final Month on Month   -0.4% -0.4% -0.5%
CPI Final Year on Year   0.3% 0.3% 0.2%

Corporate Statements

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Hill International

Tuesday 17 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Industrial Production Revised Industrial Production Revised Chart 0.8% 1.0%
Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Chart 2.9% 3.0% +3.1%
Unemployment Rate (ILO) Unemployment Rate (ILO) Chart 3.8% 3.8% 3.9%
Claimant Count Unemployment Change Claimant Count Unemployment Change Chart 5.5k +17.3k
ZEW Current Conditions ZEW Current Conditions Chart -15.7 -30.0 -43.1
ZEW Economic sentiment ZEW Economic sentiment Chart 8.7 -26.4 -49.5
Retail Sales Month on Month   0.3% 0.2% -0.5%
Retail Sales Ex-Auto Month on Month   0.3% 0.2% -0.4%
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart -0.3% 0.4% 0.6%
Business Inventories Month on Month Business Inventories Month on Month Chart 0.1% -0.1% -0.1%
Exports Year on Year Exports Year on Year Chart -2.6% -4.3% -1.0%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -1312.6Bln JP 917.2Bln JP 1109.8Bln JP
Imports Year on Year Imports Year on Year Chart -3.6% -14.4% -14.0%

Corporate Statements

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Bango, Contour Global, Eagle Eye, E-Therapeutics, Gamma Communications, Good Energy, Polypipe Group, Real Estate Inv, SCS Group, Smart Metering Systems, Softcat, Tasty, Tritax Big Box, Vectura Group
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Baxter Intl Inc, Smartsheet Inc A, The Progressive

Wednesday 18 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 23.1Bln EU 1.3Bln EU
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart -1.0% 0.2% 0.2%
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 1.2% 1.2% 1.2%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -0.748Bln EU 0.830Bln EU
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 2.4% 2.1% 2.2%
CPI Boc Core Month on Month CPI Boc Core Month on Month Chart 0.4% +0.7%
Housing Starts Housing Starts Chart 1.567Mln 1.500Mln 1.599Mln
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.4% 0.4%
CPI BoC Core Year on Year CPI BoC Core Year on Year Chart 1.8% +1.8%
EIA Weekly Crude Oil Stocks   7.664Mln 3.256Mln 1.954Mln
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart 0.7% 0.4%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart 0.8% 0.6% 0.6%

Corporate Statements

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Anpario, Cello Group, Centaur Media, Curtis Banks, EMIS Group, Empiric, Empresaria, Judges Scientific, Mitchells & Butlers, Pendragon, Restore, S4 Capital, Science in Sport, Target Healthcare REIT, Tribal Group

Thursday 19 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 5.3% 5.3% +5.1%
RBA Cash Rate RBA Cash Rate Chart 0.25% 0.75% 0.50%
BoE Rate Decision BoE Rate Decision Chart 0.10% 0.25% 0.10%
BoE QE Total   Bln GB
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 211k 560k 281k
Current Account Balance Current Account Balance Chart -124.1Bln US -109.0Bln US -109.8Bln US
Philadelphia Fed Business Index Philadelphia Fed Business Index Chart 36.7 10.0 -12.7
MPC Vote For Rate Hike   0 0
MPC Vote For Rate Cut   2 0
BoE QE Total   Bln GB
MPC Vote For Rate Unchanged   7 9

Corporate Statements

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Bloomsbury Publishing, CML Microsystems, Energean Oil, Everyman Media Group, Fidelity European Values, Genel Energy, Gym Group, Hurricane Energy, IG Group Holdings, JPMorgan Claverhouse IT, LoopUp Group, Ocado Group, OneSavings Bank, Pipehawk, Portmeirion, PV Crystalox Solar, Safestyle UK, Sopheon, SpaceandPeople, Sportech, TClarke

Friday 20 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.8% -0.1% -0.4%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 0.2% 0.2% -0.1%
Public Sector Net Borrowing   -10.538Bln GB 0.850Bln GB -0.394Bln GB
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.3% 0.4%
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 5.46Mln 5.50Mln 5.77Mln

Corporate Statements

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Carnival Corp, Tiffany & Co

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