Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 16/05/16


Monday 16 May

Corporate Statements

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Blackrock Frontiers INV TST, Braemar Shipping Services, E2V Technologies, Equatorial Palm Oil, TP ICAP Group, Union Jack, Victrex

Tuesday 17 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Industrial Production Revised Industrial Production Revised Chart 3.6% +3.8%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 1.249bln EU 1.331bln EU
RPI Month on Month RPI Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.3% +0.1%
RPI Year on Year RPI Year on Year Chart 1.6% 1.5% +1.3%
PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) Chart 0.1% 0.1% +0.2%
PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) Chart 0.2% 0.3% +0.5%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.3% +0.1%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 0.5% 0.5% +0.3%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 19.0bln EU 22.5bln EU 28.6bln EU
CPI Month on Month (sa) CPI Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.1% 0.3% +0.4%
CPI Year on Year (nsa) CPI Year on Year (nsa) Chart 0.9% 1.1% +1.1%
Housing Starts Housing Starts Chart 1.089mln 1.127mln 1.172mln
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart -0.6% 0.3% +0.7%

Corporate Statements

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B2Gold Corp, Enterprise Inns, First Derivative, Lakehouse, Land Securities Group, Oxford Metrics, Premier Foods, Speedy Hire, Treatt, Zytronic

Wednesday 18 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Quarter on Quarter   -0.3% 0.1% +0.4%
Claimant Count Unemployment Change Claimant Count Unemployment Change Chart 6.7k 4.3k -2.4k
Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Chart 1.8% 1.7% +2.0%
Unemployment Rate (ILO) Unemployment Rate (ILO) Chart 5.1% 5.1% 5.1%
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart 1.2% 0.0% 0.0%
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart -0.2% -0.2% -0.2%

Corporate Statements


Thursday 19 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 5.7% 5.8% 5.7%
ILO Unemployment Rate ILO Unemployment Rate Chart 10.30% 10.2%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart -1.3% 0.5% +1.3%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 2.7% 2.5% +4.3%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 294k 275k 278k
Philadelphia Fed Business Index Philadelphia Fed Business Index Chart -1.6 3.5 -1.8

Corporate Statements

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3i Group, Booker Group, Brewin Dolphin Hldgs, Dairy Crest Group, Euromoney Institutional Invest, Formation Group, Hargreaves Lansdown, Informa, Merlin Entertainments, Mitchells & Butlers, National Grid, On The Beach Group PLC, Royal Mail, Shanks Group, Thomas Cook Group, TomCo Energy, Valirx PLC
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Dicks Sporting, Gap Inc, Wal Mart

Friday 20 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -3.1% -3.0% -3.1%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.6% 0.3% 0.3%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.3% 1.7% 1.7%
CPI BoC Core Year on Year CPI BoC Core Year on Year Chart 2.1% 2.0% 2.2%
CPI Boc Core Month on Month CPI Boc Core Month on Month Chart 0.7% 0.1% 0.2%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.4% -0.6% -1%
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 5.33mln 5.40mln 5.45mln

Corporate Statements

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