Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 18/08/14


Monday 18 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 15.4bln EU 15.0bln EU 16.8bln EU

Corporate Statements

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Amlin, Bovis Homes Group, Clarkson, Fastnet Oil & Gas, Innovation Group

Tuesday 19 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.2% -0.2% -0.3%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.9% 1.8% 1.6%
RPI Month on Month RPI Month on Month Chart 0.2% -0.1% -0.1%
RPI Year on Year RPI Year on Year Chart 2.6% 2.6% 2.5%
PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) Chart 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) Chart 1.0% 0.9% 0.9%
CPI Month on Month (sa) CPI Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.3% 0.1% +0.1%
Housing Starts Housing Starts Chart 0.893mln 0.969mln 1.093mln
CPI Year on Year (nsa) CPI Year on Year (nsa) Chart 2.1% 2.0% +2.0%

Corporate Statements

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BHP Billiton ADR, Cairn Energy, Fidelity China Spec. Situation, H&T Group, Imperial Tobacco Group, Menzies(John), TR Property INV TST, TT Electronics, Vectura Group, Wood Group (John)

Wednesday 20 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Imports Year on Year Imports Year on Year Chart 8.4% -1.7% +2.3%
Exports Year on Year Exports Year on Year Chart -2.0% 3.8% +3.9%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -822.2bln JP -702.5bln JP -964.0bln JP
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.0% -0.1%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -0.7% -0.7% -0.8%
MPC Vote For Rate Unchanged   9 9 7
MPC Vote For Rate Hike   0 0 2
MPC Vote For Rate Cut   0 0 0

Corporate Statements

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Gem Diamonds, Harvey Nash Group, Hikma Pharmaceuticals, Hochschild Mining, Scottish INV TST, VP
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American Eagle, International Rectifier, J.M Smucker, Lowes Companies, Target Corp (All Sessions)

Thursday 21 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Public Sector Net Borrowing   9.51bln GB -2.00bln GB -1.099bln GB
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.4% +0.1%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 3.6% 3.0% +2.6%
Public Sector Borrowing ex Financial Interventions Public Sector Borrowing ex Financial Interventions Chart 11.368bln GB -0.050bln GB 0.239bln GB
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 311k 300k 298k
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 5.04mln 5.02mln 5.15mln
Philadelphia Fed Business Index Philadelphia Fed Business Index Chart 23.9 19.2 28.0

Corporate Statements

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Kazakhmys, Monks INV TST, Premier Oil, Primary Health Properties, Quindell Portfolio, Sportech, WH Smith

Friday 22 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 2.4% 2.2% 2.1%
CPI BoC Core Year on Year CPI BoC Core Year on Year Chart 1.8% 1.9% 1.7%
CPI Boc Core Month on Month CPI Boc Core Month on Month Chart -0.1% 0.1% -0.1%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.7% 0.3% +1.1%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.1% -0.1% -0.2%

Corporate Statements

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Aga Rangemaster Group, Bank of Georgia Holdings, Boot (Henry), HellermannTyton Group, London Stock Exchange Group, Polyus Gold International, R.E.A Hldgs

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