Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 18/05/15


Monday 18 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Industrial Production Revised Industrial Production Revised Chart -0.3% -0.8%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 0.691bln EU 0.487bln EU

Corporate Statements


Tuesday 19 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
RPI Year on Year RPI Year on Year Chart 0.9% 0.9% +0.9%
PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) Chart 0.1% 0.1% +0.1%
PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) Chart 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
RPI Month on Month RPI Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.4% +0.4%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 0.0% 0.0% -0.1%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.4% +0.2%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 20.3bln EU 22.8bln EU 23.4bln EU
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart 1.1% 0.2% 0.2%
ZEW Current Conditions ZEW Current Conditions Chart 70.2 68.0 65.7
ZEW Economic sentiment ZEW Economic sentiment Chart 53.3 49.0 41.9
Housing Starts Housing Starts Chart 0.926mln 1.019mln 1.135mln
GDP Quarter on Quarter   0.4% 0.4%

Corporate Statements

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Computer Science, Dicks Sporting, TJX Co
Flag of Great Britain
Aveva Group, Big Yellow Group, Bloomsbury Publishing, Homeserve, Innovation Group, Land Securities Group, Paragon Group of Companies, Stock Spirits, Topps Tiles, Victrex

Wednesday 20 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Sentiment Consumer Sentiment Chart -3.2% +6.4%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -1.7% -1.4% -1.5%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
MPC Vote For Rate Hike   0 0 0
MPC Vote For Rate Unchanged   9 9 9
MPC Vote For Rate Cut   0 0 0
ZEW Investor Sentiment   -23.2 -0.1

Corporate Statements

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Bank of Georgia Holdings, Burberry Group, Cable & Wireless Communications, Hargreaves Lansdown, Hogg Robinson Group, Intermediate Capital Group, Marks & Spencer Group, Marshalls, Pennon Group, Ricardo, SSE, Thomas Cook Group

Thursday 21 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart -0.5% 0.4% +1.2%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 4.2% 3.8% +4.7%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 264k 271k 274k
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 5.19mln 5.24mln 5.04mln
Philadelphia Fed Business Index Philadelphia Fed Business Index Chart 7.5 8.0 6.7

Corporate Statements

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Aeropostale, Best Buy Co Inc, Gap Inc, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Flag of Great Britain
Assura PLC, Booker Group, Dairy Crest Group, Inchcape, Investec, Rank Group, Royal Mail, Shaftesbury Capital, Smiths Group, SSP Group

Friday 22 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Quarter on Quarter GDP Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
GDP Year on Year GDP Year on Year Chart 1.1% 1.0% 1.1%
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 103.5 103.1 103.0
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 113.9 113.5 114.3
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 108.6 108.3 108.5
Public Sector Net Borrowing   6.741bln GB 7.800bln GB 6.038bln GB
Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Chart -0.20% -0.1%
Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Chart 0.10% -0.2%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 1.7% 0.3% 0.7%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.7% 0.1% -0.1%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.2% 1.0% 0.8%
CPI Year on Year (nsa) CPI Year on Year (nsa) Chart -0.1% -0.1% -0.2%
CPI Month on Month (sa) CPI Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.2% 0.1% +0.1%
CPI Boc Core Month on Month CPI Boc Core Month on Month Chart 0.6% 0.2% 0.1%
CPI BoC Core Year on Year CPI BoC Core Year on Year Chart 2.4% 2.4% 2.3%

Corporate Statements

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Quintain Estates & Development, Severn Trent
Flag of the USA
ANN, Inc, Foot Locker

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