Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 19/08/13


Monday 19 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Exports Year on Year Exports Year on Year Chart 7.4% 13.1% +12.2%
Imports Year on Year Imports Year on Year Chart 11.8% 15.4% +19.6%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -180.8bln JP -785.6bln JP -1024bln JP
ECB Rate Decision ECB Rate Decision Chart 0.50%

Corporate Statements

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Amlin, Arcontech, Bovis Homes Group, Clarkson, Electric Word
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Saks Inc

Tuesday 20 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.2% -0.1%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 0.6% 0.7% 0.5%

Corporate Statements

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BHP Billiton ADR, Cairn Energy, Lidco Group, Scottish INV TST, TT Electronics, VP, Wood Group (John)

Wednesday 21 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Public Sector Net Borrowing   10.23bln GB -4.65bln GB -1.635bln GB
Public Sector Borrowing ex Financial Interventions Public Sector Borrowing ex Financial Interventions Chart 8.470bln GB -2.450bln GB 0.062bln GB
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 5.08mln 5.15mln 5.39mln

Corporate Statements


Thursday 22 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 1.9% -0.4% -0.6%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 320k 330k 336k

Corporate Statements

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B.P. Marsh, Carillion, Concurrent Tech, Costain Group, CPPGroup, HgCapital Trust, IMI, Frontier IP Group, Kazakhmys, London Capital, Max Petroleum, Premier Oil, Primary Health Properties, Rockhopper Exploration, Sportech, Summit Corp, The Vitec Group, WH Smith

Friday 23 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Quarter on Quarter GDP Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.7% 0.7%
GDP Year on Year GDP Year on Year Chart 0.9% 0.9%
GDP 2nd Release Quarter on Quarter   0.6% 0.6% +0.7%
GDP 2nd Release Year on Year GDP 2nd Release Year on Year Chart 1.4% 1.4% +1.5%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.2% 1.4% +1.3%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.2% +0.1%
CPI Boc Core Month on Month CPI Boc Core Month on Month Chart -0.2% 0.0% 0%
CPI BoC Core Year on Year CPI BoC Core Year on Year Chart 1.3% 1.5% 1.4%
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.497mln 0.490mln 0.394mln

Corporate Statements

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Afren, Berendsen, Boot (Henry), Densitron Technologies
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Afren, Berendsen, Boot (Henry), Densitron Technologies

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