Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 20/04/15

Monday 20 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.2% 0.1%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -2.1% -1.6% -1.7%

Corporate Statements

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Aveva Group
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Halliburton, Hexcel Corp, IBM (All Sessions), M&T Bank Corp, Morgan Stanley China, Packaging Corp of America, Royal Caribbean Cruises (All Sessions), Suntrust Bks

Tuesday 21 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
ZEW Economic sentiment ZEW Economic sentiment Chart 54.8 55.3 53.3
ZEW Current Conditions ZEW Current Conditions Chart 55.1 56.0 70.2
Exports Year on Year Exports Year on Year Chart 2.4% 8.5%
Imports Year on Year Imports Year on Year Chart -3.6% -12.8%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -424.6bln JP 50.0bln JP

Corporate Statements

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Informa, Pentair, Pets At Home
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Allegheny Tech, Ameritrade Holdings, APR Energy, Arch Coal, Baker Hughes, Chipotle Mex Grill, Discover Financl, Dolby Labs, Dover Corp, FMC Technologies Inc., Gannett Co, Genuine Parts Co, Halcon Resources, Harley-Davidson, Harris Corporation, Hatteras Financial Corp, Illinois Tool Wk, Kansas City Southern, Kimberly-Clark, Lockheed Martin (All Sessions), MGIC Investment, Omnicom Gp Inc, Ramco-Gershenson, Regions Financl, Stryker (All Sessions), Synovus Finan, Travelers Companies, Under Armour Class C, United Technologies, Verizon Comms Inc, VM WARE, Yum Brands

Wednesday 22 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Quarter on Quarter CPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.2% 0.2% +0.2%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.7% 1.3% +1.3%
MPC Vote For Rate Cut   0 0 0
MPC Vote For Rate Hike   0 0.0 0
MPC Vote For Rate Unchanged   9 9.0 9
ZEW Investor Sentiment   -37.9 -23.2
Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Chart 1.70% 0.1%
Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.10% -0.2%
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 4.88mln 5.03mln 5.19mln

Corporate Statements

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Abbott Laboratories, Ameriprise Fincl, Amphenol Corporation Class A, Astoria Financial, AT & T, Autonation Inc, Bank NY Mellon, Boeing (All Sessions), Coca Cola European Partners, Covanta Holding, Crown Castle International, D R Horton, EMC Corp, Equifax Inc, Evercore Partners Inc., Flotek Industries, Las Vegas Sands, McDonalds (All Sessions), NuStar Energy, SL Green Realty, St Jude Medical, Thermo Fisher Scientific (All Sessions), Torchmark Corp
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Croda International, Elementis, Fenner, Hochschild Mining, Ladbrokes, Reed Elsevier, Travis Perkins

Thursday 23 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 10.0 10.2 10.1
Public Sector Net Borrowing   6.216bln GB 7.000bln GB 6.741bln GB
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.7% 0.4% -0.5%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 5.7% 5.4% +4.2%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 294k 290k 295k
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.539mln 0.513mln 0.481mln

Corporate Statements

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Adeptus Health Inc., Alaska Airlines, Altria Group Inc, Amer Elec Pwr, B&G Foods, Baxter Intl Inc, BB&T Corp, C R Bard, Cameron International Corp, Cap One Financial, Caterpillar , Chubb Corp, CMS Energy Corp, Danaher, Dr Pepper Snapple Group,Inc., Edwards Lifesciences, EQT Corporation, Fed Investors, Freeport-McMoRan, General Motors (All Sessions), Greenhill and Co, Hanesbrands, Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Hershey Co, Janus Capital Gp, Johnson Controls, Juniper Networks, KKR & Co. L.P., Mead Johnson, Meredith Corp, Meritage Homes, Newmont Mining, Nucor, Old Republic International Corp, Pandora Media Inc, Peabody Energy, Pepsico Inc (All Sessions), Premier Global Services, Procter & Gamble (All Sessions), Pulte Homes Inc, Quest Diag, Raytheon Co, Reliance Steel, Republic Services, Rob Half Intl, Rockwell Coll, Snap-On Inc, Southwest Airlines, Southwestern Energy, StanCorp Financial, Stanley Works, Trinity Industries, Union Pacific Cp, Unisys Corp, USG Corp
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Bodycote, Cobham, Computacenter, Fidelity Special Values, Meggitt, GE Aerospace (All Sessions), Senior, William Hill

Friday 24 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 112.0 112.4 113.9
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 103.9 104.5 103.5
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 107.9 108.4 108.6
Durable Goods   -1.4% 0.6% +4.0%

Corporate Statements

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Astrazeneca, French Connection Group, Pearson, R.E.A Hldgs, Reckitt Benckiser Group, Rotork, Spectris, PubMatic
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3D Systems Corp, AO Smith, Cabot Oil & Gas, DTE Energy, Interpublic Group, Simon Prop Grp, State Street Corp, Ventas, Xerox

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