Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 20/05/13


Monday 20 May

Corporate Statements

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B2Gold Corp, Cranswick, E2V Technologies, FirstGroup, Unite Group, Salamander Energy

Tuesday 21 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 0.4% 0.2% 0.1%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.2% -0.1% -0.2%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 2.8% 2.6% +2.4%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.4% +0.2%
RPI Month on Month RPI Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.5% +0.3%
RPI Year on Year RPI Year on Year Chart 3.3% 3.1% +2.9%
PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) Chart 0.1% 0.3% +0.1%
PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) Chart 1.3% 0.9% +0.8%
BoJ Rate Decision   %

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Big Yellow Group, Bloomsbury Publishing, FNAC Darty, Homeserve, Marks & Spencer Group, Paragon Group of Companies, Telecom Plus, Vectura Group, Vertu Motors, Vodafone Group, Zytronic

Wednesday 22 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Imports Year on Year Imports Year on Year Chart 5.5% 6.7% +9.4%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -362.4bln JP -621.1bln JP -879.9bln JP
Exports Year on Year Exports Year on Year Chart 1.1% 5.9% +3.8%
Consumer Sentiment Consumer Sentiment Chart -5.1% -7.0%
Public Sector Net Borrowing   16.75bln GB 7.00bln GB 8.035bln GB
MPC Vote For Rate Cut   0 0 0
Public Sector Borrowing ex Financial Interventions Public Sector Borrowing ex Financial Interventions Chart 15.142bln GB 8.450bln GB 6.297bln GB
MPC Vote For Rate Hike   0 0 0
MPC Vote For Rate Unchanged   9 9 9
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -0.5% 2.0% +0.5%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart -0.7% 0.0% -1.3%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.8% 0.1% 0%
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 4.92mln 4.99mln 4.97mln

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Amara Mining, Britvic, Cable & Wireless Communications, Artemis UK Future Leaders, Great Portland Estates, Hogg Robinson Group, Innovation Group, Intermediate Capital Group, Shaftesbury Capital, SSE, UK Mail Group

Thursday 23 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Chart -4.80% -3.0%
Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Chart -0.20% -0.3%
GDP 2nd Release Quarter on Quarter   0.3% 0.3% +0.3%
GDP 2nd Release Year on Year GDP 2nd Release Year on Year Chart 0.6% 0.6% +0.6%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 360k 345k 340k
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.417mln 0.425mln 0.454mln

Corporate Statements

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Aveva Group, Booker Group, Daily Mail & General Trust, Dairy Crest Group, Electrocomponents, Halfords Group, Investec, Mitchells & Butlers, Mothercare, Paypoint, Pennon Group, Phytopharm, Qinetiq Group, Quintain Estates & Development, SABMiller, United Utilities Group
Flag of the USA
Gamestop (All Sessions), Gap Inc, Polo Ralph Laur, Salesforce.Com

Friday 24 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 6.2 6.2 6.5
GDP Quarter on Quarter GDP Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.1% 0.1%
GDP Year on Year GDP Year on Year Chart -1.4% -1.4%
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 104.4 104.5 105.7
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 101.6 101.6 101.6
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 107.2 107.2 110.0
Consumer Confidence   86.3 86.8 85.9
Durable Goods   -6.9% 1.5% +3.3%

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Close Bros Group, H&T Group, Pursuit Dynamics, Smiths Group

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