Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 21/04/14

Monday 21 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -800.3bln JP -1070.4bln JP -1446.3bln JP
Imports Year on Year Imports Year on Year Chart 9.0% 16.2% +18.1%
Exports Year on Year Exports Year on Year Chart 9.8% 6.3% +1.8%

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
Halliburton, Hexcel Corp, Suntrust Bks

Tuesday 22 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 4.60mln 4.55mln 4.59mln

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
AK Steel, Allegheny Tech, AO Smith, Arch Coal, AT & T, Bank NY Mellon, C R Bard, Covanta Holding, Discover Financl, Flagstar Bancorp, FMC Technologies Inc., Genuine Parts Co, Harley-Davidson, Hatteras Financial Corp, Illinois Tool Wk, Interpublic Group, Intl Game Tech, Janus Capital Gp, Lexmark Intl, Lockheed Martin (All Sessions), McDonalds (All Sessions), MGIC Investment, Mine Safety Appliances, Omnicom Gp Inc, Packaging Corp of America, Prologis, Regions Financl, Simon Prop Grp, Synovus Finan, Torchmark Corp, Total System Services, Travelers Companies, Unisys Corp, United Technologies, VM WARE, Xerox, Yum Brands
Flag of Great Britain
Amerisur Resources, Genel Energy

Wednesday 23 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Quarter on Quarter CPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.8% 0.8% +0.6%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 2.7% 3.2% +2.9%
Public Sector Net Borrowing   7.48bln GB 9.10bln GB 4.861bln GB
Public Sector Borrowing ex Financial Interventions Public Sector Borrowing ex Financial Interventions Chart 9.311bln GB 10.950bln GB 6.693bln GB
MPC Vote For Rate Cut   0 0 0
MPC Vote For Rate Unchanged   9 9 9
MPC Vote For Rate Hike   0 0 0
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 1.3% 0.4% +0.5%
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.440mln 0.450mln 0.384mln

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
Air Prods & Chem, Ameritrade Holdings, Assurant, Avalonbay Communities, Avery Dennison, Boeing (All Sessions), Crown Castle International, Dow Chemical, Dr Pepper Snapple Group,Inc., EMC Corp, Equifax Inc, Evercore Partners Inc., Flowserve Corporation, Fusion-io Inc, Gannett Co, General Dynamics, Greenhill and Co, Johnson Controls, Meritage Homes, Norfolk Southern, Northrop Grumman (All Sessions), Praxair Inc, Raymond James, Reynolds Amrican, Rob Half Intl, Ryder System Inc, Safeway Inc, SL Green Realty, Stryker (All Sessions), Supervalu, Teradyne Inc, Thermo Fisher Scientific (All Sessions)
Flag of Great Britain
4imprint Group, Cameco Corp (All Sessions), Arm Holdings (All Sessions), Avacta, Creston, Management Consulting Group, Moneysupermarket.com Group, Spirent Communications, Sports Direct International, STV Group

Thursday 24 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 115.2 115.7 115.3
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 106.4 105.8 107.3
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 110.7 110.5 111.2
Durable Goods   2.2% 2.0% +2.6%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 304k 310k 329k

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
African Barrick Gold, Anglo American, Astrazeneca, Berendsen, Computacenter, Croda International, Elementis, Henderson Group, Polyus Gold International, Premier Foods, Spirit Pub Company, Travis Perkins, Unilever

Friday 25 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart 1.5% +1.6%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart 1.3% 1.4% +1.3%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 1.7% -0.4% +0.1%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 3.7% 3.8% +4.2%
Univ Michigan Conditions Univ Michigan Conditions Chart 97.1 97.2 98.7
Univ Michigan Expectation Univ Michigan Expectation Chart 73.3 73.7 74.7
Univ Michigan Sentiment Univ Michigan Sentiment Chart 82.6 83.0 84.1

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Egdon Resources, Pearson, Rotork, Spectris
Flag of the USA
Alaska Airlines, Amer Elec Pwr, AON Corp, Colgate Palmoliv, DTE Energy, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, Moody's, State Street Corp, Ventas, VF Corp, Weyerhaeuser Co, Whirl Pool Corp

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