Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 21/01/13


Monday 21 January

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.1% 0.0% -0.3%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 1.4% 1.7% +1.5%

Corporate Statements

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Afren, Craneware, Pearson, Scisys

Tuesday 22 January

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
BoJ Rate Decision   0.10% 0-0.1%
Public Sector Borrowing ex Financial Interventions Public Sector Borrowing ex Financial Interventions Chart 17.539bln GB 15.200bln GB 15.419bln GB
Public Sector Net Borrowing   15.33bln GB 13.00bln GB 13.208bln GB
ZEW Current Conditions ZEW Current Conditions Chart 5.7 6.0 7.1
ZEW Economic sentiment ZEW Economic sentiment Chart 6.9 12.0 31.5
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.7% 0.0% 0.2%
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 5.04mln 5.10mln 4.94mln

Corporate Statements

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Abcam, British Empire Sec & Gen Tst, Cairn Energy, Hummingbird Resources, Marston's, Proteome Sciences

Wednesday 23 January

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Quarter on Quarter CPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 1.4% 0.4% +0.2%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 2.0% 2.4% +2.2%
Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Chart 1.8% 1.5% +1.5%
Unemployment Rate (ILO) Unemployment Rate (ILO) Chart 7.8% 7.8% 7.7%
MPC Vote For Rate Cut   0 0 0
MPC Vote For Rate Unchanged   9 9 9
MPC Vote For Rate Hike   0 0 0
Claimant Count Unemployment Change Claimant Count Unemployment Change Chart -3.0k 0.0k -12.1k
ZEW Investor Sentiment   -15.5 -6.9
BoC Rate Decision   1.00% 1.00% 1.0%
Imports Year on Year Imports Year on Year Chart 0.8% 1.5% +1.9%
Exports Year on Year Exports Year on Year Chart -4.1% -4.2% -5.8%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -953.4bln JP -534.0bln JP -641.5bln JP

Corporate Statements

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Abbott Laboratories, Air Prods & Chem, Allegheny Tech, Astoria Financial, Baker Hughes, Coach, Crown Castle International, Flagstar Bancorp, General Dynamics, Greenhill and Co, Hexcel Corp, Jacobs Engr Group, LSI Corporation, McDonalds (All Sessions), Motorola Solutions, Quest Diag, Raymond James, St Jude Medical, Stryker (All Sessions), Teradyne Inc, Textron Inc, United Technologies, US Airways, Varian Medical, Wellpoint
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4imprint Group, Biome Technologies, Brady, Britvic, Close Bros Group, Findel, Finsbury Food, Flybe Group, Hochschild Mining, Land Securities Group, Sage Group, Severfield-Rowen, Statpro Group, Unilever, WH Smith

Thursday 24 January

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Chart -1.00% -0.4%
Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Chart -3.80% -3.1%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 335k 355k 330k
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart -0.2% -0.1%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart -0.1% -0.2% -0.2%

Corporate Statements

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3M (All Sessions), Airgas, Inc., Alaska Airlines, Amerisourcebergn, APR Energy, AT & T, Baxter Intl Inc, Bristol Myers Sq, Brunswick Corp, Dover Corp, EQT Corporation, Fed Investors, Janus Capital Gp, Juniper Networks, Keycorp New, Lockheed Martin (All Sessions), Mccormick & Co, Meredith Corp, Rayonier Inc, Raytheon Co, Southwest Airlines, Stanley Works, Union Pacific Cp, WW Grainger Inc, Xerox

Friday 25 January

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 107.1 107.2 108.0
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 97.9 99.0 100.5
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 102.4 103.0 104.2
GDP Prelim Year on Year   0.0% 0.2% 0.0%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.9% -0.1% -0.3%
CPI Boc Core Month on Month CPI Boc Core Month on Month Chart 0.0% -0.2% -0.6%
CPI BoC Core Year on Year CPI BoC Core Year on Year Chart 1.2% 1.4% 1.1%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart -0.2% -0.2% -0.6%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 0.8% 1.2% 0.8%
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.377mln 0.385mln 0.369mln

Corporate Statements

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Brooks Macdonald Group, Charles Stanley Group

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