Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 21/03/16


Monday 21 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 5.47mln 5.32mln 5.08mln

Corporate Statements

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AFC Energy, Concha, CVS Group, Earthport, Inland Plc, JKX Oil & Gas, Jupiter Global Trust, K3 Business Technology Group, Management Consulting Group, Netplay TV, Pittards, Plant Impact, Revolymer, Smart Metering Systems, Yougov

Tuesday 22 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 105.7 106.0 106.7
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 112.9 112.6 113.8
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 98.8 99.5 100.0
Public Sector Net Borrowing   -11.813bln GB 5.250bln GB 6.485bln GB
PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) PPI Core Year on Year (nsa) Chart 0.0% 0.1% +0.2%
PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) PPI Core Month on Month (nsa) Chart 0.1% 0.1% +0.2%
RPI Year on Year RPI Year on Year Chart 1.3% 1.3% +1.3%
RPI Month on Month RPI Month on Month Chart -0.7% 0.5% +0.5%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 0.3% 0.4% +0.3%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart -0.8% 0.4% +0.2%
ZEW Current Conditions ZEW Current Conditions Chart 52.3 53.0 50.7
ZEW Economic sentiment ZEW Economic sentiment Chart 1.0 5.0 4.3

Corporate Statements

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AAR Corp, Krispy Kreme, Nike Inc Cl B, Red Hat
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Augean, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, Enterprise Inns, E-Therapeutics, Gamma Communications, Gfinity, Hydrogen Group, Infrastrata, IQE, Jimmy Choo, Johnston Press, Journey Group, Judges Scientific, Mission Marketing Grp, Mortgage Advice Bureau, Nahl Group, Petards Group, S & U, Source Bioscience, Synairgen, Thomas Cook Group, United Utilities Group, Vislink

Wednesday 23 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
ZEW Investor Sentiment   -5.9 2.5
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.494mln 0.510mln 0.512mln

Corporate Statements

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General Mills, KB Home, PVH Corp
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Anglo Pacific Group, Applied Graphene Materials, Ashley(Laura)Hldgs, CloudTag Inc, DFS Furniture Co, Eclectic Bar, EG Solutions, Game Digital, Homeserve, Horizonte Minerals, Impax Environmental Markets, Kingfisher, M Winkworth PLC, Pipehawk, Quixant PLC, SWP Group, Tracsis, William Hill

Thursday 24 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 9.5 9.5 9.4
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 2.3% -0.7% -0.4%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 5.2% 3.8% +3.8%
Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Chart 0.60% -0.8%
Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Chart -0.10% 0.0%
Durable Goods   4.7% -2.9% -2.8%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 265k 265k 265k
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart 0.0% 0.3%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart 0.0% 0.1% 0.0%

Corporate Statements

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AFC Energy, BMR Group Plc, Boot (Henry), Churchill China, CPPGroup, Findel, Finnaust Mining, MITIE Group, Next, Northamber, Parkmead Group (The), Pentagon Protection, Trading Emissions

Friday 25 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 95 96 94

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