Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 22/02/16


Monday 22 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Final Month on Month   -2.2% -2.2% -2.2%
CPI Final Year on Year   0.4% 0.4% 0.4%

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
Alliant Energy Corp, Biglari Holdings, Cobalt International Energy, Inc, Dean Foods Co, Dillard Cl A, Invesco Mortgage Capital Inc, Motorola Solutions, Stillwater Mining Company, Universal American Corp

Tuesday 23 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Quarter on Quarter GDP Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
GDP Year on Year GDP Year on Year Chart 2.1% 2.1% 2.1%
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 107.3 106.7 105.7
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 102.4 101.6 98.8
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 112.5 112.0 112.9
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 98.1 97.0 92.2
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 5.46mln 5.32mln 5.47mln

Corporate Statements


Wednesday 24 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 97 97 95
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.544mln 0.520mln 0.494mln

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
Adeptus Health Inc., American Water Works Co, Annaly Capital Management Inc, Chesapeake Energy, Clean Harbors, DineEquity, HP Inc. (All Sessions), Newfield Exploration Company, Salesforce.Com, Silver Bay Realty Trust, Sturm and Ruger Co, Target Corp (All Sessions), TJX Co
Flag of Great Britain
Barratt Developments, Rathbone Bros

Thursday 25 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 9.4 9.3 9.5
Consumer Confidence   118.9 117.9 114.5
GDP 2nd Release Year on Year GDP 2nd Release Year on Year Chart 1.9% 1.9% +1.9%
GDP 2nd Release Quarter on Quarter   0.5% 0.5% +0.5%
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart 0.0% -1.4% -1.4%
Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.30% -0.1%
Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Chart -0.10% 0.6%
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 0.4% 0.4% 0.3%
Durable Goods   -5.0% 2.5% +4.9%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 262k 270k 272k
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart 0.1% 0.0% 0%
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart 0.2% 0%

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
British American Tobacco, Countrywide, Croma Security, Fusionex, KAZ Minerals, Lavendon Group, Merlin Entertainments, Mondi, Premier Oil, Rentokil Initial, RSA Insurance Group, Serco Group, Sphere Medical, STV Group, PubMatic
Flag of the USA
American Water Works Co, B&G Foods, Cablevision Systems, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Emerge Energy Services, EOG Resources, Fortress Invest, Gap Inc, Hercules Technology Growth, ITC Holdings Corp, Palo Alto Networks (All Sessions), Pinnacle Foods, Quanta Services, Targa Resources, Titan International, Weightwatchers, Western Refining

Friday 26 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 4 3 0
GDP Detailed Quarter on Quarter   0.2% 0.20% 0.3%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -1.2% -0.8%
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 11.6 11.4 10.6
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -6.3 -6.7 -8.8
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -3.2 -3.5 -4.4
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 105.0 104.4 103.8
Business Climate Business Climate Chart 0.29 0.28 0.07
CPI Final Month on Month   -0.8% 0.5% 0.4%
PCE Price Index Year on Year PCE Price Index Year on Year Chart 0.6% +1.3%
PCE Core Price Index Year on Year PCE Core Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.4% +1.7%
PCE Core Price Index Month on Month PCE Core Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.2% +0.3%
Personal Income Month on Month Personal Income Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.4% +0.5%
Personal Spending Real Month on Month Personal Spending Real Month on Month Chart 0.1% +0.4%
PCE Price Index Month on Month PCE Price Index Month on Month Chart -0.1% +0.1%
Dallas Fed PCE Dallas Fed PCE Chart 0.9% 2.2%

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
American Tower Corp, EW Scripps, Foot Locker, Graftech International Ltd, KBR, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp, Sempra Energy, Sotheby's
Flag of Great Britain
Alternative Income, Candover Investments, Elephant Capital, Milestone Group, Sula Iron, William Hill

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