Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 23/04/18


Monday 23 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 5.54Mln 5.54Mln 5.60Mln

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
Alaska Airlines, Ameriprise Fincl, Firstenergy, Halliburton, Helix Energy Solutions Group, Hexcel Corp, Kimberly-Clark, Owens-Illinois, Whirl Pool Corp

Tuesday 24 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Quarter on Quarter CPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.6% 0.5% +0.4%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.9% 2.0% +1.9%
Consumer Confidence   117.5 116.9 117.1
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 114.7 102.7 102.1
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 125.9 106.0 105.7
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 104.4 99.5 98.7
Public Sector Net Borrowing   -0.272Bln GB 1.600Bln GB -0.262Bln GB
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 127.7 126.0 128.7
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.618Mln 0.630Mln 0.694Mln

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
3M (All Sessions), Allegheny Tech, Boston Ppty, Cap One Financial, Caterpillar (All Sessions), CIT Group Inc, Coca Cola European Partners, Owens Corning, Develop Diver, Dolby Labs, Edwards Lifesciences, Flagstar Bancorp, Freeport-McMoRan (All Sessions), Harley-Davidson, Intrepid Potash, Lockheed Martin (All Sessions), Masco Corp, Packaging Corp of America, Pulte Homes Inc, Rob Half Intl, Ryder System Inc, Sherwin-Williams, Supervalu, Synovus Finan, Teradyne Inc, Total System Services, Travelers Companies, United Technologies, US Silica Holdings Inc, Verizon Comms Inc, Wabtec Common Stock, Waters Corp

Wednesday 25 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 100 100 101
ZEW Investor Sentiment   16.7 7.2
EIA Weekly Crude Oil Stocks   -1.071Mln -2.648Mln

Corporate Statements


Thursday 26 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 10.9 10.8 10.8
ECB Rate Decision ECB Rate Decision Chart 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Durable Goods   3.0% 1.6% 2.6%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 232k 225k 209k

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
Air Prods & Chem, Altria Group Inc, Amer Elec Pwr, Anixter International, Arch Coal, Baxter Intl Inc, Bemis Company, BorgWarner, Bristol Myers Sq, Brunswick Corp, CBL & Associates Properties, CMS Energy Corp, Conocophillips (All Sessions), Covanta Holding, CubeSmart, CVR Energy, D R Horton, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Discover Financl, Eastman Chem, EQT Midstream Partners, Fed Investors, Franklin Res, Gain Capital, General Motors (All Sessions), GNC Holdings, Hartford Finl, Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Hershey Co, Hilton Worldwide, Illinois Tool Wk, Invesco ADR, Iron Mountain Incorporated, KBR, Kimco Realty Cp, Leggett& Platt, Leucadia National Corporation, Marsh&McLennan, MGM Mirage, Mohawk Inds, Newmont Mining, Nielsen Holdings, Ntl Oilwell Varc, Nu Skin Enterprises, NuStar Energy, Oaktree Capital Group, Old Republic International Corp, Parker-Hannifin, Praxair Inc, Raytheon Co, Royal Caribbean Cruises (All Sessions), Scana Corporation, Southwest Airlines, Southwestern Energy, Spectrum Brands Holdings, Stryker (All Sessions), SunCoke Energy, Time Warner, Union Pacific Cp, United Parcel Service (All Sessions), Valero Energy, World Fuel

Friday 27 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -7 -7 -9
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 2.5% 2.5% 2.5%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 1.6% 1.7% 1.0%
Industrial Production Prelim   2.0% 0.5% 1.2%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 1.7% 1.7%
PPI Quarter on Quarter PPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.6% 0.5%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.7% 0.4% 0.3%
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart -0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart 2.1% 2.6% 2.6%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.4%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 1.6% 2.0%
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 5.3% 5.3% 5.3%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -19k -15k -7k
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.4%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.4% 0.3% 0.1%
GDP Prelim Year on Year   1.4% 1.4% 1.2%
Business Climate Business Climate Chart 1.34 1.27 1.35
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 112.6 112.0 112.7
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 16.3 15.8 14.9
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 0.40 -0.1 0.4
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart 6.4 5.8 7.1

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Harvey Nash Group, Merlin Entertainments
Flag of the USA
Cabot Oil & Gas, Charter Communications, Chevron (All Sessions), Dominion Res Inc, Dover Corp, Exxon Mobil (All Sessions), Interpublic Group, Moody's, New Residential Investment Corp, Phillips 66, Phillips 66 Partners, Rockwell Coll, Simon Prop Grp, Weyerhaeuser Co

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