Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 23/02/15

Monday 23 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 106.7ip 107.7ip 106.8ip
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 111.7ip 112.7ip 111.3ip
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 102.0ip 103.0ip 102.5ip
Existing Home Sales Existing Home Sales Chart 5.04m 4.97m 4.82m

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Associated British Foods, BHP Billiton ADR, Bovis Homes Group, Bunzl, Dechra Pharmaceuticals, HSBC Hldgs, Smith (DS), Unite Group
Flag of the USA
Alliant Energy Corp, Cobalt International Energy, Inc, Cooper Tire & Rubber, Delek, Dillard Cl A, Omega Healthcare Investors, Tenet Healthcare

Tuesday 24 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Quarter on Quarter GDP Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.7% 0.7% 0.7%
GDP Year on Year GDP Year on Year Chart 1.6% 1.5% 1.6%
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart -0.6% -0.6% -0.6%
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart -0.1% -1.6% -1.6%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 102.9ip 99.6ip 96.4ip

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
American Water Works Co, Annaly Capital Management Inc, Continental Res, Ecolab Inc, Edison Intl, Entertainment Prop Tr, EXCO Resources, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Home Depot (All Sessions), Lending Club Corp, Newfield Exploration Company, Pall Corp, Pinnacle Foods, QEP Resources, Range Resources Corp, Toll Brothers, US Silica Holdings Inc
Flag of Great Britain
Ashmore Group, Development Securities, Drax Group, Elementis, Agenus, Just Retirement, Meggitt, Persimmon, Provident Financial, VP

Wednesday 25 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 90 91 92
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.481m 0.470m 0.481m

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
AO World, Barratt Developments, Associated British Foods, Hays, Henderson Group, International Personal Finance, Kier Group, MAN Group, Petrofac, Safestore Holdings, Segro, TSB Banking Group, Weir Group, Wilmington Group
Flag of the USA
Ameren Corp, American States Water Co, Cablevision Systems, Chesapeake Energy, Clean Harbors, DineEquity, EPAM Systems, Ferro Corp, Halcon Resources, Hertz Global Holdings, HollyFrontier, Integrys Energy, Lowes Companies, Salesforce.Com, Silver Bay Realty Trust, Sturm and Ruger Co, TJX Co

Thursday 26 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 9.3 9.5 9.7
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -8k pers -10k pers -20k pers
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 6.5% 6.5% 6.5%
Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Chart -2.30% 0.1%
Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.10% -0.2%
GDP 2nd Release Year on Year GDP 2nd Release Year on Year Chart 2.7% 2.7% +2.7%
GDP 2nd Release Quarter on Quarter   0.5% 0.5% +0.5%
Business Climate Business Climate Chart 0.16 0.22 0.07
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 101.2ip 101.9ip 102.1ip
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -8.5 -6.7 -6.7
Consumer Confidence   104.0ip 104.5ip 110.9ip
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 4.8 5.3 4.5
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -5.0 -4.5 -4.7
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart -0.7% -0.4% -0.2%
CPI Boc Core Month on Month CPI Boc Core Month on Month Chart -0.3% 0.1% +0.2%
CPI Year on Year (nsa) CPI Year on Year (nsa) Chart 0.8% -0.1% -0.1%
CPI BoC Core Year on Year CPI BoC Core Year on Year Chart 2.2% 2.1% +2.2%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 283k pers 290k pers 313k pers
Durable Goods   -3.3% 1.7% +2.8%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.5% 0.7% +1.0%
CPI Month on Month (sa) CPI Month on Month (sa) Chart -0.3% -0.6% -0.7%
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart 2.4% 2.4%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart 2.5% 2.3% 2.2%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 3.4% 3.4% 3.6%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 0.2% -1.3% -2.0%
Industrial Production Prelim   0.8% 2.7% +4.0%

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
3D Systems Corp, Air Lease Corporation, Amerus, CenterPoint Energy, Exterran Holding, Fortress Invest, Gain Capital, Gap Inc, Harsco Corporation, J C Penney Co, Kohls Corp, Koppers Holdings, Natl Semiconduct, Pepco Holdings, Red Lion Hotels, Sempra Energy, Southwestern Energy, Spirit Realty Capital Inc, The AES Corp, Titan International, Weightwatchers, Western Refining, WPX Energy
Flag of Great Britain
Bodycote, British American Tobacco, Candover Investments, Capita, Clean Air Power, Countrywide, Derwent London, Domino's Pizza Group, Ensco Intl, Interserve, JPMorgan Emerging Mkts INV TRST, Jupiter Fund Management, KAZ Minerals, Kennedy Wilson Real Estate, Ladbrokes, Merlin Entertainments, National Express Group, Pantheon Intl Participations, Photo-Me International, Premier Oil, Reed Elsevier, Robert Walters, RPS Group, RSA Insurance Group, Spirent Communications, STV Group

Friday 27 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 1 2 1
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.9% -0.9%
CPI Final Month on Month   -1.1% 0.7% 0.9%
Chicago PMI Chicago PMI Chart 59.4ip 58.0ip 45.8ip
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart -3.7% 2.0% +1.7%

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
Goodrich Petroleum Corp., KBR, Leucadia National Corporation, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp, NRG Energy, Opko Health Inc, Pepco Holdings, Rowan Cos Inc
Flag of Great Britain
Berendsen, IAG, IMI, Lloyds Banking Group, Old Mutual, Rentokil Initial, Restaurant Group, Rightmove, RIT Capital Partners, Spectris, PubMatic, William Hill

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