Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 24/04/17


Monday 24 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 112.3 112.5 112.9
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 119.3 119.2 121.1
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 105.7 106.0 105.2

Corporate Statements

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Nasstar
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Ameriprise Fincl, Crown Castle International, Illinois Tool Wk, Kimberly-Clark, LSB Industries Inc, MetroPCS Comm, Newmont Mining, NuStar Energy, Owens-Illinois, Range Resources Corp, Unisys Corp, US Silica Holdings Inc, Whirl Pool Corp

Tuesday 25 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Public Sector Net Borrowing   1.083bln GB 1.500bln GB 4.37bln GB
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 125.6 122.9 120.3
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.592mln 0.585mln 0.62mln

Corporate Statements

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3M (All Sessions), AK Steel, Allegheny Tech, Anixter International, Ashland Inc, AT & T, Autonation Inc, Boston Ppty, Cap One Financial, Caterpillar , Chipotle Mex Grill, CIT Group Inc, Coca Cola European Partners, Owens Corning, Covanta Holding, Develop Diver, Discover Financl, Du Pont, Edwards Lifesciences, Equity Residential, Ferro Corp, Flagstar Bancorp, Freeport-McMoRan, Gannett Co, Juniper Networks, Lab Crp Of Amer, Lockheed Martin (All Sessions), Masco Corp, Mine Safety Appliances, Nielsen Holdings, Pulte Homes Inc, Stryker (All Sessions), Supervalu, Total System Services, Trinity Industries, US Steel Corp, Valero Energy, Wabtec Common Stock, Waters Corp, Xerox

Wednesday 26 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Quarter on Quarter CPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.5% 0.6% 0.5%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.5% 2.2% 2.1%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 100 100 100
ZEW Investor Sentiment   29.6 22.2
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 2.2% 0.0% -0.6%

Corporate Statements

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Alaska Airlines, Astoria Financial, Avalonbay Communities, Avery Dennison, Baxter Intl Inc, Boeing (All Sessions), C R Bard, Coeur D'Alene, Dolby Labs, Dr Pepper Snapple Group,Inc., DTE Energy, Entergy, Equifax Inc, Evercore Partners Inc., FMC Technologies Inc., General Dynamics, Hershey Co, Hess Corp, Kimco Realty Cp, Kirby Corp, Las Vegas Sands, Legg Mason, Norfolk Southern, Northrop Grumman (All Sessions), Packaging Corp of America, Pepsico Inc (All Sessions), Procter & Gamble (All Sessions), Public Storage, QEP Resources, Rockwell Automation, ServiceNow, Inc, Teradyne Inc, The Boston Beer Co., Thermo Fisher Scientific (All Sessions), Tri Pointe Group, Twitter (All Sessions), United Technologies, Unum Group, Varian Medical (US), Waste Managemnt, Wyndham Wrld

Thursday 27 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 9.8 9.9 10.2
Consumer Confidence   107.6 107.5 107.5
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 107.9 108.1 109.6
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -3.60 -3.6 -3.6
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 12.7 13.0 14.2
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart 1.2 1.3 2.6
Business Climate Business Climate Chart 0.82 0.82 1.09
ECB Rate Decision ECB Rate Decision Chart 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
CPI Final Month on Month   0.2% -0.1% 0.0%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 244k 245k 257k
Durable Goods   1.8% 1.2% +0.7%
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart 5.5% -1.0% -0.8%

Corporate Statements

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Aggreko, Allied Minds, C4X Discovery Holdings, Cobham, Countrywide, Ensco Intl, Harvey Nash Group, Hochschild Mining, Howden Joinery Group, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, Persimmon, Smith (DS), Styles & Wood, Travis Perkins

Friday 28 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -6 -7 -7
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart 0.2% 0.3% 0.2%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 2.8% 2.9% 2.8%
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart 0.3% 0.2%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 0.1% 1.5% +2.1%
Industrial Production Prelim   3.2% -0.8% -2.1%
PPI Quarter on Quarter PPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.5% +0.5%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 0.7% +1.3%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.40% 0.4% 0.3%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -2.1% 2.0% 2.3%
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart 3.5% 3.3% +2.6%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 1.8% -0.3% 0.1%
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart -0.3% 0.1% -0.4%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.2% -0.5%
GDP Prelim Year on Year   1.9% 2.2% +2.1%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.7% 0.4% +0.3%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 3.3% 3.1%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.0%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart 0.6% 0.0% 0.0%
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart 3.5% 5.1%
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.8%
Chicago PMI Chicago PMI Chart 57.7 56.4 58.3

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