Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 24/02/20


Monday 24 February

Corporate Statements

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Ascential, Associated British Foods, Bunzl, Finsbury Food, Goldplat, Quartix Holdings, RTC Group, Tristel

Tuesday 25 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Year on Year GDP Year on Year Chart 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
GDP Quarter on Quarter GDP Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 131.6 132.0 130.7

Corporate Statements

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American Tower Corp, Delek, Denbury Resources, Dillard Cl A, Genco Shipping & Trading, Home Depot (All Sessions), Macy's, Mallinckrodt, Matador Resources, Oasis Petroleum Inc, Planet Fitness, Revolve Group, Spirit Realty Capital Inc, Systemax, Toll Brothers, Unisys Corp, US Silica Holdings Inc, Virgin Galactic Holdings (All Sessions)
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Clinigen, Croda International, DotDigital, Hammerson, Hotel Chocolat, Innovaderma, Manchester United (US), Pantheon Resources, Ricardo, Springfield Properties, Synectics, TR European Growth Trust

Wednesday 26 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 104 103 104
ZEW Investor Sentiment   8.3 7.7
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.694Mln 0.710Mln 0.764Mln
EIA Weekly Crude Oil Stocks   0.414Mln 2.005Mln 0.452Mln

Corporate Statements

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AEW UK Long Lease, Avast, Avingtrans, Clean Air Power, Diageo, Eddie Stobart, Fiske, International Personal Finance, Metro Bank, Crest Nicholson, Rensburg Sheppards, Restaurant Group, Serco Group, Unite Group, Weir Group, William Hill
Flag of the USA
3D Systems Corp, Ameren Corp, Apache Corp, Aqua America, Box, Inc, Cars.com, Carvana (All Sessions), Chesapeake Energy, Clean Harbors, Compass Diversified Holdings, Continental Res, Crown Castle International, FMC Technologies Inc., J.M Smucker, Lowes Companies, Nisource Inc, Ocwen Financial, Public Service Enterprise, QEP Resources, SeaWorld Entertainment, The Madison Square Garden Sports, Teladoc, TJX Co, WPX Energy

Thursday 27 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence   111.8 111.4 111.4
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 11.0 11.2 11.2
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -7.3 -7.3 -6.1
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 102.8 102.8 103.5
Business Climate Business Climate Chart -0.23 -0.28 -0.04
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -6.6 -6.6 -6.6
Durable Goods   2.4% -1.5% -0.2%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 210k 212k 219k
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart -4.9% 2.2% +5.2%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 2.2% 2.2% 2.4%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -2.6% -1.1% -0.4%
Industrial Production Prelim   1.2% 0.2% 0.8%

Corporate Statements

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AMC Entertainment, Amerus, Best Buy Co Inc, Big Lots Inc, Bonanza Creek Energy, CenterPoint Energy, Cherry Hill Mortgage, Dril-Quip, Edison Intl, EMCOR Group, EOG Resources, EQM Midstream Partners, EQT Corporation, FS Investment Corporation, Gain Capital, Glaukos, Herc Holdings Inc, J C Penney Co, Koppers Holdings, Live Nation Entertainment, MBIA Inc, Nielsen Holdings, NRG Energy, Occidental Petroleum, Penn Virginia Corp, Pure Storage, Quanta Services, Red Lion Hotels, Sempra Energy, Southwestern Energy, VM WARE, Whiting Petroleum Corporation, World Fuel
Flag of Great Britain
Amigo Holdings, Bakkavor, British American Tobacco, Drax Group, Evraz, Farfetch Ltd, Fisher(James)& Sons, Georgia Capital, Greencoat UK Wind, Haydale, Howden Joinery Group, Mondi, National Express Group, Netcall, Provident Financial, RSA Insurance Group, St.James's Place, Standard Chartered, Topps Tiles, Verona Pharma

Friday 28 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -9 -8 -7
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart 1.9% 2.3% 2.3%
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart 0.5% 0.4% 0.3%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.1% -0.1%
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 5.0% 5.0% 5.0%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -2k 3k -10k
CPI Final Month on Month   -0.6% 0.3% 0.4%
Personal Spending Real Month on Month Personal Spending Real Month on Month Chart 0.1% +0.1%
Personal Income Month on Month Personal Income Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.3% +0.6%
PCE Core Price Index Year on Year PCE Core Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.6% 1.7% +1.6%
PCE Price Index Month on Month PCE Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.3% +0.1%
PCE Price Index Year on Year PCE Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.6% +1.7%
PCE Core Price Index Month on Month PCE Core Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.2% +0.1%
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart 0.3% 0.5%
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.1% -0.3%
GDP Quarter on Quarter Annualised GDP Quarter on Quarter Annualised Chart 1.3% 0.3% 0.3%
GDP Quarter on Quarter GDP Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.3% 0.1%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Dallas Fed PCE Dallas Fed PCE Chart 1.7% 2.2%

Corporate Statements

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EW Scripps, Foot Locker, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc, The AES Corp, WayFair Inc

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