Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 24/10/16


Monday 24 October

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Exports Year on Year Exports Year on Year Chart -9.6% -10.4% -6.9%
Imports Year on Year Imports Year on Year Chart -17.3% -16.6% -16.3%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -18.7bln JP 341.8bln JP +498.3bln JP

Corporate Statements

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CML Microsystems, Cobham, Rambler Metals and Mining
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Avalonbay Communities, Greenhill and Co, MetroPCS Comm, VF Corp, Visa (All Sessions)

Tuesday 25 October

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 109.5 109.5 110.5
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 114.7 114.9 115.0
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 104.5 104.5 106.1
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 104.1 101.0 98.6

Corporate Statements

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3M (All Sessions), AK Steel, Allegheny Tech, Ameriprise Fincl, Anixter International, Assurant, AT & T, Baker Hughes, Baxter Intl Inc, Boston Ppty, C R Bard, Cap One Financial, Chipotle Mex Grill, CIT Group Inc, Owens Corning, Covanta Holding, Discover Financl, Du Pont, Edwards Lifesciences, Entergy, Equity Residential, Flagstar Bancorp, Freeport-McMoRan, General Motors (All Sessions), Janus Capital Gp, Juniper Networks, Keycorp New, KKR & Co. L.P., Lockheed Martin (All Sessions), Marsh&McLennan, Masco Corp, NCR Corporation, Nielsen Holdings, Owens-Illinois, Pandora Media Inc, Procter & Gamble (All Sessions), Range Resources Corp, Sherwin-Williams, Sprint Nextel, Torchmark Corp, Total System Services, Under Armour Class C, Unisys Corp, United Technologies, USG Corp, Valero Energy, Wabtec Common Stock, Waters Corp, Whirl Pool Corp
Flag of Great Britain
Braemar Shipping Services, National Express Group, Pendragon, Pentair, Sabien Tech

Wednesday 26 October

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Quarter on Quarter CPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.4% 0.5% +0.7%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 1.0% 1.1% +1.3%
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 10.0 10.0 9.7
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 97 98 98
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 -0.20% -0.2%
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.609mln 0.600mln 0.593mln

Corporate Statements

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Bunzl, Centaur Media, Earthport, Fidelity Asian Values, Genel Energy, Glaxosmithkline ADR, Lloyds Banking Group, Trading Emissions
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AGCO Corp, AO Smith, Astoria Financial, Avery Dennison, Boeing (All Sessions), Boston Scientific (All Sessions), Coca Cola European Partners, Coeur D'Alene, Develop Diver, Dolby Labs, DTE Energy, Equifax Inc, Evercore Partners Inc., Exelon Corp, Franklin Res, General Dynamics, Hess Corp, Hilton Worldwide, Kirby Corp, Lab Crp Of Amer, Murphy Oil Corp, Norfolk Southern, Northrop Grumman (All Sessions), Ocwen Financial, Public Storage, QEP Resources, Rob Half Intl, Simon Prop Grp, Southwest Airlines, Speedway Motor, State Street Corp, Teradyne Inc, Trinity Industries, Unum Group, Varian Medical (US), VM WARE, Vonage Holdings, Waste Managemnt, Wyndham Wrld

Thursday 27 October

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence   108.7 108.0
GDP Prelim Year on Year   2.1% 2.1% +2.3%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.7% 0.3% +0.5%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 260k 255k 258k
Durable Goods   0.1% 0.1% -0.1%
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart -2.4% 1.2% +1.5%

Corporate Statements

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Aflac Inc, Air Prods & Chem, Alon USA Energy, Altria Group Inc, American Tower Corp, Apt Inv Manage, B&G Foods, Blackstone Group (All Sessions), BorgWarner, Bristol Myers Sq, CB Richard Ellis, CBL & Associates Properties, Cliffs Natural Resources, Commercial Metals, Conocophillips (All Sessions), CVR Energy, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Dr Pepper Snapple Group,Inc., Eastman Chem, Enova Int, Enterprise Products Partners, EQT Corporation, Fed Investors, Flowserve Corporation, Hanesbrands, Hartford Finl, HCA Inc, International Paper, Invesco ADR, Kimco Realty Cp, L-3 Comms Hldgs, Linkedin, Marathon Petroleum, Mckesson Corp, Mead Johnson, Meredith Corp, Meritage Homes, Mine Safety Appliances, Old Republic International Corp, Parker Drilling, Pinnacle Foods, Praxair Inc, Raytheon Co, Republic Services, Scana Corporation, Sealed Air Cp, Stanley Works, Stryker (All Sessions), Teradata Corporation, The Empire District Electric Co, Thermo Fisher Scientific (All Sessions), Twitter (All Sessions), United Parcel Service (All Sessions), World Fuel, World Wrestling Ent., Xcel Energy
Flag of Great Britain
Barclays, Berendsen, BT Group, Debenhams, Ensco Intl, Rare Earth Minerals, Redefine International, RELX, Smith (DS), Vesuvius

Friday 28 October

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -1 -3 -3
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart -0.5% -0.5%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 3.1% 3.1% 3.0%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart -0.5% -0.5% -0.5%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 1.0% +0.5%
PPI Quarter on Quarter PPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.1% +0.3%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.00% 0.3% 0.2%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.1%
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -1.7 -1.6 -0.6
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 104.9 104.8 106.3
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -8.2 -8.0 -8.0
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 10.0 10.0 12.0
Business Climate Business Climate Chart 0.45 0.44 0.55
CPI Final Month on Month   0.1% 0.1% 0.2%

Corporate Statements

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