Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 25/06/12


Monday 25 June

Corporate Statements

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Best Buy Co (All Sessions), Cohort, Crawshaw Group, Delcam, Fidelity China Spec. Sit., ILX Group, Immunodiagnostic, Kier Group, Mediwatch

Tuesday 26 June

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 5.7 5.6 5.8
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 90 89 90
Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Chart 1.70% -6.8%
Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Chart -0.20% -1.6%
Public Sector Borrowing Public Sector Borrowing Chart -16.520bln GB 14.800bln GB 17.943bln GB
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 64.9 63.5 62.0

Corporate Statements

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ACM Shipping, Allocate Software, Carpetright, Cropper (James), Domino Printing Sciences, IDOX, LO-Q, Petrofac, Private & Comm Fin Grp, Pure Wafer, Serco Group, Stagecoach Hldgs, Ten Alps, Wynnstay

Wednesday 27 June

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Durable Goods   0.0% 0.4% +1.1%
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart -5.5% 1.0% +5.9%
EIA Weekly Crude Oil Stocks   2.861mln -0.450mln -0.133mln

Corporate Statements

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Angel Mining, Bunzl, CPP Group, Driver Group, I-Design Group, Northgate, Safestore Holdings, Scotty Group, Standard Chartered, Yule Catto & Co

Thursday 28 June

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 5.8% 3.0% +3.6%
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart -0.7% -0.7% -1.5%
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart 0.3% 0.1% -0.6%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart 0k 5k 7k
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 6.7% 6.7% 6.8%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 2.5% 2.5% 2.2%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.3% -0.2% -0.3%
GDP Final Year on Year   -0.1% -0.1% -0.2%
GDP Final Quarter on Quarter GDP Final Quarter on Quarter Chart -0.3% -0.3% -0.3%
Current Account Current Account Chart -8.45bln GB -9.00bln GB -11.2bln GB
Business Climate Business Climate Chart -0.77 -0.89 -0.94
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 90.6 89.5 89.9
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart -4.9 -6.0 -7.4
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -11.3 -12.0 -12.7
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -19.3 -19.6 -19.8
Consumer Inflation Expectation Consumer Inflation Expectation Chart 22.6
Selling Price Expectation Selling Price Expectation Chart 2.8
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 387k 385k 386k
PCE Prices PCE Prices Chart 2.4% 2.4% +2.6%
GDP Sales GDP Sales Chart 1.7% 1.7% +1.8%
GDP Deflator GDP Deflator Chart 1.7% 1.7% +2.0%
PCE Core Prices PCE Core Prices Chart 2.1% 2.1% +2.3%
Corporate Profits Corporate Profits Chart -4.1% -5.7%
GDP GDP Chart 1.9% 1.9% +1.9%
GDP Consumer Spending GDP Consumer Spending Chart 2.7% +2.5%

Corporate Statements

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Akers Bioscience, Methode Electronics, MSC Industrial Direct, Nike Inc Cl B
Flag of Great Britain
ATH Resources, Beale, Costain Group, Debenhams, Greene King, Mattioli Woods, Morgan Sindall Group, National Express Group, Photo-Me International, Punch Taverns, Reneuron, Smith(DS)

Friday 29 June

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -29 -29 -29
PMI Manufacturing   50.7 49.9
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart 0.4% +0.2%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 4.6% 4.6% 4.4%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart 0.2% 0.0% -0.1%
Industrial Production Prelim   -0.2% -2.8% -3.1%
GDP Detailed Quarter on Quarter   0.0% 0.0%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.6% 0.0% -0.3%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -3.8% 1.0% -1.1%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% -0.5% -1.0%
PCE Price Index Year on Year PCE Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.8% +1.5%
PCE Price Index Month on Month PCE Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.0% -0.2%
Personal Spending Real Month on Month Personal Spending Real Month on Month Chart 0.3% +0.1%
Personal Income Month on Month Personal Income Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.2% +0.2%
PCE Core Price Index Month on Month PCE Core Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.2% +0.1%
PCE Core Price Index Year on Year PCE Core Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.9% +1.8%
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% -0.1% 0.0%
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart 0.4% +0.7%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.2% +0.3%
Chicago PMI Chicago PMI Chart 52.7 52.5 52.9
Univ Michigan Sentiment Univ Michigan Sentiment Chart 74.1 74.1 73.2
Univ Michigan Conditions Univ Michigan Conditions Chart 82.1 82.1 81.5
Univ Michigan Expectation Univ Michigan Expectation Chart 68.9 69.0 67.8

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Berendsen, Berkeley Group Holdings (The), Betfair, British Polythene Ind, ECR Minerals, Keller Group, Mincon Group, Promethean World, Tarsus Group, Wood Group (John)
Flag of the USA
Constellation A, KB Home

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