Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 25/03/13


Monday 25 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence   86.0 85.5 85.2

Corporate Statements

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Aberdeen Asset Management, Afren, Allergy Therapeutics, Carclo, Cupid, Deltex Medical, Desire Petroleum, Diploma, Finsbury Food, GB Group, Infrastrata, IS Solutions, Personal Group Holdings, Vislink

Tuesday 26 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 86 85 84
Durable Goods   -4.9% 3.8% +5.7%
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.437mln 0.422mln 0.411mln
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 69.6 68.0 59.7

Corporate Statements

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Abbey Protection, Augean, Bellway, Churchill China, Compass Group, Corac Group, Corero Network Sec, Epistem Holding, Faroe Petroleum, GB Group, VH Global Energy Infrastructure, Gresham Computing, Iomart Group, Kazakhmys, KBC Advanced Tech, Kingfisher, Office2office, Oxford Catalysts, Vindon Health

Wednesday 27 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 5.9 5.9 5.9
GDP Detailed Quarter on Quarter   -0.3% -0.3%
Current Account Current Account Chart -12.83bln GB -12.70bln GB -14.037bln GB
GDP Final Year on Year   0.3% 0.3% 0.2%
GDP Final Quarter on Quarter GDP Final Quarter on Quarter Chart -0.3% -0.3% -0.3%
Business Climate Business Climate Chart -0.73 -0.80 -0.86
Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.20% -0.5%
Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Chart -3.80% -3.0%
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -11.2 -12.0 -12.5
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 91.1 90.4 90.0
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -23.6 -23.5 -23.5
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart -5.4 -6.5 -6.7
CPI Boc Core Month on Month CPI Boc Core Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.3% 0.8%
CPI Month on Month CPI Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.7% 1.2%
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 0.5% 0.8% 1.2%
CPI BoC Core Year on Year CPI BoC Core Year on Year Chart 1.0% 1.0% 1.4%
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart 4.5% -0.2% -0.4%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -1.1% -1.2% -2.3%

Corporate Statements

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Biome Technologies, Boot (Henry), Enquest, VH Global Energy Infrastructure, TP ICAP Group, Instem, Liontrust Asset Management, Neos Resources, Numis Corporation, RM, Topps Tiles, Tui Travel

Thursday 28 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -26 -27 -26
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 2.4% 0.4% -2.2%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 3.1% -1.0% 0.4%
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 6.9% 6.9% 6.9%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -3k -4k 13k
PCE Prices PCE Prices Chart 1.5% 1.5% +1.6%
PCE Core Prices PCE Core Prices Chart 0.9% 0.9% +1.0%
GDP Deflator GDP Deflator Chart 0.9% 0.9% +1.0%
GDP Consumer Spending GDP Consumer Spending Chart 2.1% +1.8%
GDP Sales GDP Sales Chart 1.7% 1.9% +1.9%
GDP GDP Chart 0.1% 0.5% +0.4%
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart -0.2% +1.0%
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.4% +1.4%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart -0.2% 0.1% +0.2%
Corporate Profits Corporate Profits Chart 2.5% +3.3%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 336k 340k 357k
Chicago PMI Chicago PMI Chart 56.8 56.5 52.4
PMI Manufacturing   48.5 50.4
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart -0.3% -0.7%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 4.2% 4.2% 4.3%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart -0.2% -0.4% -0.3%
Industrial Production Prelim   0.3% 2.6% -0.1%

Corporate Statements

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Alent, Altona, Artilium, Berkeley Minerals, Biome Technologies, Camellia, Catalyst Media, Earthport, Electrocomponents, Evocutis, ICG Graphite Enterprise Trust, Hilton Food Group, Hornby, James Halstead, London Stock Exchange Group, Lonrho, Mobile Streams, National Grid, Petropavlovsk, Polyus Gold International, Qinetiq Group, RPC Group

Friday 29 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Dallas Fed PCE Dallas Fed PCE Chart 1.3%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.5% 0.3% 0.4%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 0.7% 0.3%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.4% 0.1%
PCE Core Price Index Month on Month PCE Core Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.1% +0.1%
Personal Spending Real Month on Month Personal Spending Real Month on Month Chart 0.1% +0.3%
Personal Income Month on Month Personal Income Month on Month Chart -3.6% 0.8% +1.1%
PCE Core Price Index Year on Year PCE Core Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.3% +1.3%
PCE Price Index Year on Year PCE Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.2% +1.3%
PCE Price Index Month on Month PCE Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.0% +0.4%
Dallas Fed PCE Dallas Fed PCE Chart 1.3%
Univ Michigan Sentiment Univ Michigan Sentiment Chart 71.8 72.5 78.6
Univ Michigan Expectation Univ Michigan Expectation Chart 61.7 62.0 70.8
Univ Michigan Conditions Univ Michigan Conditions Chart 87.5 87.8 90.7

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