Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 25/03/19


Monday 25 March

Corporate Statements

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Be Heard, Brady, Ebiquity, Hansteen Holdings, ICU Medical, Microgen, Pennon Group, Quadrise, Quixant PLC, Renalytix, SpaceandPeople, Sterling Energy
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Red Hat, Winnebago
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Red Hat, Winnebago

Tuesday 26 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 10.8 10.8 10.4
Housing Starts Housing Starts Chart 1.230Mln 1.213Mln 1.162Mln
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 131.4 132.0 124.1

Corporate Statements

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21st Century Technology, Access Intelligence, Barr(A.G.), Carnival Corp, Cenkos Securities, Clarke(T.), DP Poland, FeverTree Drinks, Frontier IP Group, Lidco Group, Moss Bros, Pelatro, Personal Group Holdings, S & U, United Utilities Group

Wednesday 27 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
RBNZ Rate Decision RBNZ Rate Decision Chart 1.75% 1.75% 1.75%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 95 96 96
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.4%
ZEW Investor Sentiment   -16.6 -26.9
Consumer Confidence   112.4 112.0 111.2
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -59.8Bln US -57.0Bln US -51.1Bln US
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -4.59Bln CA -3.50Bln CA -4.25Bln CA
Current Account Balance Current Account Balance Chart -126.6Bln US
Current Account Balance Current Account Balance Chart -126.6Bln US -130.0Bln US -134.4Bln US
EIA Weekly Crude Oil Stocks   -9.589Mln -1.200Mln 2.800Mln
Current Account Balance Current Account Balance Chart -126.6Bln US
Current Account Balance Current Account Balance Chart -124.8Bln US

Corporate Statements

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AB Dynamics, Anglo Pacific Group, Bellway, Catalyst Media, Churchill China, CPPGroup, Frontier IP Group, Henderson Eurotrust, Hilton Food Group
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At Home Group, HB Fuller , Lennar Corp, PVH Corp
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At Home Group, HB Fuller , Lennar Corp, PVH Corp

Thursday 28 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Business Climate Business Climate Chart 0.69 0.66 0.53
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 106.1 105.9 105.5
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -0.4 -0.8 -1.7
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 12.1 12.0 11.3
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -7.2 -7.2 -7.2
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 221k 217k 211k
CPI Final Month on Month   0.4% 0.6% 0.4%
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart 4.6% 0.7% -1.0%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 2.5% 2.5% 2.3%
Industrial Production Prelim   -3.4% 1.0% 1.4%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 0.6% 1.2% 0.4%

Corporate Statements

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Arbuthnot Banking Group, Arix Bioscience, Biome Technologies, Ceres Power Holdings, Eddie Stobart, Firestone Diamonds, Hurricane Energy, Igas Energy, Ironveld, Jubilee Platinum, MITIE Group, Pantheon Resources

Friday 29 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -13 -14 -13
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart 0.4% 0.6% 0.7%
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart -0.1% 0.0% 0.2%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 2.6% 2.8% 4.7%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 3.3% -0.9% 0.9%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -21k -10k -7k
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 5.0% 4.9% 4.9%
GDP Final Quarter on Quarter GDP Final Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
GDP Final Year on Year   1.3% 1.3% 1.4%
Current Account Current Account Chart -26.522Bln GB -23.000Bln GB -23.707Bln GB
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 3.4% 3.1%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% -0.1%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart -0.1% 0.0% 0.3%
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart -0.3% 0.3%
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart 1.0% 1.2%
PCE Core Price Index Month on Month PCE Core Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
PCE Core Price Index Year on Year PCE Core Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.9% 1.9% 1.8%
PCE Price Index Month on Month PCE Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.1% -0.1%
PCE Price Index Year on Year PCE Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.7% 1.4%
Personal Income Month on Month Personal Income Month on Month Chart -0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
Personal Spending Real Month on Month Personal Spending Real Month on Month Chart -0.6% 0.1%
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.607Mln 0.620Mln 0.667Mln

Corporate Statements

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Aquis Exchange, Biome Technologies, Bowleven, Chesnara, CVS Group, ECR Minerals, GCM Resources, Horizonte Minerals, James Halstead, JKX Oil & Gas, Mobile Streams, NB Global Floating Rate Income, Parkmead Group (The), Red Rock Resources, Regency Mines, Schroder Asian Total Return, Serabi Gold, TomCo Energy
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Billing Service, CarMax, Inc.
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Billing Service, CarMax, Inc.
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Aquis Exchange, Biome Technologies, Bowleven, Chesnara, CVS Group, ECR Minerals, GCM Resources, Horizonte Minerals, James Halstead, JKX Oil & Gas, Mobile Streams, NB Global Floating Rate Income, Parkmead Group (The), Red Rock Resources, Regency Mines, Schroder Asian Total Return, Serabi Gold, TomCo Energy

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