Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 26/08/13


Monday 26 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Durable Goods   3.9% -4.0% -7.3%

Tuesday 27 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 106.2 107.0 107.5
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 110.1 110.9 112.0
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 102.4 103.0 103.3
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 80.3 79.0 81.5

Corporate Statements

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Tiffany & Co
Flag of Great Britain
Anglo-Eastern Plantations, Antofagasta, British Polythene Industries, Bunzl, Petrofac

Wednesday 28 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 7.0 7.1 6.9
Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Chart -1.10% -3.0%
Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.10% -0.2%
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart -0.4% -0.5% -1.3%

Corporate Statements

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APR Energy, Brown Forman B, Joy Global Inc
Flag of Great Britain
Aortech, Bioquell, Candover Investments, Chemring Group, Chime Communications, G4S, Johnston Press, Mattioli Woods

Thursday 29 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 1.6% 0.6% -0.3%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -7k -5k 7k
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 6.8% 6.8% 6.8%
Consumer Confidence   97.3 97.8 98.3
CPI Final Month on Month   0.5% 0.1% 0.0%
PCE Prices PCE Prices Chart 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
PCE Core Prices PCE Core Prices Chart 0.8% 0.8% +0.8%
GDP Deflator GDP Deflator Chart 0.7% 0.7% +0.7%
GDP Consumer Spending GDP Consumer Spending Chart 1.8% +1.8%
GDP Sales GDP Sales Chart 1.3% 1.7% +1.9%
GDP GDP Chart 1.7% 2.2% +2.5%
Corporate Profits Corporate Profits Chart -0.1% -0.1% +4.2%
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.4% +0.3%
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart 0.6% +1.4%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 336k 332k 331k

Corporate Statements

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Ark Therapeutics Group, Avacta, Bankers INV TST, Bumi, Churchill China, Evraz, Hansteen Holdings, Hunting, Lombard Medical, London & Assoc Properties, Macfarlane Group, Office2office, Oxford Biomedica, Petropavlovsk, Salamander Energy, Serco Group, Soco International, Source Bioscience, Stagecoach Group, Unite Group, Vislink, Xaar
Flag of the USA
Campbell Soup Co, Esterline Technologies, Krispy Kreme, Methode Electronics, Pall Corp, Salesforce.Com

Friday 30 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -16 -14 -13
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart 0.2% +0.7%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart 0.4% 0.6% +0.7%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 3.9% 3.9% 3.8%
Industrial Production Prelim   -3.1% 3.7% +3.2%
Dallas Fed PCE Dallas Fed PCE Chart 2.1% 1.4%
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart 3.9% 3.3% 3.5%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -2.8% 2.0% 2.3%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart -1.5% 0.5% -1.4%
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart 0.8% 0.6% 0.6%
Unemployment Rate   12.1% 12.2% 12.0%
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 92.5 93.5 95.2
Business Climate Business Climate Chart -0.53 -0.35 -0.21
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 12.1% 12.1% 12.1%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -17.4 -16.5 -15.6
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -10.6 -9.6 -7.9
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart -7.8 -6.9 -5.3
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -0.7% -0.9%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.1%
PCE Core Price Index Year on Year PCE Core Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.2% +1.2%
GDP Quarter on Quarter Annualised GDP Quarter on Quarter Annualised Chart 2.5% 1.5% +1.7%
Personal Spending Real Month on Month Personal Spending Real Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.0%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart 0.2% -0.5% -0.5%
PCE Price Index Year on Year PCE Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.3% +1.4%
PCE Core Price Index Month on Month PCE Core Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.2% +0.1%
PCE Price Index Month on Month PCE Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.4% +0.1%
Personal Income Month on Month Personal Income Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.2% +0.1%
GDP Quarter on Quarter GDP Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.6% +0.4%
Chicago PMI Chicago PMI Chart 52.3 53.0 53.0
Univ Michigan Sentiment Univ Michigan Sentiment Chart 80.0 80.5 82.1
Univ Michigan Expectation Univ Michigan Expectation Chart 72.9 72.9 73.7
Univ Michigan Conditions Univ Michigan Conditions Chart 91.0 91.0 95.2

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
Big Lots Inc
Flag of Great Britain
Charles Taylor, Headlam Group, Lavendon Group, Marshalls, Perform Group, Polyus Gold International, Restaurant Group, Sweett Group PLC

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