Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 26/02/18


Monday 26 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.625Mln 0.645Mln 0.593Mln

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
American States Water Co, Comstock Resources, Dean Foods Co, Emerge Energy Services, FitBit, General Cable, Keane Group, LSB Industries Inc, ONEOK, Palo Alto Networks (All Sessions), Tenet Healthcare

Tuesday 27 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 104 103 100
Consumer Confidence   115.5 114.9 115.6
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart 8.8 8.0 8.0
Business Climate Business Climate Chart 1.54 1.47 1.48
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 16.7 16.3 17.5
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 0.10 0.1 0.1
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 114.7 114.0 114.1
CPI Final Month on Month   -0.7% 0.5% 0.5%
Durable Goods   2.8% -2.0% -3.7%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 125.4 126.6 130.8
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 3.6% 2.1% 1.6%
Industrial Production Prelim   2.9% -4.2% -6.6%

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
American Tower Corp, Autozone Inc, B&G Foods, Callon Petroleum Company, Care.com, Community Health Systems, Dillard Cl A, EOG Resources, Gray television, Hertz Global Holdings, Intrepid Potash, Koppers Holdings, Live Nation Enteratinment, Macy's, Mallinckrodt, Oasis Petroleum Inc, Platform Speciality, Range Resources Corp, RSP Permian, SeaWorld Entertainment, Sempra Energy, Shell Midstream Partners, The Madison Square Garden Sports, The AES Corp, Toll Brothers, Veeva Systems, Weightwatchers
Flag of Great Britain
DotDigital, Ensco Intl, Fisher(James)& Sons, Inchcape, Pantheon International, Persimmon, Provident Financial, RIT Capital Partners, Standard Chartered, Stratex Intl, Surface Transforms, Swallowfield, Verona Pharma

Wednesday 28 February

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -9 -10 -10
PMI Manufacturing (China) PMI Manufacturing (China) Chart 51.3 51.2 50.3
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 11.0 10.9 10.8
GDP Detailed Quarter on Quarter   0.6% 0.60% 0.60%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.1%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -25k -15k -22k
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 5.4% 5.4% 5.4%
ZEW Investor Sentiment   34.5 25.8
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart -0.1% 0.5% 0.3%
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart 2.2% 2.0%
Chicago PMI Chicago PMI Chart 65.7 64.2 61.9
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart 0.5% 0.3% -4.7%
EIA Weekly Crude Oil Stocks   -1.616Mln 2.077Mln 3.019Mln

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Beowulf Mining, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, JPMorgan Emerging Mkts INV TRST, PubMatic, Weir Group
Flag of the USA
3D Systems Corp, Box, Inc, Clean Harbors, Compass Diversified Holdings, Entertainment Prop Tr, EW Scripps, Ferro Corp, Halcon Resources, Herc Holdings Inc, Kindred Healthcare, Lowes Companies, Ocwen Financial, QEP Resources, Rowan Cos Inc, Salesforce.Com
Flag of Great Britain
Beowulf Mining, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, JPMorgan Emerging Mkts INV TRST, PubMatic, Weir Group
Flag of the USA
3D Systems Corp, Box, Inc, Clean Harbors, Compass Diversified Holdings, Entertainment Prop Tr, EW Scripps, Ferro Corp, Halcon Resources, Herc Holdings Inc, Kindred Healthcare, Lowes Companies, Ocwen Financial, QEP Resources, Rowan Cos Inc, Salesforce.Com

Thursday 01 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PMI Manufacturing   54.0 54.1
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 44.7 44.3
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart 0.6% 0.2% -0.3%
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart 3.2% 2.6% 2.2%
PMI Manufacturing   59.0 58.0 56.8
PMI Manufacturing   56.1 56.1 55.9
PMI Manufacturing   60.3 60.3 60.6
PMI Manufacturing   58.5 58.5 58.6
Unemployment Rate   10.8% 10.8% 11.1%
PMI Manufacturing   55.3 55.0 55.2
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 8.7% 8.6% 8.6%
Personal Spending Real Month on Month Personal Spending Real Month on Month Chart 0.300% -0.100%
Personal Income Month on Month Personal Income Month on Month Chart 0.400% 0.300% 0.400%
PCE Price Index Year on Year PCE Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.700% 1.700%
PCE Price Index Month on Month PCE Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.100% 0.400%
PCE Core Price Index Year on Year PCE Core Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.500% 1.500% 1.500%
PCE Core Price Index Month on Month PCE Core Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.200% 0.300% 0.300%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 222k 220k 210k
Dallas Fed PCE Dallas Fed PCE Chart 1.8% 2.7%
PMI Manufacturing   55.9 55.6
ISM Manufacturing PMI ISM Manufacturing PMI Chart 59.1 58.7 60.8
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 2.8% 2.7% 2.4%

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Avanti Communications Group, Bovis Homes Group, Evraz, Haydale, Hunting, IndigoVision Group, Keras, Laird, Merlin Entertainments, Crest Nicholson, RPS Group, Solar Int, STV Group
Flag of the USA
Best Buy Co Inc, Cable One Inc, Calgon Carb, Equifax Inc, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, FS Investment Corporation, Gannett Co, General Motors (All Sessions), Goodrich Petroleum Corp., Keysight Technologies, Kohls Corp, LTC Properties, MBIA Inc, Methode Electronics, Nationstar Mortgage, NRG Energy, Pinnacle Foods, Puma Biotechnology, Sotheby's, Southwestern Energy, The Progressive, The St Joe Company, VM WARE

Friday 02 March

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart -1.9% 0.9% -0.7%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -1.9% 3.5% 2.3%
GDP Final Year on Year   1.6% 1.6% 1.6%
GDP Final Quarter on Quarter GDP Final Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.3% 0.3% 0.3%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 2.2% 1.6% 1.5%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.4% 0.4%
GDP Quarter on Quarter Annualised GDP Quarter on Quarter Annualised Chart 1.7% 2.0% 1.7%
GDP Quarter on Quarter GDP Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.4% 0.4%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.1% 0.1%

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Access Intelligence, Beowulf Mining, Holders Tech, London Stock Exchange Group, Spire Healthcare
Flag of the USA
Foot Locker, J C Penney Co
Flag of Great Britain
Access Intelligence, Beowulf Mining, Holders Tech, London Stock Exchange Group, Spire Healthcare
Flag of the USA
Foot Locker, J C Penney Co

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