Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 26/01/15

Monday 26 January

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 101.4ip 102.5ip 102.0ip
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 105.5ip 106.3ip 106.7ip
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 109.8ip 110.7ip 111.7ip

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Aveva Group, SSE, SThree
Flag of the USA
Ashland Inc, Brookdale Senior Living Inc., D R Horton, Meadwestvaco Cp, Packaging Corp of America, Plum Creek Timb, Roper Industries, United Technologies

Tuesday 27 January

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Prelim Year on Year   2.6% 2.8% +2.7%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.7% 0.6% +0.5%
Durable Goods   -0.9% 0.5% -3.4%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 92.6ip 95.1ip 102.9ip
New Home Sales-Units Month on Month New Home Sales-Units Month on Month Chart 0.438m 0.450m 0.481m

Corporate Statements

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AK Steel, AO Smith, AT & T, Bristol Myers Sq, Caterpillar , CIT Group Inc, Owens Corning, Danaher, Dover Corp, Flotek Industries, Freeport-McMoRan, Illinois Tool Wk, Intl Game Tech, Juniper Networks, Lexmark Intl, Lockheed Martin (All Sessions), NextEra Energy (All Sessions), Nucor, Peabody Energy, Pfizer Inc (All Sessions), Plantronics, Procter & Gamble (All Sessions), Prologis, Stryker (All Sessions), Synovus Finan, Total System Services, US Steel Corp, VM WARE
Flag of Great Britain
British Land Co, Britvic, Easyjet, Foxtons, Gem Diamonds, Gresham Computing, Marston's, Polyus Gold International, Sinclair IS Pharma

Wednesday 28 January

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Year on Year CPI Year on Year Chart 2.3% 1.8% +1.7%
CPI Quarter on Quarter CPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.5% 0.3% +0.2%
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 9.0 9.1 9.3
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 90 91 90
FOMC Rate Decision   0.25%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 0.4% 0.9%

Corporate Statements

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ADT Corporation, Amer Elec Pwr, Ameriprise Fincl, Amerisourcebergn, Ametek Inc, Astoria Financial, Avalonbay Communities, Boeing (All Sessions), Gen Growth Prop, General Dynamics, Greenhill and Co, Hess Corp, International Paper, Mccormick & Co, Meredith Corp, Murphy Oil Corp, Praxair Inc, Rockwell Automation, SL Green Realty, St Jude Medical, Teradyne Inc, Textron Inc, The Progressive, Varian Medical
Flag of Great Britain
Barr(A.G.), Brewin Dolphin Hldgs, Filtronic, Intermediate Capital Group, Johnson Matthey, Sage Group

Thursday 29 January

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart 8.5% 6.6%
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart 0.3% 0.3%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -27k pers -10k pers
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 6.5% 6.5%
Consumer Confidence   99.7ip 100.0ip
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -10.9 -8.5
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 5.6 6.0
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -5.2 -4.5
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 100.7ip 101.5ip
Business Climate Business Climate Chart 0.04 0.10
CPI Final Month on Month   0.0% -0.8%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 307k pers 300k pers
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart 0.8% 0.5%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 3.5% 3.5%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart 2.7% 2.6%
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart 2.4%
Industrial Production Prelim   -0.5% 1.3%

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
3i Group, Aberforth Smaller Companies Tst, Cranswick, Diageo, Great Portland Estates, Paypoint, Renishaw, RPC Group
Flag of the USA
Abbott Laboratories, Air Prods & Chem, Baxter Intl Inc, Blackstone Group (All Sessions), Boston Ppty, Brunswick Corp, C R Bard, Cardinal Hlth, Chubb Corp, CMS Energy Corp, Coach, Conocophillips (All Sessions), Dow Chemical, Eastman Chem, EMC Corp, Emulex Corp, Enterprise Products Partners, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, Hanesbrands, Harley-Davidson, Harman Intl Inds, Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Hershey Co, Invensense, Invesco ADR, Kofax Limited, L-3 Comms Hldgs, Leggett& Platt, Manitowoc, Mead Johnson, Meritage Homes, National Fuel Gas Co., Northrop Grumman (All Sessions), Occidental Petroleum, Perkinelmer, Phillips 66, Pulte Homes Inc, Quest Diag, Raytheon Co, Rob Half Intl, Royal Caribbean Cruises (All Sessions), Ryland Group, Sherwin-Williams, Solar Winds, StanCorp Financial, Stanley Works, Thermo Fisher Scientific (All Sessions), Time Warner Cable, Unisys Corp, Valero Energy, Visa (All Sessions), Xcel Energy, Zimmer Hldgs

Friday 30 January

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -4 -2 1
PPI Quarter on Quarter PPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.2% +0.1%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 1.2% +1.1%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 1.0% 0.3%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -0.8% 3.5%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.1%
Unemployment Rate   13.4% 13.5%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.2%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 11.5% 11.5%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -1.2%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.0%
Chicago PMI Chicago PMI Chart 58.8ip 57.5ip

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
E2V Technologies, KCom Group
Flag of the USA
Altria Group Inc, Beazer Homes, Chevron (All Sessions), Consol Energy, Franklin Res, Legg Mason, Mastercard (All Sessions), Newell Rubbermd, NuStar Energy, Simon Prop Grp, Tyson Foods, Weyerhaeuser Co, Xerox

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