Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 27/04/15

Monday 27 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -1.8% -7.3%

Corporate Statements

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Centrica, Polyus Gold International
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American Financial, Avalonbay Communities, Barracuda Networks, Inc, Boston Ppty, Compass Minerals, Gen Growth Prop, Hartford Finl, Lab Crp Of Amer, Mine Safety Appliances, Plantronics, Plum Creek Timb, Roper Industries

Tuesday 28 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 93 94 94
GDP Prelim Year on Year   3.0% 2.6% +2.4%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.6% 0.5% +0.3%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 101.3 102.5 95.2

Corporate Statements

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Aetna Inc, AGCO Corp, AK Steel, Anixter International, Artisan Partners, Boston Scientific (All Sessions), Bristol Myers Sq, Calix Inc, CBL & Associates Properties, CIT Group Inc, Cliffs Natural Resources, Coach, Consol Energy, Owens Corning, Cummins Inc, Develop Diver, Ecolab Inc, Edison Intl, Entergy, Entertainment Prop Tr, Equity Residential, EXCO Resources, Flagstar Bancorp, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, Genworth Finl, HCC Ins Hldgs, Hospira, Intrepid Potash, Iron Mountain Incorporated, Jacobs Engr Group, Lexmark Intl, Masco Corp, Merck & Co (All Sessions), MetroPCS Comm, Mueller Water, NCR Corporation, Nicor Inc, Ntl Oilwell Varc, Owens-Illinois, Pfizer Inc (All Sessions), Range Resources Corp, RTI International, Select Income REIT, Solar Winds, Supervalu, Teco Energy, Textron Inc, Total System Services, Twitter (All Sessions), US Silica Holdings Inc, US Steel Corp, Valero Energy, Waters Corp, Whirl Pool Corp, Wyndham Wrld
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ASOS, BP, Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Henderson Group, Rexam, Segro, St.James's Place, Standard Chartered

Wednesday 29 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart 0.1% 0.2% +1.0%
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart 5.1% 4.1% +5.2%
Consumer Confidence   110.9 110.5 108.2
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -2.9 -2.8 -3.2
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 6.0 6.0 6.7
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 103.9 103.9 103.7
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -3.7 -4.6 -4.6
Business Climate Business Climate Chart 0.23 0.21 0.32
CPI Final Month on Month   0.5% -0.1% -0.1%
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart 1.8% -0.1% +0.3%
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart -1.6% -1.8%
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart 3.1% 1.0% +1.1%
FOMC Rate Decision   0.25% 0-.25%
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 4 4
Industrial Production Prelim   -3.1% -2.3%

Corporate Statements

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ADT Corporation, Ametek Inc, Ashland Inc, Avery Dennison, Brunswick Corp, CB Richard Ellis, Eaton Vance, Exelon Corp, Ferro Corp, Franklin Res, General Dynamics, GFI Group, Hess Corp, Hilton Worldwide, KBR, Lincoln Natl, Manitowoc, Mastercard (All Sessions), Meadwestvaco Cp, Murphy Oil Corp, NextEra Energy (All Sessions), Norfolk Southern, Northrop Grumman (All Sessions), Omnicare Inc., PG&E Corp, QEP Resources, Qwest Communications, Norfolk Southern, Spectrum Brands Holdings, Speedway Motor, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc, Starwood Hotels, Time Warner, Unum Group, Waste Managemnt, Williams Comps, Yelp Inc
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Alent, Avon Rubber, Barclays, Development Securities, HellermannTyton Group, Home Retail Group, London Stock Exchange Group, Next, Noble Corporation , Petropavlovsk, Spirit Pub Company, Stagecoach Group, Standard Life, TSB Banking Group

Thursday 30 April

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart -0.5% 0.4% -2.3%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 3.6% 3.2% 3.5%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.7% 0.1%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -15k -13k -8k
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 6.4% 6.4% 6.4%
Unemployment Rate   12.7% 12.6% 13.0%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 11.3% 11.2% 11.3%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.5% 0.0%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -2.6% -2.4%
PCE Core Price Index Month on Month PCE Core Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.2% +0.1%
PCE Core Price Index Year on Year PCE Core Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.4% +1.3%
PCE Price Index Month on Month PCE Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.2% +0.2%
PCE Price Index Year on Year PCE Price Index Year on Year Chart 0.3% +0.3%
Personal Income Month on Month Personal Income Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.2% 0.0%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 295k 290k 262k
Personal Spending Real Month on Month Personal Spending Real Month on Month Chart -0.1% +0.3%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart -0.1% -0.1% 0.0%
Chicago PMI Chicago PMI Chart 46.3 50.0 52.3
Dallas Fed PCE Dallas Fed PCE Chart 2.0% 2%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 3.5% 3.5%
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart 2.2%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart 2.0% 2.1%

Corporate Statements

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Falkland Oil & Gas, Fidessa Group, Fisher(James)& Sons, Go-Ahead Group, Howden Joinery Group, IAG, International Personal Finance, KAZ Minerals, Moneysupermarket.com Group, Royal Bank Of Scotland Group, RPS Group, Schroders, Smith & Nephew, STV Group, Tullow Oil, Ultra Electronics Holdings
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Air Prods & Chem, Airgas, Inc., Alliant Energy Corp, Alpha Natural Resources, American International Group, American Tower Corp, Amerisourcebergn, Apt Inv Manage, Avon Products, Ball Corp, Beazer Homes, BorgWarner, Bunge, Cardinal Hlth, Coca Cola Ent, Conocophillips (All Sessions), CVR Energy, DineEquity, Eastman Chem, Enterprise Products Partners, Exxon Mobil (All Sessions), Fidelity Natl In, Flowserve Corporation, Fluor Corp, Gov Prop Income Trust, Graftech International Ltd, Harman Intl Inds, Host Hotels & Resorts, Huntsman, Invesco ADR, L-3 Comms Hldgs, Linkedin, Marathon Petroleum, Marsh&McLennan, Mosaic, National Fuel Gas Co., Nisource Inc, NY Times, Ocwen Financial, Perkinelmer, Phillips 66, Pinnacle Foods, Pitney Bowes Inc, Public Storage, Quanta Services, Rockwell Automation, Ryland Group, Scana Corporation, Sealed Air Cp, Standard Pacific, Teradyne Inc, The Empire District Electric Co, Time Warner Cable, Titan International, Ultra Petroleum Corp, Visa (All Sessions), Western Union, World Fuel, World Wrestling Ent., Xcel Energy, Xylem, Zimmer Hldgs

Friday 01 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PMI Manufacturing (China) PMI Manufacturing (China) Chart 50.1 50.0 50.1
PPI Quarter on Quarter PPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.1% +0.5%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 1.1% +0.7%
PMI Manufacturing   49.7 49.9
PMI Manufacturing   54.4 54.6 51.9
PMI Manufacturing   48.9 49.0
ISM Manufacturing PMI ISM Manufacturing PMI Chart 51.5 52.0 51.5

Corporate Statements

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Clean Air Power, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, Lloyds Banking Group
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AON Corp, Chevron (All Sessions), Clorox Co, Cooper Tire & Rubber, CVS Caremark Crp, Duke Energy (All Sessions), Firstenergy, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, ITT Corp, Legg Mason, Moody's, Newell Rubbermd, Pepco Holdings, Pinnacl West Cap, Public Service Enterprise, VF Corp, Weyerhaeuser Co

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