Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 27/08/18


Tuesday 28 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 97 97 97
Consumer Confidence   116.3 115.9 115.2
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 2.9% 3.2%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.3%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 127.4 126.7 133.4

Corporate Statements

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Best Buy Co Inc, BJ's Wholesale, Box, Inc, Catalent, H & R Block Inc, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Tiffany & Co

Wednesday 29 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 43.5 43.3
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 10.6 10.6 10.5
GDP Detailed Quarter on Quarter   0.2% 0.20% 0.2%
ZEW Investor Sentiment   -4.0 -14.3
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart 0.9% 0.3% -0.7%
EIA Weekly Crude Oil Stocks   -5.836Mln -0.686Mln -2.566Mln

Corporate Statements

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At Home Group, Brown Forman B, Dicks Sporting, Guess ?, PVH Corp, Salesforce.Com
Flag of Great Britain
Beeks Financial Cloud, Diploma, Fisher(James)& Sons, IQE, Rambler Metals and Mining

Thursday 30 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 1.8% 1.2% +1.5%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -6k -8k -8k
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 5.2% 5.2% 5.2%
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart 5.8 5.5 5.5
Business Climate Business Climate Chart 1.29 1.28 1.22
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 112.1 111.9 111.6
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -1.90 -1.9 -1.9
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 15.3 15.1 14.7
CPI Final Month on Month   0.3% 0.1% 0.1%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 210k 214k 213k
Personal Spending Real Month on Month Personal Spending Real Month on Month Chart 0.3% +0.2%
PCE Price Index Year on Year PCE Price Index Year on Year Chart 2.2% +2.3%
PCE Price Index Month on Month PCE Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.1% +0.1%
PCE Core Price Index Year on Year PCE Core Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.9% 2.0% 2.0%
PCE Core Price Index Month on Month PCE Core Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.2% +0.2%
GDP Quarter on Quarter Annualised GDP Quarter on Quarter Annualised Chart 1.3% 3.0% +2.9%
GDP Quarter on Quarter GDP Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.3% +0.7%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart 0.5% 0.1% 0.0%
Personal Income Month on Month Personal Income Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.3% +0.3%

Corporate Statements


Friday 31 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -10 -10 -7
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 2.4% 2.4% 2.5%
Industrial Production Prelim   -1.8% 0.2% -0.1%
PMI Manufacturing (China) PMI Manufacturing (China) Chart 51.2 51.0 51.3
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 1.2% 0.0% -0.4%
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart 0.6% 0.1% -0.5%
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart 2.5% 2.7% 2.0%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 3.0% 0.8%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.6%
Unemployment Rate   10.9% 10.8% 10.4%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 8.3% 8.2% 8.2%
GDP Final Year on Year   1.1% 1.1% 1.2%
GDP Final Quarter on Quarter GDP Final Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.2% 0.2% 0.2%
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart 0.5% -0.2%
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart 5.1% 6.6%

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Beowulf Mining, Fiske, Restaurant Group, Secure Trust Bank
Flag of the USA
Big Lots Inc, FFI Holdings, Zuora, Inc

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