Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 27/07/15


Monday 27 July

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
IFO Business Climate IFO Business Climate Chart 107.4 107.2 108.0
IFO Expectations IFO Expectations Chart 102.0 101.8 102.4
IFO Current Conditions IFO Current Conditions Chart 113.1 113.0 113.9
Durable Goods   -2.2% 3.0% +3.4%

Corporate Statements

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Cranswick, Merlin Entertainments
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Avalonbay Communities, Compass Minerals, Eastman Chem, EXCO Resources, Hartford Finl, Pepco Holdings, Plantronics, Plum Creek Timb, Roper Industries, Southwestern Energy, StanCorp Financial, Torchmark Corp

Tuesday 28 July

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence   109.5 109.0 106.5
GDP Prelim Year on Year   2.9% 2.6% +2.6%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.4% 0.7% +0.7%
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart 0.5% 0.4% +0.5%
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart -1.3% -1.2% -0.9%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 101.4 100.0 90.9

Corporate Statements

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Aflac Inc, AGCO Corp, Airgas, Inc., AK Steel, Anixter International, Artisan Partners, Assurant, Calix Inc, CIT Group Inc, Consol Energy, Owens Corning, Cummins Inc, D R Horton, Ecolab Inc, Edwards Lifesciences, Flagstar Bancorp, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, Global Payment, HCC Ins Hldgs, Intrepid Potash, Jacobs Engr Group, Kimco Realty Cp, Lab Crp Of Amer, Marsh&McLennan, Masco Corp, NCR Corporation, Nicor Inc, Ntl Oilwell Varc, Peabody Energy, Pfizer Inc (All Sessions), Precision Cast, Range Resources Corp, Reynolds Amrican, Sturm and Ruger Co, Supervalu, Textron Inc, Total System Services, Twitter (All Sessions), US Silica Holdings Inc, US Steel Corp, Waters Corp, Wyndham Wrld, Yelp Inc
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BP, Drax Group, GKN, Informa, ITV, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, GE Aerospace (All Sessions), Provident Financial, Segro

Wednesday 29 July

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 3.0% 0.5% +0.9%
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 10.1 10.1 10.1
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 94 94 93
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart 0.9% 1.0% -1.8%
FOMC Rate Decision   0.25% 0.13% 0-0.25%

Corporate Statements

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ADT Corporation, Altria Group Inc, American Tower Corp, Ashland Inc, Avery Dennison, Baxter Intl Inc, Boston Ppty, CB Richard Ellis, CBL & Associates Properties, Cliffs Natural Resources, Develop Diver, DineEquity, Eaton Vance, Exelon Corp, Franklin Res, General Dynamics, GFI Group, Graftech International Ltd, Hess Corp, Hilton Worldwide, Hospira, Humana, Huntsman, Kirby Corp, Lincoln Natl, Manitowoc, Mastercard (All Sessions), Mckesson Corp, Meritage Homes, Metlife Inc, Murphy Oil Corp, Northrop Grumman (All Sessions), Owens-Illinois, Penn Virginia Corp, PG&E Corp, Public Storage, Qwest Communications, Rockwell Automation, Ruckus Wireless, Inc., Norfolk Southern, Speedway Motor, Spirit AeroSystems, Inc, Tableau Software, Inc., Teradyne Inc, Unum Group, Williams Comps

Thursday 30 July

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Industrial Production Prelim   -2.1% 0.3% +0.8%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -1k -5k 9k
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 6.4% 6.4% 6.4%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 11.1% 11.1%
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -3.4 -3.4 -2.9
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -5.6 -7.1 -7.1
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart 7.9 8.0 8.9
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 103.5 103.3 104.0
Business Climate Business Climate Chart 0.14 0.15 0.39
CPI Final Month on Month   -0.1% 0.3% 0.2%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 255k 270k 267k

Corporate Statements

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Astrazeneca, Babcock International Group, BAE Systems, BT Group, Centrica, Ensco Intl, Findel, Henderson Group, InterContinental Hotels Group, Merlin Entertainments, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Moneysupermarket.com Group, Rexam, RPS Group, Smith & Nephew, Spectris, Thomas Cook Group, Weir Group
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Air Prods & Chem, Arch Coal, Avon Products, Ball Corp, BorgWarner, Brunswick Corp, Bunge, Cardinal Hlth, Coca Cola Ent, Conocophillips (All Sessions), CVR Energy, Digital Realty Trust, Inc., Edison Intl, Enterprise Products Partners, Ferro Corp, Firstenergy, Flowserve Corporation, Fluor Corp, Fortress Invest, Gov Prop Income Trust, Halcon Resources, Hanesbrands, Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Host Hotels & Resorts, Invesco ADR, Iron Mountain Incorporated, L-3 Comms Hldgs, Linkedin, Marathon Petroleum, Meredith Corp, MetroPCS Comm, Monster Worldwide, Mueller Water, Natl Semiconduct, Occidental Petroleum, Ocwen Financial, Perkinelmer, Pinnacl West Cap, Pinnacle Foods, Pitney Bowes Inc, Procter & Gamble (All Sessions), Rite Aid Corporation, Ryland Group, Scana Corporation, Sealed Air Cp, Standard Pacific, Stanley Works, Starwood Hotels, Teco Energy, The Boston Beer Co., The Empire District Electric Co, Time Warner Cable, Titan International, Ultra Petroleum Corp, Valero Energy, Western Union, World Fuel, World Wrestling Ent., Xcel Energy, Xylem

Friday 31 July

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 7 5 +4
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 3.3% 3.3% 3.4%
CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year CPI Core Nationwide Year on Year Chart 0.1% 0.0% 0.1%
CPI Overall Nationwide CPI Overall Nationwide Chart 0.5% 0.4%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 0.7% +1.1%
PPI Quarter on Quarter PPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.5% +0.3%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -0.4% 5.1%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.5% 0.3% -2.3%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.5% -0.2%
Unemployment Rate   12.4% 12.3% 12.7%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 11.1% 11.1% 11.1%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.2% -0.2%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -1.9% -2.3%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart -0.1% 0.0% -0.2%
Chicago PMI Chicago PMI Chart 49.4 50.5 54.7

Corporate Statements

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Alent, AON Corp, BG Group, Fidelity European Values, IMI, JD Sports Fashion, PubMatic, Vesuvius

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