Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 28/10/13

Monday 28 October

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.4% +0.6%
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart -1.6% 0.1% -5.6%

Corporate Statements

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Aggreko
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Artisan Partners, Boardwalk Pipeline, Compass Minerals, Edwards Lifesciences, FMC Corporation, Gen Growth Prop, Hartford Finl, Loews Corp, Masco Corp, Merck & Co (All Sessions), Plum Creek Timb, Puricore, Regal-Beloit, Roper Industries, Tableau Software, Inc., Titan International

Tuesday 29 October

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 85 85 85
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart 1.7% +1.0%
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart 0.2% -0.2% -0.3%
PPI Core Month on Month PPI Core Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.1% +0.1%
Retail Sales Ex-Auto Month on Month   0.1% 0.4% +0.4%
Retail Sales Month on Month   0.2% 0.1% -0.1%
PPI Core Year on Year PPI Core Year on Year Chart 1.1% 1.2% +1.2%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.2% -0.1%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 79.7 75.0 71.2
Business Inventories Month on Month Business Inventories Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.3% +0.3%
Industrial Production Prelim   -0.9% 1.8% +1.5%

Corporate Statements

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3D Systems Corp, Aetna Inc, Aflac Inc, AGCO Corp, Air Prods & Chem, Allergan Inc, Ameriprise Fincl, Ameritrade Holdings, Arch Coal, Archer Daniels, Boston Ppty, Calix Inc, CB Richard Ellis, Cummins Inc, DineEquity, Dolby Labs, Ecolab Inc, Edison Intl, Entergy, EXCO Resources, Fidelity Natl In, Genworth Finl, Gov Prop Income Trust, Harris Corporation, HCC Ins Hldgs, HCP, Huntsman, Kimco Realty Cp, L-3 Comms Hldgs, Linkedin, Meadwestvaco Cp, Mueller Water, Occidental Petroleum, Pfizer Inc (All Sessions), Pitney Bowes Inc, Plantronics, Range Resources Corp, Ryland Group, Solar Winds, US Steel Corp, Valero Energy, Waste Managemnt, Western Union, Xylem
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BP, Lloyds Banking Group, Stagecoach Group, Standard Chartered, Wolfson Microelectronics

Wednesday 30 October

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart 25k 0k 2k
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 6.9% 6.9% 6.9%
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -6.7 -6.5 -4.8
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -14.9 -14.5 -14.5
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart -3.3 -2.8 -3.7
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 96.9 97.3 97.8
Business Climate Business Climate Chart -0.20 -0.15 -0.01
ADP employment report ADP employment report Chart 166k 150k 130.0k
CPI Month on Month (sa) CPI Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.1% 0.2% +0.2%
CPI Year on Year (nsa) CPI Year on Year (nsa) Chart 1.5% 1.2% +1.2%
CPI Final Month on Month   0.0% 0.0% -0.2%
FOMC Rate Decision   0.25% 0-.25%
PMI Manufacturing   52.5 54.2

Corporate Statements

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Allstate Cp, American Tower Corp, Bally Technologies, BorgWarner, Computer Science, Con-Way Inc, Owens Corning, Digital River1, Equity Residential, Exelon Corp, General Motors (All Sessions), Hatteras Financial Corp, Healthcare Realty Trust, Hess Corp, Intrepid Potash, Jones Apparel, Lincoln Natl, Marriott, Metlife Inc, MSC Industrial Direct, Murphy Oil Corp, Nicor Inc, Owens-Illinois, Perkinelmer, PG&E Corp, Phillips 66, Premier Global Services, Public Service Enterprise, Questar Corp, Sealed Air Cp, Norfolk Southern, Sprint Nextel, Visa (All Sessions), Walter Energy, Weightwatchers, Williams Comps, Williams Partners, World Fuel
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Advanced Computer Software, African Barrick Gold, Barclays, Genel Energy, Standard Life

Thursday 31 October

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -10 -8 -11
BoJ Rate Decision   0.10%
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart 0.9% 0.7% 1.0%
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart 5.0% 5.1% 5.8%
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 7.1 7.2 7.0
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.5% 0.4% -0.4%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 0.3% 1.0% +0.2%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.3% 0.3%
Unemployment Rate   12.2% 12.2% 12.5%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 12.0% 12.0% 12.2%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.0%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -2.0% -1.8%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart 0.6% 0.2% +0.3%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 350k 339k 340k
Chicago PMI Chicago PMI Chart 55.7 55.0 65.9

Corporate Statements

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Aircastle, Alpha Natural Resources, American International Group, Amerisourcebergn, Apt Inv Manage, Avon Products, Beam Inc, Cardinal Hlth, Cigna Corp, Clorox Co, Conocophillips (All Sessions), Consol Energy, Exxon Mobil (All Sessions), Fluor Corp, Fortress Invest, Harman Intl Inds, Hillshire Brands, Iron Mountain Incorporated, ITT Corp, Kodiak Oil and Gas, Marathon Petroleum, Mastercard (All Sessions), MDU Resources, MGM Mirage, Mohawk Inds, Newmont Mining, Nisource Inc, Northeast Utilities, NY Times, Ocwen Financial, Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., Pinnacl West Cap, PPL Corp, Public Storage, Quanta Services, Qwest Communications, Scana Corporation, Southwestern Energy, Standard Pacific, Teco Energy, Teradata Corporation, Time Warner Cable, Western Refining
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Afren, Astrazeneca, BG Group, Countrywide, Croda International, Henderson Group, National Express Group, RPS Group, Smith & Nephew

Friday 01 November

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PPI Quarter on Quarter PPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.1% 0.7% +1.3%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 1.2% 1.6% +1.9%
PMI Manufacturing (China) PMI Manufacturing (China) Chart 51.1 51.2 51.4
PMI Manufacturing   56.7 56.1 56.0
PMI Manufacturing   54.2 55.6
ISM Manufacturing PMI ISM Manufacturing PMI Chart 56.2 55.0 56.4

Corporate Statements

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Berendsen, Direct Line Insurance Group, F&C Asset Management, Royal Bank Of Scotland Group, Smith (DS)
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Berkshire Hathaway Class A, Chevron (All Sessions), Cooper Tire & Rubber, CVR Energy, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, Newcastle Investment, NextEra Energy (All Sessions), Spirit AeroSystems, Inc, Ultra Petroleum Corp

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