Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 29/07/13

Monday 29 July

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 0.8% 1.9% +1.6%
Pending Home Sales Month on Month Pending Home Sales Month on Month Chart 6.7% -1.0% -0.4%

Corporate Statements

Flag of the USA
Anadarko, Boardwalk Pipeline, Compass Minerals, Eastman Chem, Flotek Industries, FMC Corporation, Franklin Res, Gen Growth Prop, Hartford Finl, Hertz Global Holdings, Jacobs Engr Group, Loews Corp, Manitowoc, Masco Corp, Northeast Utilities, Plum Creek Timb, Roper Industries, Simon Prop Grp
Flag of Great Britain
Aberdeen Asset Management, Cranswick, Creston, Fidessa Group, Gem Diamonds, Hammerson, IndigoVision Group, Intercede Group, Intertek Group, JKX Oil & Gas, Keller Group, LMS Capital, President Energy Company, Reckitt Benckiser Group, Senior, Vernalis

Tuesday 30 July

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 4.1% 4.0% 3.9%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 4.1% 4.0% 3.9%
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart 6.8 6.9 7.0
Industrial Sentiment Industrial Sentiment Chart -11.2 -10.2 -10.6
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart -18.8 -17.4 -17.4
Services Sentiment Services Sentiment Chart -9.5 -9.0 -7.8
Economic Sentiment Economic Sentiment Chart 91.3 92.6 92.5
Business Climate Business Climate Chart -0.68 -0.55 -0.53
CPI Final Month on Month   0.1% 0.3% 0.5%
Industrial PPI Month on Month Industrial PPI Month on Month Chart 0.0% 0.0% +0.3%
Industrial PPI Year on Year Industrial PPI Year on Year Chart 0.0% +0.6%
Consumer Confidence Consumer Confidence Chart 81.4 81.4 80.3

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Accsys Technologies, African Barrick Gold, Barclays, BP, Brammer, Clean Air Power, Diploma, Domino's Pizza Group, Drax Group, Elementis, Games Workshop, GKN, International Personal Finance, ITV, LSL Property Services, Next, GE Aerospace (All Sessions), Paragon Group of Companies, Pure Wafer, TeleCity Group, Tullett Prebon, Warner Estate Hldgs, Weir Group, Wolfson Microelectronics
Flag of the USA
Aetna Inc, Aflac Inc, Arch Coal, Boston Ppty, Calix Inc, Coach, Convergys Cp, Owens Corning, Digital River1, DineEquity, Ecolab Inc, Entergy, Equity Residential, Fidelity Natl In, Genworth Finl, Hanesbrands, Harris Corporation, HCC Ins Hldgs, HCP, Healthcare Realty Trust, Meadwestvaco Cp, Merck & Co (All Sessions), Mueller Water, NCR Corporation, NextEra Energy (All Sessions), Ntl Oilwell Varc, NYSE Euronext, Occidental Petroleum, Office Depot, Pfizer Inc (All Sessions), Pitney Bowes Inc, Public Service Enterprise, Regal-Beloit, Rockwell Automation, Sprint Nextel, US Steel Corp, Waste Managemnt, Water Intelligence, Western Union, Xylem

Wednesday 31 July

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GFK Consumer Confidence GFK Consumer Confidence Chart -21 -20 -16
PMI Manufacturing   52.3 50.7
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 4.1% 4.0% 3.9%
Industrial Production Prelim   1.9% -1.8% -3.3%
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart 0.8% 0.0% -1.5%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart 0.4% 0.4% -2.8%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -1.2% -0.3% -0.3%
Unemployment Change (sa) Unemployment Change (sa) Chart -12k 0k -7k
Unemployment Rate (sa) Unemployment Rate (sa) Chart 6.8% 6.8% 6.8%
Unemployment Rate   12.2% 12.3% 12.1%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 12.2% 12.2% 12.1%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -1.0% -0.7%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.1% 0.3%
ADP employment report ADP employment report Chart 188k 180k 200.0k
PCE Prices PCE Prices Chart 1.0% 1.1% 0.0%
GDP Deflator GDP Deflator Chart 1.3% 1.1% +0.7%
GDP Consumer Spending GDP Consumer Spending Chart 2.6% +1.8%
GDP Sales GDP Sales Chart 1.2% 0.8% +1.3%
GDP GDP Chart 1.8% 1.0% +1.7%
PCE Core Prices PCE Core Prices Chart 1.3% 1.1% +0.8%
GDP Month on Month GDP Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.3% +0.2%
Chicago PMI Chicago PMI Chart 51.6 54.0 52.3
FOMC Rate Decision   % 0-0.25%

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
4imprint Group, Atkins (WS), Brewin Dolphin Hldgs, British American Tobacco, British Assets Trust, Centrica, CML Microsystems, Devro, Diageo, Dignity, Hyder Consulting, Hydrodec, James Halstead, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Moneysupermarket.com Group, Mwana Africa, Rightmove, St.James's Place, Statpro Group, Taylor Wimpey, Vedanta Resources, Xchanging
Flag of the USA
ADT Corporation, AGCO Corp, Allergan Inc, Allstate Cp, American Tower Corp, CBL & Associates Properties, CBS Corp, Con-Way Inc, Develop Diver, Exelon Corp, Ferro Corp, General Cable, Gov Prop Income Trust, Hess Corp, Hospira, Huntsman, Intrepid Potash, Invesco ADR, Jones Apparel, Lincoln Natl, Marriott, Mastercard (All Sessions), MDU Resources, Metlife Inc, Murphy Oil Corp, Nicor Inc, Nisource Inc, PG&E Corp, Phillips 66, Pioneer Natural Resources, QEP Resources, Questar Corp, Norfolk Southern, Sturm and Ruger Co, US Silica Holdings Inc, Williams Comps, Williams Partners, World Fuel

Thursday 01 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PMI Manufacturing (China) PMI Manufacturing (China) Chart 50.1 49.9 50.3
PMI Manufacturing   49.1 49.8 50.4
PMI Manufacturing   49.8 49.8 49.7
PMI Manufacturing   50.3 50.3 50.7
PMI Manufacturing   50.1 50.1 50.3
PMI Manufacturing   52.5 52.8 54.6
BoE Rate Decision BoE Rate Decision Chart 0.50% 0.50% 0.5%
BoE QE Total   375bln GB 375bln GB 375bln GB
ECB Rate Decision ECB Rate Decision Chart 0.50% 0.50% 0.5%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 343k 345k 326k
PMI Manufacturing   52.4 52
ISM Manufacturing PMI ISM Manufacturing PMI Chart 50.9 52.0 55.4

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Aggreko, Clean Air Power, Communisis, EKF Diagnostics Holdings, Epistem Holding, Investec, Laird, Lloyds Banking Group, Management Consulting Group, Phoenix IT Group, Promethean World, Rathbone Bros, Robert Walters, RPS Group, RSA Insurance Group, Smith & Nephew, Spirent Communications, Theo Fennell, Thomas Cook Group, Turbo Power Sys, PubMatic
Flag of the USA
Ameren Corp, American International Group, Apache Corp, Apt Inv Manage, Avon Products, Beazer Homes, Becton Dickinsn, Cardinal Hlth, CenterPoint Energy, Chesapeake Energy, Cigna Corp, Clorox Co, Conocophillips (All Sessions), Consol Edison, CVR Energy, Exxon Mobil (All Sessions), Fluor Corp, Baillie Gifford Japan Trust, Fortress Invest, General Motors (All Sessions), HCA Inc, Hercules Technology Growth, Iron Mountain Incorporated, ITT Corp, Kellogg Co, Kodiak Oil and Gas, Linkedin, Marathon Petroleum, Mohawk Inds, Monster Worldwide, Nu Skin Enterprises, NY Times, Ocwen Financial, Parker Drilling, Perkinelmer, Petrohawk Energy, PPL Corp, Procter & Gamble (All Sessions), Public Storage , Quanta Services, Qwest Communications, Sally Beauty Holdings, Scana Corporation, Southwestern Energy, Teco Energy, Teradata Corporation, Tesoro Corp, Time Warner Cable, Vulcan Materials, Walter Energy, Weightwatchers, Western Refining, WPX Energy, Xcel Energy

Friday 02 August

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart 1.6% 1.6% +1.2%
PPI Quarter on Quarter PPI Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.3% 0.6% +0.1%
House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) House Price Index Month on Month (Nationwide) Chart 0.3% 0.4% 0.8%
House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) House Price Index Year on Year (Nationwide) Chart 1.9% 3.1% 3.9%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -0.3% 0.0% 0.0%
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -0.1% 0.3% 0.3%
PCE Core Price Index Month on Month PCE Core Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.1% 0.1% +0.2%
Non-Farm Payrolls Non-Farm Payrolls Chart 195k 184k +162k
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 7.6% 7.5% 7.4%
Average Earnings Average Earnings Chart 0.4% 0.2% -0.1%
PCE Price Index Month on Month PCE Price Index Month on Month Chart 0.1% +0.4%
PCE Core Price Index Year on Year PCE Core Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.1% +1.2%
Personal Income Month on Month Personal Income Month on Month Chart 0.5% 0.4% +0.3%
Personal Spending Real Month on Month Personal Spending Real Month on Month Chart 0.2% +0.1%
PCE Price Index Year on Year PCE Price Index Year on Year Chart 1.0% +1.3%
Factory Orders Factory Orders Chart 2.1% 2.3% +1.5%

Corporate Statements

Flag of Great Britain
Direct Line Insurance Group, Fiberweb, Inmarsat, JPMorgan American IT, MAN Group, Rexam, Royal Bank Of Scotland Group, Vesuvius, William Hill
Flag of the USA
Alliant Energy Corp, Autonation Inc, Berkshire Hathaway Class A, Blyth, Inc., Cablevision Systems, Chevron (All Sessions), Eaton Vance, Host Hotels & Resorts, Pinnacl West Cap, Sealed Air Cp, Ultra Petroleum Corp, Washington Post Co

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