Market Analysis

Economic Diary:
Week Commencing 06/05/24


Monday 06 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PMI Services   54.6 54.0 54.3
PMI Services   50.5 50.5 51.3
PMI Services   53.3 53.3 53.2
PMI Services   52.9 52.9 53.3
PMI Composite   51.4 51.4 51.7
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -8.3% -7.7% -7.8%
PPI Month on Month PPI Month on Month Chart -1.0% -0.4% -0.4%

Tuesday 07 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales (Office for National Stats) Retail Sales (Office for National Stats) Chart 3.2% -4.4%
RBA Cash Rate RBA Cash Rate Chart 4.35% 4.35% 4.35%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart 21.4Bln EU 22.2Bln EU +22.3Bln EU
House Price Index UK (Halifax) House Price Index UK (Halifax) Chart -1.0% 0.1%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -5.244Bln EU -5.473Bln EU
Retail Sales Month on Month Retail Sales Month on Month Chart -0.5% 0.7% +0.8%
Retail Sales Year on Year Retail Sales Year on Year Chart -0.7% -0.2% +0.7%

Wednesday 08 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart 2.1% -0.6% -0.4%
Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Retail Sales Year on Year (nsa) Chart 2.40% 2.00%
Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Retail Sales Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.10% 0.0%
EIA Weekly Crude Oil Stocks   7.265Mln -1.066Mln -1.362Mln

Thursday 09 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
MPC Vote For Rate Unchanged   8 7
MPC Vote For Rate Hike   0 0
MPC Vote For Rate Cut   1 2
BoE Rate Decision BoE Rate Decision Chart 5.25% 5.25%
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 208k 215k 231k

Friday 10 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart 1.1% -0.4% 0.2%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -14.212Bln GB -14.400Bln GB -13.967Bln GB
GDP Prelim Year on Year   -0.2% 0.0% 0.2%
Trade Balance Non-EU Trade Balance Non-EU Chart -2.895Bln GB -3.811Bln GB
Industrial Production Year on Year Industrial Production Year on Year Chart 1.4% 0.3% 0.5%
Manufacturing Output Year on Year Manufacturing Output Year on Year Chart 2.7% 1.8% 2.3%
Manufacturing Output Month on Month Manufacturing Output Month on Month Chart 1.2% -0.4% 0.3%
GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter GDP Prelim Quarter on Quarter Chart -0.3% 0.4% 0.6%
Industrial Production Year on Year (wda) Industrial Production Year on Year (wda) Chart -3.1% -3.5%
Industrial Production Month on Month (sa) Industrial Production Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.1% 0.3% -0.5%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 6.1% 6.2% 6.1%

Saturday 11 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
PPI Year on Year PPI Year on Year Chart -2.8% -2.3% -2.5%
CPI Month on Month (China) CPI Month on Month (China) Chart -1.0% -0.1% +0.1%

Tuesday 14 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Average Weekly Earnings 3 Month Year on Year Chart 5.6% 5.5%
Unemployment Rate (ILO) Unemployment Rate (ILO) Chart 4.2% 4.3%
Claimant Count Unemployment Change Claimant Count Unemployment Change Chart 10.9k
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 2.2% 2.2%
ZEW Current Conditions ZEW Current Conditions Chart -79.2 -75.0
ZEW Economic sentiment ZEW Economic sentiment Chart 42.9 46.3
PPI Final Demand Month on Month PPI Final Demand Month on Month Chart 0.2% 0.3%
PPI excl Food and Energy MM PPI excl Food and Energy MM Chart 0.2% 0.2%
PPI Core Year on Year PPI Core Year on Year Chart 2.1% 2.2%

Wednesday 15 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 2.4% 2.4%
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart 0.6% 0.6%
Industrial Production Month on Month   0.8% -0.2%
Industrial Production Year on Year Industrial Production Year on Year Chart -6.4% -1.8%
GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter GDP Flash Estimate Quarter on Quarter Chart 0.3% 0.3%
GDP Flash estimate Year on Year   0.4% 0.4%
House Starts Annualized House Starts Annualized Chart 242.2k 236.0k
Retail Sales Month on Month   0.7% 0.4%
CPI Month on Month (sa) CPI Month on Month (sa) Chart 0.4% 0.4%
CPI Year on Year (nsa) CPI Year on Year (nsa) Chart 3.5% 3.4%
Retail Sales Ex-Auto Month on Month   1.1% 0.2%
Business Inventories Month on Month Business Inventories Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.0%
EIA Weekly Crude Oil Stocks   -1.362Mln

Thursday 16 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
GDP Quarter on Quarter   0.1% -0.4%
Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate Chart 3.8% 3.9%
Industrial Production Revised Industrial Production Revised Chart 3.8%
CPI Final Year on Year   1.0% 1.0%
CPI Final Month on Month   0.6% 0.6%
Trade Balance Trade Balance Chart -0.851Bln EU
Philadelphia Fed Business Index Philadelphia Fed Business Index Chart 15.5 8.0
Housing Starts Housing Starts Chart 1.321Mln 1.420Mln
Weekly Jobless Claims Weekly Jobless Claims Chart 231k 219k
Industrial Production Month on Month Industrial Production Month on Month Chart 0.4% 0.1%

Friday 17 May

Indicator Previous Expected Actual
Retail Sales Retail Sales Chart 3.1% 3.9%
ILO Unemployment Rate ILO Unemployment Rate Chart 7.5% 7.4%
CPI Final Month on Month CPI Final Month on Month Chart 0.8% 0.6%
CPI Final Year on Year CPI Final Year on Year Chart 2.4% 2.4%

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