星期二, 九月 22

US Richmond business confidence lower on current conditions

US: Richmond Fed manufacturing (Sept.): -2 vs 2 expected (prior: 4)

  • Business sentiment has decreased over the month about current conditions.
  • Opinions have declined on orders, shipments and current business; the 6-month index has increased further (index from 26 prior month to 33), on higher shipments and stable (at high level) new orders.
  • Prices received and paid remained on the rise in the short run.

 

Poland: Retail sales (Aug.): -0.3% m/m vs 0.6% expected (prior: 2.2%)

  • Sales have decreased in real terms, driven lower by falling sales of autos, and pharma products.
  • On the opposite, sales were on the rise for fuels, clothes and household goods.
  • Yearly trend remained sustained, up by 3.8% y/y (3.9% y/y prior month).

 

Turkey: Consumer confidence (Sept.): 91.9 (prior: 90.8)

  • Consumer confidence has slightly gained over the month; opinions were better oriented on personal finances, global economy and unemployment.
  • Views on future purchases have slightly improved over the month.
星期一, 九月 21

Swiss M3 monetary aggregate remained on moderate growth trend

Switzerland: M3 (Aug.): 3.5% y/y (prior: 3.4% revised from 3.3%)

  • M1 growth has slowed down from 6.4% y/y the prior month to 6.3%, and M2 from 4.2% to 4.0% y/y.
  • Sight deposits continued to increase while time deposits have declined further over the month.

 

Turkey: Industrial confidence (Sept.): 102.5 (prior: 102.4)

  • Business confidence has slightly gained over the month.
  • Opinions were more positive on orders, employment and global business; on the opposite, views on exports and capex have decreased from the prior month.
星期五, 九月 18

UK retail sales rebounded

US: Industrial production (Aug): 0.0% m/m vs 0.3% expected (prior: 0.2%)

  • US industrial production was unchanged in August, as a 0.3% decline in manufacturing offset gains in mining activity and utilities.
  • The manufacturing weakness was concentrated in durable goods, whose output fell 0.5% amid broad-based declines across categories. Nondurable-goods production was flat.

 

UK: Retail sales (Aug): 0.5% m/m vs -0.2% expected (prior: -0.5%)

  • UK retail sales rebounded despite rising energy bills, as stronger spending on clothing, food and household goods more than offset a decline in fuel sales.
  • So far, British consumers have continued to spend through the energy shock, buoyed by favorable weather, healthy savings buffers and government support. Household confidence also rose after Labor took office, according to a GFK survey conducted in August.
  • That optimism may soon fade. The BoE has signaled that further interest-rate increases could be necessary, while Burnham’s new autumn budget is expected to be “challenging”.

 

Germany: PPI (Aug): 1.1% m/m vs 0.6% expected (prior: 1.1%)

  • German producer-price inflation accelerated, driven mainly by rising energy prices.
星期四, 九月 17

BoE on hold, as expected

US: Initial jobless claims (Sept. 12): 196k vs 207k expected (prior: 206k)

  • Continuing claims: 1730 k after 1769 k prior week.

 

US: Housing starts (Aug.): 1275k vs 1320k expected (prior: 1309k revised from 1239k)

  • Building permits have decreased from 1433 k the prior month to 1394 k.
  • Housing starts have declined over the month for multi-family houses while data for single-family houses have rebounded.
  • Building permits have decreased in the two sectors.

 

US: Philadelphia Fed. (Sept.): 37.8 vs 32.1 expected (prior: 47.4)

  • Business confidence has decreased after a large rebound the prior month.
  • Opinions have decreased on current conditions on new orders and employment while prices remained on a sharp rise.
  • The 6-month index has also decreased over the month, driven lower by new orders and shipments; contrary to current conditions, prices and employment were positively oriented.

 

US: Pending home sales (Aug.): 0.3% m/m vs -0.1% expected (prior: -2.6% revised from -2.3%)

  • Sales were modestly up but with a large contrast across districts: Northeast and Midwest districts have contracted further while South and West districts have rebounded over the month.

 

Switzerland: Trade balance (Aug.): 5.61 Bn CHF (prior: 8.09 Bn)

  • Real exports were down by 8.6% m/m after 11.2% m/m the prior month; real imports were down by 3.1% m/m after -1.5% m/m the prior month.

 

Eurozone: CPI (Aug.): 0.4% m/m as expected (prior: 0.2%)

  • Final data confirmed the monthly rebound in inflation.
  • Energy prices were mainly responsible for this, being up by 2.9% m/m after 2.7% m/m prior month.
  • Good prices were up by 0.6% m/m after -2.2% m/m prior month, while services remained flat.
  • Core inflation was up by 0.2% m/m after being flat the prior month; once again, these data confirmed no passthrough from energy to other major sectors.
  • Yearly trend has accelerated from 2.9% y/y prior month to 3.2 % y/y (3.3% in first estimate), and core inflation has slightly declined from 2.5% to 2.4% y/y.

 

UK: BoE maintained key rates at 3.75% as expected.

  • The bank voted by majority of 6-3 in favor of stable rates. Nevertheless, risks on inflation have increased due to the crisis on the Middle East, rising commodity prices and already high inflation.
  • As seen in other central banks comments, the BoE mentioned the longer the conflict lasts, the probability of higher passthrough from energy to domestic prices and wages increases. In parallel, activity was stronger than expected and labor remained in a soft spot.
  • The bank mentioned it is ready to hike in the face of energy pressures and higher inflation, opening the door to a rate hike in next November or December meeting. 
  • The bank has reduced its QT program and changed the process in favor of a multi year mechanism.
星期三, 九月 16

Stronger than expected US retail sales

US: Retail sales (Aug.): 1.2% m/m vs 0.8% expected (prior: -0.5% revised from -0.6%)

  • Sales were stronger than expected; all major sectors have rebounded over the month. Gasoil sales were stronger, but also reflecting higher prices, while sales via internet, restaurants and autos sales were also higher.
  • Core sales (excluding food, gasoline, autos and building materials) were up by 1.4% m/m after -0.4% m/m the prior month.
  • Despite weakening confidence and worries about inflation, consumption remained sustained.

 

US: NAHB housing market index (Sept.): 32 vs 34 expected (prior: 35)

  • Confidence in housing remained on a weakening trend after the rebound seen in May-June.
  • Over the month, opinions about current and future sales have decreased.

 

US: Business inventories (July): 0.8% m/m as expected (prior: 0.1% revised from 0%)

  • Inventories have increased by 0.8% m/m for manufacturers and up by 0.8% m/m in retailers.
  • Total sales were up by 0.3% m/m.

 

Eurozone: Industrial production (July): -0.1% m/m vs -0.2% expected (prior: -0.1% revised from 0%)

  • Industrial activity has sharply decreased due to large fall in non-durable consumer goods (-1.6% m/m after 1.8% m/m prior month).
  • Other sectors have shown a monthly rise in a decent 0.5%-0.9% m/m.

 

Italy: CPI (Aug.): 0.1% m/m as expected (prior: -0.9%)

  • Prices of clothes have sharply decreased over the month and prices of hotels-restaurants also decreased.
  • Costs of energy, transport and communication were on the rise.
  • Yearly trend has rebounded from 1.7% y/y prior month to 3.2% y/y.

 

Sweden: Unemployment rate (Aug.): 8.9% vs 8.6% expected (prior: 8.6%)

  • Unemployed has increased over the month.

 

UK: CPI (Aug.): 0.5% m/m as expected (prior: 0.3%)

  • The monthly rebound was due to rising energy prices (3.8% m/m after 1.9% m/m prior month), transport and food.
  • Prices of holidays and autos were down over the month. Services were up by 0.2% m/m after 0.6% m/m prior month Core inflation was up by 0.3% m/m after 0.2% m/m prior month.
  • As seen prior month, there is no obvious spillover form energy to core inflation
  • Yearly trend has accelerated as expected to 3.1% y/y from 2.9% y/y prior month; core inflation remained stable at 2.6% y/y.

 

UK: PPI Input prices (Aug.): 0.3% m/m vs 0.4% expected (prior: -0.8% revised from -1.7%)

  • Yearly trend has re-accelerated from 5.8% y/y prior month to 6.1% y/y.

 

UK: PPI Output prices (Aug.): 0.7% m/m vs 0.5% expected (prior: 0.4% revised from 0.2%)

  • The monthly rebound has been driven by costs of energy.
  • Yearly trend has accelerated from 3.3% y/y prior month to 3.7% y/y.