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Thursday's Main Events - 18 May 2017

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Companies Reporting

Bloomberg estimates ex-divs to take 20pts off the UK 100 index tomorrow (link)

UK COMPANIES US COMPANIES EU COMPANIES
3i Alibaba Merk KGaA
Balfour Beatty Wal-Mart Iliad
Booker Ralph Lauren
Burberry Gap
Cineworld Autodesk
Dairy Crest Salesforce.com
Experian
Greggs
Hargreaves Lansdown
Investec
Land Securities
Marstons
Mothercare
National Grid
Rank Group
Royal Mail
SSP Group
Thomas Cook

Macro Economic Data

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TIME COUNTRY DATA ACTUAL CONSENSUS PRIOR
00:50 JAPAN GDP (SA) (QOQ) (Q1 P)  0.5% 0.5% 0.3%
GDP ANNUALISED (SA) (QOQ) (Q1 P)  2.2% 1.7% 1.4% R+
GDP NOMINAL (SA) (QOQ) (Q1 P)  0.0% 0.1% 0.4%
GDP DEFLATOR (YOY) (Q1 P)  -0.8% -0.7% 0.0% R+
02:00 AUSTRALIA CONSUMER INFLATION EXPECTS (MAY)  4.0% 4.1%
02:30 AUSTRALIA EMPLOYMENT CHANGE (APR)  37.4K 5.0K 60.9K
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (APR)  5.7% 5.9% 5.9%
CHINA PROPERTY PRICES (APR)  10.7%  –  11.3%
06:30 FRANCE ILO UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (Q1)  9.6% 10.0% 10.0%
MAINLAND UNEMPLOYMENT CHANGE (Q1) -31K
ILO MAINLAND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (Q1)  9.3% 9.6% 9.7%
09:30 U.K RETAIL SALES EX FUEL (MOM) (APR)  2.0% 1.0% -1.5%
RETAIL SALES EX FUEL (YOY) (APR)  4.5% 2.6% 2.6%
RETAIL SALES INCL FUEL (MOM) (APR)  2.3% 1.1% -1.8%
RETAIL SALES INCL. FUEL (YOY) (APR)  4.0% 2.2% 1.7%
13:30 U.S.A INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS (MAY 13)  232K 240K 236K
CONTINUING CLAIMS (MAY 6)  1898K 1960K 1918K
PHILLY FED BUS OUTLOOK (MAY)  38.8 18.8 22.0
15:00 U.S.A LEADING INDEX (APR)  0.3% 0.3% 0.4%

Speeches / Events

TIME COUNTRY SPEECH / EVENT / REPORT
08:50 E/ZONE ECB’S MERSCH SPEAKS
12:30 E/ZONE ECB MONETARY POLICY MEETING MINUTES
13:30 E/ZONE ECB’S MERSCH SPEAKS
13:45 E/ZONE ECB’S LAUTENSCHLAEGER SPEAKS
13:50 E/ZONE ECB’S NOWOTNY SPEAKS
17:30 GERMANY CHANCELLOR MERKEL SPEAKS
18:00 E/ZONE ECB PRESIDENT DRAGHI SPEAKS
18:15 U.S.A FED’S MESTER SPEAKS
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