10/06/2016. Fundamental Analysis

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1 10/06/2016 Fundamental Analysis

2 Major events this week (June 7-10) Friday, June 10, 2016 Day/Time (GMT) Flag Currency Event Period Actual Forecast Previous MONDAY 06:00 am EUR German Factory Orders MoM April -2.0% -0.6% 2.6% 16:30 pm US Fed Chair Yellen Speaks TUESDAY 4:30 am AUD RBA Rate Statement 1.75% 1.75% 1.75% 9:00 am EUR Gross Domestic Product (YoY) Q1 Quarter 1.7% 1.5% 1.5% 12:30 pm USD Revised Nonfarm Productivity Q1 Quarter -0.6% -0.6% -1.0% 23:50 pm JPY Final GDP (QoQ) Q1 Quarter 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% WEDNESDAY 3:13 am CNY Trade Balance May $49.90B $55.80B $45.56B 8:30 am GBP Manufacturing Production (MoM) April 2.3% 0.0% 0.1% 3:00 pm US US Crude Oil Inventories June M M M 21:00 pm NZD RBNZ Rate Statement 2.25% 2.25% 2.25% THURSDAY 1:30 am CNY PPI YoY May -2.8% -3.3% -3.4% 06:00 pm EUR German Trade Balance April 24.0B 23.0B 23.7B 12:30 pm USD Unemployment Claims June 3 264K 270K 267K FRIDAY 13:30 pm CAD Unemployment Rate May 7.1% 15:00 pm USA Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment 94.7

3 Key highlights of the week ended June 3 Euro zone The European Central Bank revealed no surprises regarding interest rate decision as all three main interest rates left on hold, in line with majority of economists' expectations. The central bank's main interest rate, remains at a record low of 0%, while the deposit rate, in turn, will stay at minus 0.4%, indicating that commercial banks continue to pay to park funds with the central bank overnight. The market posted minimal reaction to the following news and was mostly concentrated on President Draghi's press conference. During the ECB President press conference it was revealed that there is willingness to take further action if inflation doesn't pick up decisively, however the need for patience is necessary as previously announced stimulus measures take effect. Also, it was stressed out that Central bank would start its corporate bond purchase programme on June 8 and would conduct its first operation in its new series of targeted loans on June 22. Australia Australia's economic growth boomed past expectations in the first quarter with the annual pace speeding to its fastest in three years, a result that could keep the central bank on hold at its policy meeting next week. Gross domestic product grew a seasonally adjusted 1.1% in the three months to the end of March, exceeding market expectations for a 0.8% gain in the first quarter, due to a strong pick-up in resources and services exports. On an annual basis, GDP grew 3.1%, above economists' consensus estimate for 2.8% growth and defying fears that Australia would be hit by slowing growth in China, its biggest trading partner. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the major drivers of growth during the quarter came from exports and household final consumption expenditure, which contributed 1.0 and 0.5 percentage points respectively. Combined with a marginal fall in imports, net exports contribute a whopping 1.1 percentage points to growth during the quarter. These gains were partially offset by weaker public gross fixed capital formation, which shaved 0.4 percentage points from the number. UK Industry data showed that manufacturing activity in the United Kingdom narrowly expanded in May, slightly beating analysts' expectations for it to remain in contraction for a second month. In a report, market research group Markit stated that UK manufacturing PMI increased to a seasonally adjusted 50.1 last month from a reading of 49.4 in April, which had been the first contraction in three years and was revised up from an initial figure of 49.2, while analysts forecasted the index to advance to 49.6 in May. US According to the latest Labour Department release, the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits unexpectedly dropped last week to a five week low, pointing to a tightening jobs market. The data for the previous week showed that 267,000 individuals filed new jobless claims. The following data revealed a decline of 1,000 claims from the prior week's level of 268,000. Friday, June 10, 2016

4 Friday, June 10, 2016 EUR While Germany is again exporting more to its eurozone peers, the fact that the trade surplus vis-à-vis the eurozone is widening suggests that stronger domestic demand in Germany is not necessarily benefitting the rest of the eurozone. - Carsten Brzeski, ING Impact German trade balance registered a record surplus High For the previous month, Germany s trade balance advanced unexpectedly. According to the Federal Statistics office, Germany recorded a headline of 25.6bn euros for April from 21.8bn euros in April The seasonally-adjusted surplus increased to 24bn euros from a revised 23.7bn euros in May, compared with an expected decline for the month. Moreover, the adjusted surplus was at a record high and will resume supporting the single European currency. The overall German current account surplus expanded to 93.9 billion euros for the first quarter of 2016 from 79.8 billion euros the previous year despite a slight widening in the services deficit. Meanwhile, analysts had expected Germany s trade balance to plunge to 23bn euros last month. Meanwhile, German exports went up by 3.8% in April compared to the same month a year ago, while imports remained nearly unchanged and as a result have led to a wider trade balance for Europe s most powerful economy. Overall, German exporters have strong global position on competitiveness grounds, which will continue to underpin the trade surplus in the short term. Moreover, the surplus will also make it challenging for the ECB to push the Euro substantially weaker even taking into account the quantitative easing programme. Trends* Q3 16 Q4 16 Q1 16 MAX % percentile Median % percentile MIN * the data is based on international banks forecasts S&P/ASX 200 Index % open price , close price % change S&P/ASX GBP/USD 300 Index % 5, % EUR/GBP % GBP/CAD % GBP/JPY %

5 Friday, June 10, 2016 USD These data appear comforting in the light of the slowing in payrolls, but claims often are a not a reliable guide to employment in the early stage of a downturn, because the first thing firms do when demand falters is slow the pace of hiring, rather than start firing. Accordingly, right now we are more interested in hiring indicators than claims. - Ian Shepherdson, Pantheon Macroeconomics Impact Jobless Claims in US unexpectedly fell to 264,000 High First-time jobless claims unexpectedly dropped during the last week while the number of Americans already receiving benefits declined to an almost 16-year low, pointing to sustained strength in the labour market. According, to the US Labour Department, the initial claims for state unemployment benefits declined 4,000 slipping to a seasonally adjusted 264,000 for the week ended June 4. Moreover, this drop is below the consensus of economists who expected the number to rise to 270,000. This was a welcome bit of news after last week s cluster munch. Despite, the May s hiring slowdown, now data is below the 300,000 mark, already for 66 straight weeks, showing the longest streak since However, still, the hiring slowdown shows a sluggish US economy. Moreover, the US growth came in at an annual rate of 1.4% from October through December and 0.8% from January through March. Moreover, a strong Greenback has hurt American exporters by making their products more expensive overseas, while low oil and natural gas prices have forced energy companies to slash investment. Overall, the report indicates companies remain reluctant to reduce headcounts even after figures last week showed May was the worst month for hiring in almost six years. Trends* Q3 16 Q4 16 Q1 16 MAX % percentile Median % percentile MIN * the data is based on international banks forecasts S&P/ASX 200 Index % open price , open price % change S&P/ASX AUD/USD 300 Index % 5, % USD/CHF % USD/JPY % NZD/USD %

6 Friday, June 10, 2016 CHY The main takeaway is that deflation pressure in the industry has changed rapidly due to higher commodity prices. We expect producer price deflation to be over for now and see moderate inflation at the producer level. It has little implication for monetary policy, which is currently guided mainly by economic activity. -Danske Bank Impact Chinese PPI increases for the third straight month High According to the data published earlier on Thursday Chinese inflation is experiencing continuing increase in producer prices during the previous month. The officials shows, PPI advanced 0.5% on a monthly basis in May, posting the third monthly increase, thus pushing the annual rate up to -2.8 %, consensus was at -3.2% on the yearly basis from -3.4% in April. Meanwhile, Chinese producer prices are mainly affected by commodity prices while current increase in the following data PPI is a simple reflection of higher metal prices at the beginning of current year. Moreover, the advance of producer inflation is positive for industrial profits which are now forecasted to have remained positive in May. The CPI inflation released on the same day, in turn, surprised on the downside in May, slipping to 2.0% on the yearly pace, from 2.3% in April. This data, was influenced by lower food prices, since inflation in vegetable prices has accelerated. Inflation excluding food was unchanged and remained at 1.1%. The official CPI rate went up to 2% in the 12 months through May, down sharply from 2.3% in April. In the meantime, on Wednesday markets confirmed that the country s exports dropped in May for the third time in four months, confirming that major global economy continue to suffer from weak demand. Trends* Q3 16 Q4 16 Q1 16 MAX % percentile Median % percentile MIN * the data is based on international banks forecasts S&P/ASX 200 Index % open price , close price % change S&P/ASX AUD/NZD 300 Index % 5, % EUR/NZD % GBP/NZD % NZD/USD %

7 Major events of the previous week (May 30 June 3) Friday, June 10, 2016 Day/Time (GMT) Flag Currency Event Period Actual Forecast Previous MONDAY Tentative EUR German Prelim CPI April 0.3% 0.3% -0.4% 12:30 pm CAD Current Account (Q1) Quarter B -17.4B -15.7B TUESDAY 1:30 am AUD Building Approvals (MoM) April 3.0% -3.1% 2.9% 6:00 am EUR Unemployment Rate April 10.2% 10.2% 10.2% 12:30 pm CAD Canadian GDP (QoQ) Quarter 1 2.4% 2.9% 0.5% 2:00 pm USD Consumer Confidence May WEDNESDAY 1:30 am AUD Australian GDP (Q1) Quarter 1 1.1% 0.8% 0.7% 8:30 am GBP UK Manufacturing PMI May :00 pm USD ISM Manufacturing PMI May THURSDAY 1:30 am AUD Retail Sales (MoM) April 0.2% 0.3% 0.4% 1:30 am AUD Trade Balance April -1.58B -2.11B -2.16B 8:30 pm GBP Construction PMI May :30 pm USD Initial Jobless Claims May 267K 271K 268K FRIDAY 8:30 am GBP Services PMI May :30 pm USD Unemployment Rate May 4.7% 4.9% 5.0% 12:30 pm USD Nonfarm Payrolls May 38K 170K 160K

8 EXPLANATIONS Chart SMA (55) Simple Moving Average of 55 periods SMA (200) Simple Moving Average of 200 periods Forecasts Third Quartile separates 25% of the highest forecasts Second Quartile the median price based on the projections of the industry First Quartile separates 25% of the lowest forecasts

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