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Key Data Preview<br />

Chart 7: US Consumer Confidence<br />

Source: Reuters EcoWin Pro<br />

Sep (f) Aug 2H Sep p Aug<br />

Conference Board 52.0 53.5<br />

Michigan Sentiment 67.3 68.0 66.6 68.9<br />

<strong>BNP</strong> Paribas Forecast: Still Sluggish<br />

US: Consumer Confidence (September)<br />

Release Date: Tuesday 28 September<br />

The Conference Board Index of Consumer Confidence is<br />

expected to edge down to 52.0 in August after improving<br />

1.5 points to 53.5 in the previous month. The University of<br />

Michigan index of consumer confidence declined in the<br />

beginning of September to 66.6 from 68.9, the lowest<br />

reading for more than a year. Leading the decline, future<br />

conditions dropped to 59.1, the lowest reading since March<br />

2009, suggesting consumers are becoming pessimistic<br />

about future business prospects, jobs and family income.<br />

Recent weakness is particularly worrying as the stock<br />

market has rebounded significantly from its May/June<br />

crash, oil prices have been stable and corporate earnings<br />

reports have been upbeat about Q2 results (which have<br />

generally beat analysts’ estimates). We expect the<br />

recovery to continue and payrolls to keep growing,<br />

although at a moderate pace. Therefore, we should see<br />

confidence stabilise at current depressed levels.<br />

Key Point:<br />

The Conference Board Index of consumer<br />

confidence is expected to edge down in September.<br />

Source: Reuters EcoWin Pro<br />

Chart 8: German CoL<br />

% Sep (f) Aug Jul Jun<br />

CoL m/m -0.2 0.0 0.3 0.1<br />

CoL y/y 1.2 1.0 1.2 0.9<br />

HICP m/m -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0<br />

HICP y/y 1.3 1.0 1.2 0.8<br />

Key Point:<br />

Energy price base effects should help drive headline<br />

inflation higher in September.<br />

<strong>BNP</strong> Paribas Forecast: Energy Base Effects<br />

Germany: CoL (September, preliminary)<br />

Release Date: Tuesday 28 September<br />

In August, energy price base effects pushed down inflation<br />

despite stronger food and core inflation. In September,<br />

energy base effects will be in play once again. A 1.5% m/m<br />

decline in energy prices last September will not be<br />

repeated this month, mechanically pushing energy inflation<br />

higher.<br />

Food inflation should also rise further on the month. The<br />

boost from food price base effects is now past, but we<br />

should increasingly begin to see pass-through from the<br />

recent soft commodity price shock to food prices in the<br />

coming months.<br />

Core inflation should creep higher on modest gains in<br />

clothing and non-energy transport price inflation, though<br />

rounded it should remain at 0.6%.<br />

Looking beyond August, German headline inflation is likely<br />

to trend higher over the remainder of the year, but is not<br />

expected to rise above 2%. Core inflation is likely to remain<br />

subdued, although with consumption in Germany gaining<br />

momentum, we do not expect the discount to the euro area<br />

average to continue for long.<br />

Market Economics 23 September 2010<br />

Market Mover<br />

57<br />

www.GlobalMarkets.bnpparibas.com

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