October 2016 cable raw materials (aluminum) monthly report

1.
China's September PPI was 0.
1% year-on-year, -0.
3% expected, -0.
8%
prior.
China's September PPI was 0.
5% m/m vs 0.
2%
prior.
China's PPI unexpectedly turned positive in September, ending a 54-month streak of year-on-year declines and turning negative to positive
for the first time since March 2012.

2.
China's GDP in the third quarter was 6.
7% year-on-year, 6.
7% expected, and 6.
7%
in the previous month.
China's third-quarter GDP was 1.
8% month-on-month, 1.
8% expected, and 1.
8%
in the previous month.
China's GDP in the first three quarters of this year was 6.
7% year-on-year, 6.
7% expected, and 6.
7%
in the previous month.

3.
The annualized quarterly preliminary value of real GDP in the third quarter of the United States was 2.
9%, the fastest growth rate in the third quarter of 2014, expected to be 2.
6%, and the previous value was 1.
4%.

U.
S.
personal consumption expenditures (PCE) in the third quarter were 2.
1% annualized quarter-on-quarter versus 2.
6% expected and 4.
3%
prior.
The preliminary GDP deflator for the third quarter of the United States was 1.
5%, 1.
4% expected, and 2.
3%
previously.
The core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index in the United States for the third quarter was 1.
7% annualized quarter-on-quarter preliminary versus 1.
6% expected and 1.
8%
previously.

4.
Eurozone September CPI year-on-year final value of 0.
4%, expected 0.
4%, preliminary value 0.
4%.

Eurozone core CPI for September was 0.
8% y/y final versus 0.
8% expected and 0.
8%
preliminary reading.
Eurozone CPI September 0.
4% m/m vs 0.
4% expected vs.
0.
1%
prior.

5.
Eurozone October CPI was 0.
5% year-on-year, 0.
5% expected, and 0.
4%
previously.
Eurozone core CPI for October came in at 0.
8% y/y versus 0.
8% expected and 0.
8%
prior.
Eurozone GDP for the third quarter was 0.
3% q/q vs.
0.
3% expected and 0.
3%
prior.
Eurozone GDP in the third quarter was 1.
6% year-on-year preliminary and 1.
6% expected, and 1.
6%
in the previous month.