EFTA Document EFTA01385279

3 January 2018 HY Corporate Credit HY Multi Sector.Media, Cable & Satellite 2018 Outlook Residential Construction: R&R and New Residential Residential R&R Market Outlook: Backdrop Remains Solid, We Expect Another Strong Year With Growth Above LT Trend at -.5% In our 2017 one-stop Outlook we forecasted that the R&R market would grow at 4-5%. According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) of Harvard University's Leading Indicator of Remodeling Activity (LIRA), the R&R market is projected to end 4Q17 at S315bn, an increase of about 6.3% y/y, slightly ahead of our estimate. LTM at 3O17 was +6.4% and we doubt there will be any surprises in 4Q17 once it is trued-up with actual data. Based on the LIRA's more robust construction methodology we think this is a better proxy for residential R&R activity relative to the Home Improvement series published by the U.S. Census Bureau and calculated by taking total residential spending less new construction spending to derive R&R spending. In its latest release the JCHS estimates that R&R market growth will accelerate in 2018 (from 6.4% in 4O17) to 7.7% in 3O18 on a rolling 12 month basis. We tend to agree with JCHS's assessment that the R&R market is likely to see another strong year above its longer-term growth rate average of 4% (2000 - present). Therefore, we are estimating growth of about 5% for R&R overall. Furthermore, we think with the recent storms (Hurricane Harvey and Irma) will be additive in 2018 to the overall market, another underlying force which could drive outperformance versus 2017. Investors should keep an eye on some of the recent tax reform legislation making its way through Congress and how that could impact housing, in general. We briefly discuss the issue in our residential new construction outlook below. During DB's 2017 Building Conference (held 12/7/17), DB's Building Product Team (Nishu Sot* Tim Daley, and Spencer Kaufman) presented a series of correlation statistics during their presentation titled State of the U.S. Construction industry for various drivers as they relate to home improvement spending (replicated below), correlation coefficients and lags. The full presentation by the team can be found via this link: 2017 Building Conference: State of the US Construction Markets. Figure i Drivers Of Home I rnptovement Spending Driver Correlation Coefficient Correlation Lag GDP House Price Index Leading Economic Index Remodeling Permits Housing Starts Existing Home Sales 0.8422 0.8184 0.7325 0.7885 0.7436 0.7478 1O 1O 1O 4O 4O 5C1 :PAW On: Me Peat 04r.rld JCRS What we find encouraging is that many the above indicators remain positive and are likely to accelerate into 2018. For example, according to Bloomberg, GDP continues to accelerate with 2017 expected to be +2.2% y/y (from 1.5% y/y in 2016) followed by +2.5% y/y in 2018. Housing starts (at a four quarter lag) should accelerate into 2018 +6% y/y. versus 2017. Also an important driver is housing prices, which, if one looks at the S&P CoreLogic Case-Schiller U.S. National Home Price Index, is now reading 196, about 6% higher than the prior cycle peak in 2006. Page 4 Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) CONFIDENTIAL DB-SDNY-0086563 SDNY_GM_00232747 EFTA01385279