Econ Calendar

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: Friday morning’s pre-open Employment Situation report is essentially released in a vacuum, which has become less common. So, its effect on price action can be more significant. The post-open reports aren’t reliable for influencing price action on their own, but any reaction should duplicate the pre-open report’s reaction.

*Employment Situation
8:30 AM ET

International Trade
8:30 AM ET

PMI Services Index
9:45 AM ET

ISM Non-Mfg Index
10:00 AM ET

Baker-Hughes Rig Count
1:00 PM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: Thursday’s calendar is busy, and high-profile, but none of its items are reliably influential to price action. The post-open Factory Orders could either reinforce or diverge from Wednesday’s PMI blowout, but its relevance is limited AFTER the FOMC meeting.

Bank of England policy statement
7:00 AM ET

Challenger Job-Cut Report
7:30 AM ET

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

Factory Orders
10:00 AM ET

EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM ET

Fed Balance Sheet
4:30 PM ET

Money Supply
4:30 PM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: It’s FOMC day, but also payrolls week, so jobs data take a higher profile. The pre-open ADP report offers an opportunity to gauge market anticipations. Meanwhile, any noticeable reaction to pre-open reports is likely to be duplicated in reaction to post-open reports. And there are 2-3 high-profile, reliably influential items scheduled. None of which includes the afternoon’s FOMC policy statement.

MBA Mortgage Applications
7:00 AM ET

*ADP Employment Report
8:15 AM ET

Treasury Refunding Announcement
8:30 AM ET

*PMI Manufacturing Index
9:45 AM ET

*ISM Mfg Index
10:00 AM ET

*Construction Spending
10:00 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
10:30 AM ET

*FOMC Meeting Announcement
2:00 PM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: The 2-day FOMC meeting starts, which might get attention Tuesday. But the two post-open econ reports are reliably influential to price action. Note that the PMI is released several minutes earlier to institutional subscribers, and their reaction in the market is usually duplicated when released to the rest of us. Also, any noticeable reaction to a pre-open report is likely to be duplicated by a post-open report.

Personal Income and Outlays
8:30 AM ET

Employment Cost Index
8:30 AM ET

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

S&P Corelogic Case-Shiller HPI
9:00 AM ET

*Chicago PMI
9:45 AM ET

*Consumer Confidence
10:00 AM ET

State Street Investor Confidence Index
10:00 AM ET

A midday look ahead in preparation for economic reports and events scheduled for the next trading day.

Highlights: Monday’s two reports are high-profile, but not reliably influential to price action. That said, the Housing sector data will the first look in several days at what was hinting at a slowdown.

Pending Home Sales Index
10:00 AM ET

Dallas Fed Mfg Survey
10:30 AM ET

3-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

6-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

Farm Prices
3:00 PM ET