Econ Calendar

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

Highlights: Friday’s Employment Situation report is often the session’s only high-profile and reliably influential item. But not this month, with at least one of the post-open items typically inhibiting or triggering a reaction.

*Employment Situation
8:30 AM ET

*Consumer Sentiment
10:00 AM ET

Wholesale Trade
10:00 AM ET

*Lael Brainard Speaks
12:15 PM ET

Baker-Hughes Rig Count
1:00 PM ET

Consumer Credit
3:00 PM ET

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

Highlights: Wednesday’s day of mourning has doubled-up its reports onto Thursday’s calendar. The day is very busy, with multiple simultaneous pre-open and post-open reports, which can make otherwise lower-profile items more influential than otherwise. But ADP is Thursday’s only reliably influential report, delayed from Wednesday, and also very relevant to fine-tuning our expectations for Friday’s reaction to its Employment Situation report.

Challenger Job-Cut Report
7:30 AM ET

*ADP Employment Report
8:15 AM ET

International Trade
8:30 AM ET

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

Productivity and Costs
8:30 AM ET

PMI Services Index
9:45 AM ET

Factory Orders
10:00 AM ET

ISM Non-Mfg Index
10:00 AM ET

Quarterly Services Survey
10:00 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
11:00 AM ET

*Raphael Bostic Speaks
12:15 PM ET

Treasury STRIPS
3:00 PM ET

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

Highlights: The national day of mourning for the late President George H.W Bush has affected Wednesday’s econ calendar. Price action was trading in anticipation of previously scheduled items — Fed Chair Powell’s testimony, Beige Book greeting an open session, etc. — so we should assume there will be some added degree of volatility. The unusual trading halt for futures has an impact, too (I believe the 9:30 close is correct, and will update if I learn otherwise).

MBA Mortgage Applications
7:00 AM ET

ES Futures Halt
9:30 AM ET

Beige Book
2:00 PM ET

ES Futures Re-open
6:00 PM ET

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

Highlights: One low-profile non-influential econ report is scheduled Tuesday, and one Fed speaker. Afternoon volume and volume need not contract substantially ahead of Wednesday’s closure for honoring the late President Bush. But the environment may not be conducive to trading… Remember that I’ll be away from the screens from late-morning on.

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

*John Williams Speaks
10:00 AM ET

4-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

8-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

52-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

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

Highlights: Monday’s pre-open Fed speaker probably won’t have any surprises since he also spoke before Friday’s open. Another is scheduled for mid-morning. Three post-open reports should be very influential, especially the two that have a track record.

*John Williams Speaks
9:15 AM ET

*PMI Manufacturing Index
9:45 AM ET

*ISM Mfg Index
10:00 AM ET

Construction Spending
10:00 AM ET

*Lael Brainard Speaks
10:30 AM ET