Econ Calendar

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

Highlights: Monster’s report is the last look at jobs before the monthly Employment Situation report. Regardless of its reaction, which tends to be big, its influence should be absorbed or obvious before the open.

Monster Employment Index

Employment Situation
8:30 AM 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: ADP and Jobless Claims are among the last looks at employment before Friday’s monthly report is released. Thursday’s only other influential report is the post-open ISM data.

ADP Employment Report
8:15 AM ET

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
9:45 AM ET

ISM Non-Mfg Index
10:00 AM ET

EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
11:00 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: This week ends with the monthly Employment Report, so several private company looks are released in advance. Reactions to each can help with expectations for a setup Friday. Wednesday’s report comes from Challenger. It be the only report to influence price action although the ICSC-Goldman Store Sales continues to be relevant following Christmas shopping.

MBA Purchase Applications
7:00 AM ET

Challenger Job-Cut Report
7:30 AM ET

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales
7:45 AM ET

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

Factory Orders
10:00 AM ET

4-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: Construction Spending doesn’t normally impact price action. But does add a degree of difficulty to ISM for making simultaneous announcements, not to mention post-open. FOMC Minutes tends to inhibit price action ahead of the news, as well as create ripples in its wake.

ISM Mfg Index
10:00 AM ET

Construction Spending
10:00 AM ET

3-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

6-Month Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

FOMC Minutes
2:00 PM ET

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

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Happy New Year!
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dueling info:

Regular Globex Open
6:00 PM ET Monday

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Irregular Globex Open
6:00 AM ET Tuesday