Econ Calendar

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

It’s FOMC day! It’s FOMC day! Wednesday afternoon’s reaction tends to be very productive. It also tends to goose price action for the next 1-2 days.

MBA Purchase Applications
7:00 AM ET

EIA Petroleum Status Report
10:30 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.

Monday’s Housing Market Index didn’t have much lasting effect on price action, perhaps because it isn’t so widely watched as Tuesday morning’s Housing Starts. Investor Confidence isn’t very influential, but its timing – coming after the open – does allow a surprise to impact the market.

ICSC-Goldman Store Sales
7:45 AM ET

Housing Starts
8:30 AM ET

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

Investor Confidence Index
10:00 AM ET

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

Monday’s don’t often include econ reports. Rarer, still, is the afternoon timing. Look for a reaction.

Housing Market Index
1:00 PM ET

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

CPI is widely-watched. So is Consumer Sentiment, and its timing nearly 30 minutes after the cash session open tends to influence price action all the more.

Consumer Price Index
8:30 AM ET

Empire State Mfg Survey
8:30 AM ET

Treasury International Capital
9:00 AM ET

Industrial Production
9:15 AM ET

Consumer Sentiment
9:55 AM ET

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

Apart from the weekly Jobless Claims, the PPI data tends to be widely-watched, and responded to.

Producer Price Index
8:30 AM ET

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

EIA Natural Gas Report
10:30 AM ET