Econ Calendar

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

Highlights: Friday’s payrolls report is often provided separately in a vacuum, with no other reports around it. That’s not the case Friday, and any obvious reaction to the pre-open report is likely to be duplicated by the post-open reports — one of which is high-profile and already reliably influential to price action.

*Employment Situation
8:30 AM ET

*Consumer Sentiment
10:00 AM ET

Factory Orders
10:00 AM ET

Baker-Hughes Rig Count
1:00 PM ET

*John Williams Speaks
3:30 PM ET

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

Highlights: Two of Thursday’s pre-open reports offer glimpses into Friday’s payrolls report reaction. Three post-open reports (PMI, ISM, construction) offer another glimpse into economic health. Afternoon price action should become subdued ahead of the post-close annual earnings due from GOOGL, BABA, AMZN and AAPL.

Challenger Job-Cut Report
7:30 AM ET

Jobless Claims
8:30 AM ET

Productivity and Costs
8:30 AM ET

*PMI Manufacturing Index
9:45 AM ET

Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index
9:45 AM ET

*ISM Mfg Index
10:00 AM ET

*Construction Spending
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: Tuesday night’s State of the Union address may contain spending plans and saber-rattling that influence overnight price action. But Wednesday’s price action should be more influenced by the pre-open ADP numbers that help to fine-tune our expectations for Friday’s payrolls reaction. Also, any obvious reaction to pre-open reports is likely to be repeated by post-open reports. And the PMI has a reliable track record for influencing price action — both its private institutional release and subsequent public release. Volatility could contract considerably while awaiting the afternoon’s FOMC policy statement, which is very reliable for influencing price action through the close. That duration of influence will abut an otherwise normal consolidation ahead of high-profile (but otherwise not influential) post-close earnings coming from T, BA, MSFT and FB.

MBA Mortgage Applications
7:00 AM ET

*ADP Employment Report
8:15 AM ET

Employment Cost Index
8:30 AM ET

Treasury Refunding Announcement
8:30 AM ET

*Chicago PMI
9:45 AM ET

Pending Home Sales Index
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: Tuesday’s high-profile econ report comes after post-open. But it would likely duplicate any obivous reaction to either of the two pre-open reports .

Redbook
8:55 AM ET

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

*Consumer Confidence
10:00 AM ET

State Street Investor Confidence Index
10:00 AM ET

4-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

52-Week Bill Auction
11:30 AM ET

Farm Prices
3:00 PM ET

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

Highlights: The week ahead contains a FOMC policy statement and Employment Situation report. But Monday lacks that excitement, with  couple of lower-profile econ reports start the week, neither one having a track record for influencing price action.

Personal Income and Outlays
8:30 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