Economic Calendar
Every scheduled US data release and Fed decision that moves stocks, gold, bitcoin and the dollar — dated from the agencies' own published calendars, not a feed's guess.
Next high-impact release
FOMC rate decisionOctober 2026 meeting
Wednesday, Oct 28 · 2:00pm ET
9d 02h 01m 07s
The Fed's policy rate, statement and 2:30 ET press conference. The single biggest scheduled event for every asset.
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The next 8 weeks
This week Oct 191 releases
- Thu Oct 22
- 8:30amInitial jobless claimsweek ending Oct 17MediumDOL
Next week Oct 266 releases
Week of Nov 23 releases
Week of Nov 93 releases
Week of Nov 163 releases
Week of Nov 234 releases
Week of Nov 303 releases
Week of Dec 73 releases
What each release tells you
- CPI · BLS
- Consumer prices. The inflation print that moves rate-cut odds, yields, the dollar and gold the most.
- Jobs report (NFP) · BLS
- Nonfarm payrolls, the unemployment rate and wages. The Fed's other mandate, in one release.
- GDP · BEA
- The size and growth of the economy, quarterly; the advance estimate moves markets most.
- PCE inflation · BEA
- Personal income and spending, with the PCE price index — the inflation gauge the Fed targets.
- Retail sales · Census
- Monthly consumer spending at stores and online — the consumer is ~70% of GDP.
- FOMC rate decision · Fed
- The Fed's policy rate, statement and 2:30 ET press conference. The single biggest scheduled event for every asset.
- PPI · BLS
- Producer prices — inflation in the pipeline, a day or so after CPI.
- JOLTS job openings · BLS
- Job openings, hires and quits: how tight the labor market really is.
- Employment Cost Index · BLS
- Quarterly wage and benefit costs — the Fed's preferred read on wage pressure.
- Durable goods orders · Census
- Orders for long-lasting goods; the ex-transportation line is a read on business investment.
- FOMC minutes · Fed
- The detailed record of the previous meeting's debate, three weeks later.
- Initial jobless claims · DOL
- Weekly new unemployment filings — the fastest-moving labor-market data there is.
- Productivity & costs · BLS
- Output per hour and unit labor costs, quarterly.
- Import/export prices · BLS
- What the US pays for imports — imported inflation and the dollar's pass-through.
- Trade balance · BEA
- Exports minus imports of goods and services.
- Housing starts · Census
- New residential construction and permits: the most rate-sensitive corner of the economy.
- New home sales · Census
- Sales of newly built single-family homes.
Sources
- Bureau of Labor Statistics· loaded through Jan 31, 2027
- Bureau of Economic Analysis· loaded through Dec 31, 2026
- Census Bureau· loaded through Feb 28, 2027
- Federal Reserve· loaded through Dec 31, 2027
- Department of Labor· weekly claims, every Thursday 8:30am ET
Dates come from each agency's published schedule; FOMC minutes follow the Fed's three-weeks-after rule. Agencies occasionally move a release — when one does, the agency's page is the authority. The live dashboard shows the next two weeks beside the markets they move. Not financial advice.