Economic calendar

The releases and central-bank events that move index futures and the majors, this week and next, and PTM's breakdown of each one we cover. Every date comes from the agency that sets it. Release dates from each agency's official calendar; impact is PTM's rating. Agencies publish no forecasts, so none are shown.

Archive · Release playbooks

Monday, November 2

Morning Rundown: Oil drops 4.6% on Doha talks. NQ bounces 0.8%

• 04:45 ET: EUR ECB's Vujčić speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Executive Board members shape the ECB's policy, so their remarks between meetings are read for the outlook.
• 05:00 ET: EUR ECB's Vujčić speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Executive Board members shape the ECB's policy, so their remarks between meetings are read for the outlook.
• 09:45 ET: USD S&P Global final US PMI (manufacturing; release date only; figures are the publisher's), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook It confirms or revises the flash readings and is read alongside ISM's reports on the same mornings.
• 10:00 ET: USD Construction spending (September 2026), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook It covers residential, commercial and public building, an input to the investment part of GDP.
• 10:00 ET: USD ISM manufacturing PMI (release date only; figures are the publisher's), high impact (official calendar) · playbook It is the first national read on manufacturing each month, and its prices and employment indexes are read alongside the headline.
• 22:30 ET: AUD RBA rate decision (with Statement on Monetary Policy), high impact (official calendar) · playbook It sets the cash rate target, the main policy lever behind the Australian dollar.

Tuesday, November 3

• 03:45 ET: EUR ECB's Machado speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Executive Board members shape the ECB's policy, so their remarks between meetings are read for the outlook.
• 04:15 ET: EUR ECB's Machado speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Executive Board members shape the ECB's policy, so their remarks between meetings are read for the outlook.
• 08:15 ET: USD ADP weekly employment (NER Pulse) (release date only; figures are the publisher's), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook It is a weekly read on private hiring between the monthly reports.
• 09:00 ET: EUR ECB's Donnery speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Executive Board members shape the ECB's policy, so their remarks between meetings are read for the outlook.
• 10:00 ET: USD Factory orders (September 2026), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook It adds non-durable orders and revisions to the durable goods report, a broader read on demand for manufactured goods.
• 10:00 ET: USD JOLTS job openings, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Openings, hires, quits and layoffs show how tight the labour market is beneath the payrolls number.
• time to be announced: CAD BoC's Macklem speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook The Governor and Deputy Governors speak for the Bank, so remarks are read for the outlook on rates.

Wednesday, November 4

• 05:00 ET: EUR Euro area flash inflation (HICP) (October 2026), high impact (official calendar) · playbook It is the first read on euro-area inflation for the month, the measure the ECB targets.
• 07:00 ET: USD MBA mortgage applications (release date only; figures are the publisher's), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Refinancing and purchase demand respond within days to mortgage rates, so it is the most frequent read on housing demand.
• 08:15 ET: USD ADP National Employment Report (release date only; figures are the publisher's), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook It arrives two days before the official jobs report, built from payroll records rather than a survey.
• 08:30 ET: USD Trade balance (goods and services) (September 2026), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Net exports feed into GDP, and the import and export lines show demand at home and abroad.
• 09:45 ET: USD S&P Global final US PMI (services; release date only; figures are the publisher's), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook It confirms or revises the flash readings and is read alongside ISM's reports on the same mornings.
• 10:00 ET: USD ISM services PMI (release date only; figures are the publisher's), high impact (official calendar) · playbook Services are most of the US economy, and its prices index is read as an early sign of services inflation.
• 10:30 ET: USD EIA weekly petroleum status (crude inventories), high impact (official calendar) · playbook It is the official weekly count of US crude and fuel stocks, the supply picture energy markets work from.

Thursday, November 5

• 02:30 ET: EUR ECB's Cipollone speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Executive Board members shape the ECB's policy, so their remarks between meetings are read for the outlook.
• 03:05 ET: EUR ECB's Schnabel speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Executive Board members shape the ECB's policy, so their remarks between meetings are read for the outlook.
• 03:25 ET: EUR ECB's Tuominen speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Executive Board members shape the ECB's policy, so their remarks between meetings are read for the outlook.
• 07:00 ET: GBP Bank of England rate decision (with Monetary Policy Report), high impact (official calendar) · playbook It sets Bank Rate, the base for UK borrowing costs and the main policy lever behind sterling.
• 08:30 ET: USD Initial jobless claims, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Layoffs tend to show up here weeks before they reach the monthly jobs report, which is why a run of higher claims gets attention.
• 08:30 ET: USD Productivity and unit labour costs, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Output per hour and unit labour costs show whether wage growth is being matched by output or adding to costs.
• 08:50 ET: USD Cleveland Fed President Hammack speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Presidents sit on the FOMC and vote in rotation, so their read of the outlook is part of how the rate path is judged between meetings.
• 10:30 ET: USD EIA weekly natural gas storage, high impact (official calendar) · playbook Storage against the five-year average is the main weekly gauge of whether gas supply is tight or ample.
• 10:40 ET: EUR ECB's Lane speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Executive Board members shape the ECB's policy, so their remarks between meetings are read for the outlook.
• time to be announced: CAD BoC's Macklem speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook The Governor and Deputy Governors speak for the Bank, so remarks are read for the outlook on rates.

Friday, November 6

• 04:10 ET: EUR ECB's Donnery speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Executive Board members shape the ECB's policy, so their remarks between meetings are read for the outlook.
• 04:30 ET: EUR ECB's Lane speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Executive Board members shape the ECB's policy, so their remarks between meetings are read for the outlook.
• 08:30 ET: CAD Canada Labour Force Survey (October 2026), high impact (official calendar) · playbook It is the monthly read on Canadian jobs and wages, often out the same morning as the US jobs report.
• 08:30 ET: USD Employment Situation (non-farm payrolls), high impact (official calendar) · playbook Jobs and wages are the other half of the Fed's mandate, and this is the most complete monthly read on both.
• 10:00 ET: USD University of Michigan consumer sentiment (Preliminary November; release date only; figures are the publisher's), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook It includes households' own inflation expectations, which the Fed watches for signs that expectations are drifting.
• 12:15 ET: USD Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Bowman speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Board members vote at every meeting, so their read of the outlook is part of how the rate path is judged between meetings.

Monday, November 9

• 10:00 ET: USD Wholesale inventories (September 2026), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Inventory changes feed straight into GDP, so this final read updates growth estimates for the quarter.

Tuesday, November 10

• about 06:00 ET: USD NFIB small business optimism (release date only; figures are the publisher's), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Small firms employ much of the private workforce, and the survey's hiring and price questions are early reads on both.
• 08:15 ET: USD ADP weekly employment (NER Pulse) (release date only; figures are the publisher's), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook It is a weekly read on private hiring between the monthly reports.
• 08:30 ET: USD CPI, high impact (official calendar) · playbook The Fed's decisions turn on whether inflation is moving back to 2%, and CPI is the first broad read on that each month.
• 12:00 ET: USD WASDE (USDA supply and demand), high impact (official calendar) · playbook It is USDA's benchmark for world crop supply and demand, and grain markets reset their balance sheets around it.

Wednesday, November 11

• 10:30 ET: USD EIA weekly petroleum status (crude inventories), high impact (official calendar) · playbook It is the official weekly count of US crude and fuel stocks, the supply picture energy markets work from.

Thursday, November 12

• 02:00 ET: GBP UK monthly GDP (September 2026), high impact (official calendar) · playbook It is the monthly read on UK output, used to gauge growth between quarterly estimates.
• 08:30 ET: USD Initial jobless claims, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Layoffs tend to show up here weeks before they reach the monthly jobs report, which is why a run of higher claims gets attention.
• 09:00 ET: USD Cleveland Fed President Hammack speaks, medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Presidents sit on the FOMC and vote in rotation, so their read of the outlook is part of how the rate path is judged between meetings.
• 10:00 ET: USD Existing home sales (NAR) (release date only; figures are the publisher's), medium impact (official calendar) · playbook Resales are most of the US housing market, and the median price and supply figures show how affordability is holding.
• 12:00 ET: USD EIA weekly petroleum status (crude inventories) (holiday schedule), high impact (official calendar) · playbook It is the official weekly count of US crude and fuel stocks, the supply picture energy markets work from.

Friday, November 13

• 08:30 ET: USD PPI, high impact (official calendar) · playbook It shows price pressure earlier in the supply chain, and several of its components feed directly into PCE, the Fed's target measure.
• 10:30 ET: USD EIA weekly natural gas storage (holiday schedule), high impact (official calendar) · playbook Storage against the five-year average is the main weekly gauge of whether gas supply is tight or ample.