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This week's (January 26 - January 30) and next week's (February 2 - February 6) major U.S. economic reports

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This week's (January 26 - January 30) and next week's (February 2 - February 6) major U.S. economic reports

This just in:

Labor Department delays January jobs report because of partial shutdown

The Associated Press
February 2, 2026, 1:40 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Labor Department, citing the partial federal government shutdown, said Monday that it will not release the January jobs report on Friday as scheduled.

In a statement, the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said: "Once funding is restored, BLS will resume normal operations and notify the public of any changes to the news release schedule.'' It is also postponing the December report on job openings, which was supposed to come out Tuesday.

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MarketWatch updates the schedule throughout the week. Check their site for revisions. Check the Bureau of Labor Statistics too. They are catching up with delayed reports these days. The delayed releases go through March 5, 2026.

Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations

ADP had been filling in for the missing BLS reports, but It looks as if that has stopped. See this:
https://www.prnewswire.com/news/adp,-inc

MarketWatch doesn't list the Challenger, Gray & Christmas job cut report. I'll add it when that day comes around.

Note to self: 2026 Challenger Job Cut Report Release Calendar

This Week's Major U.S. Economic Reports & Fed Speakers

TIME (ET) REPORT PERIOD ACTUAL MEDIAN FORECAST PREVIOUS

MONDAY, JAN. 26
8:30 am Durable-goods orders (delayed report) Nov. -2.2%
8:30 am Durable-goods minus transportation Nov. 0.2%

TUESDAY, JAN. 27
10:00 am Consumer confidence Jan. 89.1

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 28
2:00 pm FOMC interest-rate decision
2:30 pm Fed Chair Powell press conference

THURSDAY, JAN. 29
8:30 am Initial jobless claims Jan. 24
8:30 am U.S. trade deficit (delayed report) Nov. -$29.4B
8:30 am U.S. productivity (revised) Q3 4.9%
10:00 am Wholesale inventories (delayed report) Nov. 0.2%
10:00 am Factory orders (delayed report) Nov. -1.3%

FRIDAY, JAN. 30
8:30 am Producer price index (delayed report) Dec. 0.2%
8:30 am Core PPI Dec. 0.2%
8:30 am PPI year over year 3.0%
8:30 am Core PPI year over year 3.5%

Next Week's Major U.S. Economic Reports & Fed Speakers

MONDAY, FEB. 2
TBA Auto sales Jan. 16.1 million
10:00 am ISM manufacturing Jan. 47.9%

TUESDAY, FEB. 3
~~10:00 am Job openings Dec. 7.1 million~~
10:00 am ISM services Jan. 54.4

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 4
8:15 am ADP employment Jan. 41,000

THURSDAY, FEB. 5
7:30 am Challenger Job Cut Report January 2026
8:30 am Initial jobless claims Jan. 31
10:50 am Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks

FRIDAY, FEB. 6
8:30 am U.S. employment report Jan. 50,000
8:30 am U.S. unemployment rate Jan. 4.4%
8:30 am U.S. hourly wages Jan. 0.3%
8:30 am Hourly wages year over year 3.8%
10:00 am Consumer sentiment (prelim) Feb. 56.4
3:00 pm Consumer credit $4.2 billion

Here's another calendar of US economic events. This one is so hard to format at DU that I'm not even going to try.

United States Economic Calendar

Here is yet another calendar of US economic events that is so hard to format at DU that I'm not even going to try.

Hat tip, jmbar2

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/calendar

One more:

https://www.chase.com/personal/investments/learning-and-insights/category/markets

Chase seems to have stopped posting these. Maybe they'll start up again.

Economic outlook

Up next for the markets: November 7 – November 11

Alex Bova
Content and Communications, J.P. Morgan Wealth Management

Nov 02, 2022 | 3 min read

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