This week's (April 20 - April 24) and next week's (April 27 - May 1) major U.S. economic reports [View all]
This week's (April 20 - April 24) and next week's (April 27 - May 1) major U.S. economic reports
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 25, 2026.
Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations
With the BLS back up to speed, it looks as if ADP has stopped issuing weekly employment reports:
ADP Announces National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate Publicly Available on a Weekly Cadence
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
Canadian content: Friday, April 10, 8:30 a.m., Statistics Canada or Statistique Canada releases its monthly payroll employment report.
Labour Force Survey, March 2026
Enquête sur la population active, mars 2026
TIME (ET) REPORT PERIOD ACTUAL MEDIAN FORECAST PREVIOUS
MONDAY, APRIL 20
None scheduled
TUESDAY, APRIL 21
8:30 am U.S. retail sales March 1.7% 1.5% 0.7%
8:30 am Retail sales minus autos March 1.9% 1.4% 0.7%
10:00 am Business inventories Feb. 0.4% 0.3% 0.0%
10:00 am Pending home sales March 1.5% 0.5% 2.5%
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
None scheduled
THURSDAY, APRIL 23
8:30 am Initial jobless claims April 18 210,000 207,000
9:45 am S&P flash U.S. services PMI April 51.0 49.8
9:45 am S&P flash U.S. manufacturing PMI April 52.5 52.3
FRIDAY, APRIL 24
10:00 am Consumer sentiment (final) April 48.6 47.6
Next Week's Major U.S. Economic Reports & Fed Speakers
Time (ET) Report Period Actual Median Forecast Previous
MONDAY, APRIL 27
None scheduled
TUESDAY, APRIL 28
9:00 am S&P Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities) Feb. 1.2%
10:00 am Consumer confidence April 91.8
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
8:30 am Durable-goods orders March -1.4%
8:30 am Durable-goods minus transportation March 0.8%
8:30 am Housing starts (delayed report) Feb. 1.49 million
8:30 am Building permits (delayed report) Feb. 1.38 million
8:30 am Housing starts March --
8:30 am Building permits March --
8:30 am Advanced U.S. trade balance in goods March
8:30 am Advanced retail inventories March --
8:30 am Advanced wholesale inventories March 0.8%
2:00 pm FOMC interest-rate decision
2:30 pm Fed Chair Powell press conference
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
8:30 am Initial jobless claims April 25
8:30 am Employment cost index Q1 0.7%
8:30 am GDP Q1 0.5%
8:30 am Personal income March -0.1%
8:30 am Personal spending March 0.5%
8:30 am PCE index March 0.4%
8:30 am PCE (year-over-year) 2.8%
8:30 am Core PCE index March 0.4%
8:30 am Core PCE (year-over-year) 3.0%
9:45 am Chicago Business Barometer (PMI) April 52.8
10:00 am U.S. leading economic indicators Feb. -0.1%
FRIDAY, May 1
None scheduled
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.