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
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
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.
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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