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U.S. economic calendar

Upcoming U.S. releases, with scheduled dates, release times and official sources.

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6 scheduled events
10:00 AM EDT · 8:00 AM MDT

Consumer sentiment · preliminary

Reporting period: October 2026 preliminary

Check household confidence and inflation expectations

Release time not listed

FOMC meeting

Reporting period: October 2026 policy meeting

policy meeting · Assess the rate decision and implications for funding costs and credit demand

8:30 AM EDT · 6:30 AM MDT

GDP & income / outlays

Reporting period: Q3 2026 GDP advance; September 2026 income / PCE

Q3 GDP advance estimate and September income / PCE

8:30 AM EST · 6:30 AM MST

Employment report

Reporting period: October 2026

October payrolls and unemployment · 8:30 AM EST / 6:30 AM MST

Checked October 2, 2026 at 8:47 AM ET: BLS reported 29,000 September nonfarm payroll gains and a 4.2% unemployment rate; it revised July and August down 60,000 combined. Average hourly earnings rose 3.0% over 12 months. The next Employment Situation release is scheduled for November 6. The October 1 claims, Census construction-spending and ISM manufacturing releases retain their dated results. FinCEN’s A7 proposal deadline remains pending Federal Register publication. G7 leaders also requested an IEA implementation and stock-replenishment report before the end of the first 20 days of their October 2 reserve-release program; the statement does not provide a calendar date. Downloads are snapshots; they do not automatically receive schedule changes. Events without a verified release time are saved as all-day entries.

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