U.S. Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

Dow Jones
Aug 13
All dates are in ET Time. 
 
Thursday, August 13, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
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0815/1215           Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack 
                    speaks at the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce Government 
                    Affairs Breakfast series 
0830/1230  08/08    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims                        204K       199K 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg                          +1K 
                       Continuing Claims                                1801000 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg                       +24K 
0830/1230  Jul      PPI 
                       PPI, M/M%                             +0.2%      -0.3% 
                       Ex-Food & Energy PPI, M/M%            +0.3%      +0.2% 
                       Personal Consumption                             +0.1% 
                       PPI,Y/Y%                                         +5.5% 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0840/1240           Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin 
                    speaks to the Greenville Chamber of Commerce 
1030/1430  08/07    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf)          3147B      3117B 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg       +30B       +33B 
                       (Cbf) 
1400/1800           U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Closed Meeting 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
 
Friday, August 14, 2026                                      Exp        Prev 
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0830/1230  Jul      Advance Monthly Sales for Retail & Food Services 
                       Overall Sales-SA, M/M%                +0.1%      +0.2% 
                       Sales, Ex-Auto, M/M%                  +0.2%      -0.2% 
                       Sales, Ex-Auto & Gas, M/M%                       +0.4% 
1000/1400  Jun      Manufacturing & Trade: Inventories & Sales 
                       Total Inventories                     +0.2%      +0.3% 
1000/1400  Aug      University of Michigan Survey of Consumers - preliminary 
                       Mid-Mo Sentiment                      54.5       54.4 
                       Mid-Mo Expectations                              54.0 
                       Mid-Mo Current Idx                               54.9 
 
Monday, August 17, 2026                                      Exp        Prev 
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0830/1230  Aug      Empire State Manufacturing Survey 
                       Mfg Idx                                          15.6 
                       Employment Idx                                   11.4 
                       New Orders Idx                                   22.2 
                       Prices Received                                  27.6 
1000/1400  Aug      NAHB Housing Market Index 
                       Housing Mkt Idx                                  34 
1600/2000  Jun      Treasury International Capital Data 
 
Tuesday, August 18, 2026                                     Exp        Prev 
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0830/1230  Jul      Import & Export Price Indexes 
                       Import Prices                                    +0.3% 
                       Non-Petroleum Prices                             +0.5% 
                       Petroleum Prices                                 -0.7% 
0830/1230  Jul      New Residential Construction - Housing Starts and Building 
                    Permits 
                       Total Starts                                     1.427M 
                       Housing Starts, M/M%                             +19% 
                       Building Permits                                 1.367M 
                       Building Permits, M/M%                           -3% 
0855/1255  08/15    Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index 
                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y%                       +8.3% 
                       Latest Wk, Y/Y%                                  +8.3% 
0915/1315  Jul      Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization 
                       Industrial Production, M/M%                      +0.1% 
                       Capacity Utilization %                           76.1% 
                       Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts)              +0 
1000/1400  Jul      Pending Home Sales Index 
                       Pending Home Sales                               72.5 
                       Pending Home Sales Idx, M/M%                     -5.4% 
                       Pending Home Sales Idx , Y/Y%                    -0.3% 
1000/1400  Q2       Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales 
1630/2030           API Weekly Statistical Bulletin 
 
Wednesday, August 19, 2026                                   Exp        Prev 
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0700/1100  08/14    MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey 
                       Composite Idx                                    248.6 
                       Composite Idx, W/W%                              +3.6% 
                       Purchase Idx-SA                                  157.9 
                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W%                            +2.5% 
                       Refinance Idx                                    744.4 
                       Refinance Idx, W/W%                              +5.0% 
1030/1430  08/14    EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report 
                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl)                           424.41M 
                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                  +17.423M 
                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl)                            208.69M 
                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                   -0.968M 
                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl)                          107.149M 
                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                 -0.01M 
                       Refinery Usage                                   96.2% 
                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day)                    20.635M 
                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg                     -0.335M 
                       (Bbl/day) 
1400/1800           Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes published 
  N/A               U.S. set to enact 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods 
 
Thursday, August 20, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0830/1230  08/15    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg 
                       Continuing Claims 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg 
0830/1230  Aug      Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey 
                       Business Activity                                41.4 
                       Prices Paid                                      53.9 
                       Employment                                       10.0 
                       New Orders                                       37.0 
                       Prices Received                                  27.4 
                       Delivery Times                                   9.6 
                       Inventories                                      0.3 
                       Shipments                                        33.7 
1000/1400  Jul      Leading Indicators 
                       Leading Index, M/M%                              -0.2% 
                       Leading Index                                    99.1 
                       Coincident Index, M/M%                           +0.2% 
                       Lagging Index, M/M%                              +0% 
1000/1400  Q2       Advance Quarterly Services 
1030/1430  08/14    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg 
                       (Cbf) 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
 
Friday, August 21, 2026                                      Exp        Prev 
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0945/1345  Aug      US Flash Services PMI 
                       PMI, Services                                    53.6 
0945/1345  Aug      US Flash Manufacturing PMI 
                       PMI, Mfg                                         53.8 
1000/1400  Jul      State Employment and Unemployment 
 
 

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