All dates are in ET Time.
Tuesday, August 18, 2026 Exp Prev
ET/GMT
0830/1230 Jul New Residential Construction - Housing Starts and Building
Permits
Total Starts 1.34M 1.427M
Housing Starts, M/M% -6.1% +19%
Building Permits 1.37M 1.367M
Building Permits, M/M% -0.5% -3%
0830/1230 Jul Import & Export Price Indexes
Import Prices +0.1% +0.3%
Non-Petroleum Prices +0.5%
Petroleum Prices -0.7%
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% +0.4% +0.1%
Capacity Utilization % 76.4% 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% +0.6% -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
ET/GMT
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 Aug Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey
Business Activity 25.0 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
0830/1230 08/15 Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims
Jobless Claims 210K 209K
Jobless Claims, Net Chg +9K
Continuing Claims 1777000
Continuing Claims, Net Chg -22K
0830/1230 U.S. Weekly Export Sales
1000/1400 Jul Leading Indicators
Leading Index, M/M% +0.1% -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) 3153B
Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg +36B
(Cbf)
1400/1800 U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Closed Meeting
1630/2030 Federal Discount Window Borrowings
1630/2030 Foreign Central Bank Holdings
Friday, August 21, 2026 Exp Prev
ET/GMT
0945/1345 Aug US Flash Services PMI
PMI, Services 53.9 53.6
0945/1345 Aug US Flash Manufacturing PMI
PMI, Mfg 54.0 53.8
1000/1400 Jul State Employment and Unemployment
Monday, August 24, 2026 Exp Prev
ET/GMT
0830/1230 Jul Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI)
NAI -0.02
NAI, 3-mo Moving Avg -0.05
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 Exp Prev
ET/GMT
0855/1255 08/22 Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index
Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y%
Latest Wk, Y/Y%
0900/1300 Jun U.S. Monthly House Price Index
0900/1300 Q2 U.S. Quarterly House Price Index
0900/1300 Jun S&P Cotality Case-Shiller Indices
10-City Idx, M/M% +0.94%
10-City Idx, Y/Y% +2.38%
20-City Idx, M/M% +0.88%
20-City Idx, Y/Y% +1.63%
National Idx, M/M% +0.64%
National Idx, Y/Y% +1.11%
1000/1400 Aug Richmond Fed Business Activity Survey
Mfg Idx 5
Shipments Idx 8
1000/1400 Aug Consumer Confidence Index
Cons Conf Idx 90.8
Expectation Idx
Present Situation Idx
1000/1400 Jul New Residential Sales
New Home Sales 628K
New Home Sales, M/M% +1.6%
New Home Sales Months Supply 9.3
1300/1700 Jul Money Stock Measures
1630/2030 API Weekly Statistical Bulletin
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 Exp Prev
ET/GMT
0700/1100 08/21 MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey
Composite Idx
Composite Idx, W/W%
Purchase Idx-SA
Purchase Idx-SA, W/W%
Refinance Idx
Refinance Idx, W/W%
0830/1230 Q2 2nd estimate GDP
Real GDP, Q/Q% +1.5%
Chain-Weighted Price Idx, Q/Q%
Corporate Profits, Q/Q%
PCE Price Idx, Q/Q% +5.1%
Purchase Price Idx, Q/Q% +5.7%
Real Final Sales, Q/Q% +3.9%
Core PCE Price Idx, Q/Q% +3.4%
Consumer Spending, Q/Q%
0830/1230 Jul Advance Report on Durable Goods
Durable Goods-SA, M/M% +0.3%
Dur Goods, Ex-Defense, M/M% +0.3%
Dur Goods, Ex-Transport, M/M% +0.6%
Orders: Cap Gds, Non-Def, Ex-Air, +0.9%
M/M%
Shipmnts: Cap Gds, Non-Def, +1.9%
Ex-Air, M/M%
0830/1230 Q2 Preliminary Corporate Profits
0830/1230 Jul Personal Income and Outlays
Personal Income, M/M% +0.2%
Consumer Spending, M/M% +0.3%
PCE Price Idx, M/M% -0.1%
PCE Price Idx, Y/Y% +3.7%
PCE Core Price Idx, M/M% +0.1%
PCE Core Price Idx, Y/Y% +3.3%
1030/1430 08/21 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report
Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl)
Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)
Gasoline Stocks (Bbl)
Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)
Distillate Stocks (Bbl)
Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)