U.S. Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

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Thursday, October 8, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
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0830/1230  10/03    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims                        200K       197K 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg                          -1K 
                       Continuing Claims                                1701000 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg                       -11K 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
1000/1400  Aug      Monthly Wholesale Trade 
                       Inventories, M/M%                     +0.7%      +1.3% 
1030/1430  10/02    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf)          3494B      3415B 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg       +79B       +64B 
                       (Cbf) 
1200/1600  Sep      Monthly U.S. Retail Chain Store Sales Index 
1340/1740           Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Alberto Musalem 
                    speaks at Bloomberg's The Future of Fixed Income event 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
 
Friday, October 9, 2026                                      Exp        Prev 
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0930/1330           FRB Kansas City President Jeffrey Schmid speaks at Kansas 
                    City Economic Outlook event 
1000/1400  Oct      University of Michigan Survey of Consumers - preliminary 
                       Mid-Mo Sentiment                      48.0       47.8 
                       Mid-Mo Expectations                              45.8 
                       Mid-Mo Current Idx                               50.9 
1200/1600           World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates (WASDE) 
                       Corn, End Stocks (Bushels) 
                       Soybeans, End Stocks (Bushels) 
                       Wheat, End Stocks (Bushels) 
                       Cotton, End Stocks (Bales) 
 
Tuesday, October 13, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
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0600/1000  Sep      NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism 
                       Small Business Idx                               98.7 
0855/1255  10/10    Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index 
                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y%                       +8.3% 
                       Latest Wk, Y/Y%                                  +8.6% 
1000/1400  Sep      Existing Home Sales 
                       Existing Sales                                   3.98M 
                       Existing Sales, M/M%                             -2.0% 
                       Unsold Homes Month's Supply                      4.9 
                       Median Price (USD)                               429100 
                       Median Home Price, Y/Y%                          +1.6% 
1400/1800  Sep      Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the 
                    U.S. Government 
                       Monthly Treasury Balance                         -167B 
 
Wednesday, October 14, 2026                                  Exp        Prev 
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0700/1100  10/09    MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey 
                       Composite Idx                                    204.7 
                       Composite Idx, W/W%                              -4.2% 
                       Purchase Idx-SA                                  145.1 
                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W%                            -2.1% 
                       Refinance Idx                                    515.8 
                       Refinance Idx, W/W%                              -7.5% 
0830/1230  Sep      CPI 
                       CPI, M/M%                                        +0.4% 
                       Core CPI, M/M%                                   +0.3% 
                       Energy Idx, M/M%                                 +2.1% 
                       Food Idx, M/M%                                   +0.1% 
                       Real Avg Wkly Pay-Infla Adj, M/M%                +0.2% 
                       CPI, Y/Y%                                        +3.4% 
                       CPI Core, Y/Y%                                   +2.4% 
0830/1230  Sep      Real Earnings 
1400/1800           U.S. Federal Reserve Beige Book 
1630/2030           API Weekly Statistical Bulletin 
 
Thursday, October 15, 2026                                   Exp        Prev 
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0830/1230  Oct      Empire State Manufacturing Survey 
                       Mfg Idx                                          7.6 
                       Employment Idx                                   10.6 
                       New Orders Idx                                   2.0 
                       Prices Received                                  28.1 
0830/1230  Oct      Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey 
                       Business Activity                                37.8 
                       Prices Paid                                      48.6 
                       Employment                                       11.8 
                       New Orders                                       29.2 
                       Prices Received                                  31.3 
                       Delivery Times                                   26.5 
                       Inventories                                      -12.5 
                       Shipments                                        27.7 
0830/1230  Sep      Advance Monthly Sales for Retail & Food Services 
                       Overall Sales-SA, M/M%                           +1.2% 
                       Sales, Ex-Auto, M/M%                             +1.4% 
                       Sales, Ex-Auto & Gas, M/M%                       +1.2% 
0830/1230  10/10    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg 
                       Continuing Claims 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg 
0830/1230  Sep      PPI 
                       PPI, M/M%                                        +0.4% 
                       Ex-Food & Energy PPI, M/M%                       +0.2% 
                       Personal Consumption                             +0.4% 
                       PPI,Y/Y%                                         +5.4% 
1000/1400  Aug      Manufacturing & Trade: Inventories & Sales 
                       Total Inventories                                +0.8% 
1030/1430  10/09    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg 
                       (Cbf) 
1200/1600  10/09    EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report 
                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl)                           424.134M 
                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                  -3.186M 
                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl)                            204.744M 
                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                   +0.382M 
                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl)                          105.138M 
                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                 -0.042M 
                       Refinery Usage                                   92.7% 
                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day)                    20.396M 
                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg                     -1.104M 
                       (Bbl/day) 
1230/1630           U.N. World Social Report 
1630/2030           Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth Hammack 
                    speaks at Women's Trading Network Fireside Discussion 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
 
Friday, October 16, 2026                                     Exp        Prev 
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0830/1230  Sep      Import & Export Price Indexes 
                       Import Prices                                    +0.7% 
                       Non-Petroleum Prices                             +0.8% 
                       Petroleum Prices                                 +0.1% 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0915/1315  Sep      Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization 
                       Industrial Production, M/M%                      +0.0% 
                       Capacity Utilization %                           76.3% 
                       Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts)              +0 
1600/2000  Aug      Treasury International Capital Data 
 
 

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