Economic Calendar

Monitor market-moving events. The economic calendar shows you which economic reports, fed statements, and other releases are scheduled this week and in upcoming weeks, and what their estimated impact on the financial markets is likely to be. An impact of 1 is minimal and an impact of 3 is significant.

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Saturday, April 18, 2026

Time	Country	Impact	Event	Actual	Forecast	Previous
10:00	United States		IMF Meeting	―	―	―

Monday, April 20, 2026

Time	Country	Impact	Event	Actual	Forecast	Previous
15:30	United States		6-Month Bill Auction	―	―	3.61%
15:30	United States		3-Month Bill Auction	―	―	3.62%

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Time	Country	Event	Actual	Forecast	Previous
06:00	United Kingdom	Employment Change	―	-35	84
06:00	United Kingdom	Unemployment Rate	―	5.2%	5.2%
06:00	United Kingdom	Claimant Count Change	―	10	24.7
06:00	United Kingdom	HMRC Payrolls Change	―	15	20
06:00	United Kingdom	Average Earnings incl. Bonus	―	3.6%	3.9%
06:00	United Kingdom	Average Earnings excl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	―	3.5%	3.8%
06:00	United Kingdom	Average Earnings excl. Bonus	―	―	3.8%
12:30	United States	Retail Sales MoM	―	1.3	0.6
12:30	United States	Retail Sales Ex Autos MoM	―	1%	0.5%
12:30	United States	Retail Sales YoY	―	2.4%	3.7%
12:30	United States	Retail Sales Ex Gas/Autos MoM	―	0.8%	0.4%
12:55	United States	Redbook YoY	―	―	7%
14:00	United States	Pending Home Sales MoM	―	0.5	1.8
14:00	United States	Pending Home Sales YoY	―	0.7	-0.8
14:00	United States	Retail Inventories Ex Autos MoM	―	0.3	0.3
14:00	United States	Business Inventories MoM	―	0.1	-0.1
18:30	United States	Fed Waller Speech	―	―	―
20:30	United States	API Crude Oil Stock Change	―	-1	6.1

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Time	Country	Event	Actual	Forecast	Previous
06:00	United Kingdom	Core RPI YoY	―	―	3.5%
06:00	United Kingdom	Core RPI MoM	―	―	0.4%
08:30	United Kingdom	House Price Index YoY	―	―	1.3%
11:00	United States	MBA Purchase Index	―	―	159.5
11:00	United States	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	―	―	966.8
11:00	United States	MBA Mortgage Market Index	―	―	281
11:00	United States	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	―	―	6.42%
11:00	United States	MBA Mortgage Applications	―	―	1.8%
14:30	United States	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	―	―	-2.109
14:30	United States	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	―	―	-1.727
14:30	United States	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	―	―	-0.463
14:30	United States	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	―	―	-0.169
14:30	United States	EIA Gasoline Production Change	―	―	0.392
14:30	United States	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	―	―	-3.122
14:30	United States	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	―	―	-6.328
14:30	United States	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	―	-1	-0.913
14:30	United States	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	―	―	-0.208
14:30	United States	Crude Oil Imports	―	―	-2.109
14:30	United States	EIA Weekly Refinery Utilization Rates WoW	―	―	-2.4%
15:30	United States	17-Week Bill Auction	―	―	3.625
17:00	United States	20-Year Bond Auction	―	―	4.817

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Time	Country	Event	Actual	Forecast	Previous
06:00	United Kingdom	Public Sector Net Borrowing	―	-15	-14.3
08:30	United Kingdom	S&P Global Services PMI	―	49.9	50.5
08:30	United Kingdom	S&P Global Composite PMI	―	49.8	50.3
10:00	United Kingdom	CBI Business Optimism Index	―	-23	-19
10:00	United Kingdom	CBI Industrial Trends Orders	―	-30	-27
12:30	United States	Jobless Claims 4-Week Average	―	219	209.75
12:30	United States	Chicago Fed National Activity Index	―	0.2	-0.11
12:30	United States	Initial Jobless Claims	―	212	207
12:30	United States	Continuing Jobless Claims	―	1.838K	1.818K
13:45	United States	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI	―	52	52.3
13:45	United States	S&P Global Composite PMI	―	49.9	50.3
13:45	United States	S&P Global Services PMI	―	49.6	49.8
14:30	United States	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	―	―	59
15:00	United States	Kansas Fed Composite Index	―	11	11
15:00	United States	Kansas Fed Manufacturing Index	―	12	11
15:30	United States	8-Week Bill Auction	―	―	3.615%
15:30	United States	4-Week Bill Auction	―	―	3.595
16:00	United States	30-Year Mortgage Rate	―	―	6.3%
16:00	United States	15-Year Mortgage Rate	―	―	5.65%
17:00	United States	5-Year TIPS Auction	―	―	1.433
20:30	United States	Fed Balance Sheet	―	―	6.71
23:01	United Kingdom	Consumer Confidence	―	-23	-21

Friday, April 24, 2026

Time	Country	Event	Actual	Forecast	Previous
14:00	United States	Michigan 5 Year Inflation Expectations	3.4%	3.4%	3.2%
14:00	United States	Michigan Consumer Expectations	46.1	46.1	51.7
14:00	United States	Michigan Current Conditions	50.1	50.1	55.8
14:00	United States	Michigan Inflation Expectations	4.8%	4.8%	3.8%
14:00	United States	Michigan Consumer Sentiment	47.6	47.6	53.3
17:00	United States	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	―	―	410
19:30	United States	CFTC Silver Speculative net positions	―	―	23.6
19:30	United States	CFTC Gold Speculative net positions	―	―	162.5
19:30	United States	CFTC Soybeans speculative net positions	―	―	201.7
19:30	United States	CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions	―	―	-115.8
19:30	United Kingdom	CFTC GBP speculative net positions	―	―	-54.7
19:30	United States	CFTC Nasdaq 100 speculative net positions	―	―	10.8
19:30	United States	CFTC Aluminium Speculative net positions	―	―	0.5
19:30	United States	CFTC Natural Gas speculative net positions	―	―	-186.9
19:30	United States	CFTC Wheat speculative net positions	―	―	-18.4
19:30	United States	CFTC Crude Oil speculative net positions	―	―	206.5
19:30	United States	CFTC Copper Speculative net positions	―	―	55.1
19:30	United States	CFTC Corn speculative net positions	―	―	248.9