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Economic calendar

The releases that move the dollar, gold and the indices, in your own time zone (US Eastern time below). Every date comes from the publisher's official schedule.

Friday, October 9

  1. Canada jobs report (Labour Force Survey)CABig

Wednesday, October 14

  1. US CPI inflation reportUSBig

Wednesday, October 14

  1. Australia jobs report (Labour Force)AUBig
  2. US retail salesUSBig

Monday, October 19

  1. Canada CPI inflationCABig

Tuesday, October 20

  1. UK labour market reportUKBig

Wednesday, October 21

  1. UK CPI inflationUKBig

Tuesday, October 27

  1. Australia CPI inflationAUBig
  2. Bank of Canada rate decisionCABig
  3. Fed interest rate decision (FOMC)USBig

Thursday, October 29

  1. US GDPUSBig
  2. US PCE inflation and spendingUSBig
  3. ECB interest rate decisionEUBig

The last numbers

Fed interest rate decision (FOMC)

September 17, 2026

Fed policy rate 3.75 to 4.00%

Last change: raised by 25 basis points on September 17, 2026

US CPI inflation report

August 2026

Inflation 3.4% from a year earlier

Core inflation (without food and energy) 2.4%

US jobs report (Nonfarm Payrolls)

September 2026

+29,000 jobs

Unemployment rate 4.2%

US Producer Price Index

August 2026

Producer prices (final demand) 5.4% from a year earlier

US job openings (JOLTS)

August 2026

7,079,000 job openings

From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Federal Reserve Board.

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Every release, one page each

United States

Fed interest rate decision (FOMC) US CPI inflation report US Employment Cost Index US GDP US PCE inflation and spending US Producer Price Index US durable goods orders US job openings (JOLTS) US jobs report (Nonfarm Payrolls) US retail sales US weekly jobless claims

Euro area

ECB interest rate decision Euro area GDP (flash) Euro area inflation (flash HICP) Euro area unemployment

United Kingdom

UK CPI inflation UK GDP (monthly) UK labour market report

Canada

Bank of Canada rate decision Canada CPI inflation Canada jobs report (Labour Force Survey)

Australia

Australia CPI inflation Australia jobs report (Labour Force) RBA interest rate decision

US market holidays and early closes, 2026 to 2028

Questions

What is on the economic calendar this week?

Canada jobs report (Labour Force Survey) on Friday October 9 at 8:30 a.m. ET; US CPI inflation report on Wednesday October 14 at 8:30 a.m. ET; Australia jobs report (Labour Force) on Wednesday October 14 at 8:30 p.m. ET; US retail sales on Thursday October 15 at 8:30 a.m. ET

Where do these dates come from?

From each publisher's own schedule: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Census Bureau, the Federal Reserve, the Department of Labor, the European Central Bank, Eurostat, the UK Office for National Statistics, the Bank of Canada, Statistics Canada, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

What makes a release 'big'?

Our label for the releases that change what markets expect from a central bank: rate decisions, inflation (CPI, PCE), jobs reports, first GDP estimates and US retail sales. The rest are listed as smaller releases.