Week ahead
The high-impact releases of the week, with the median forecast.
This week Mon 05 Oct
ECO
Week ahead
| Date | Time | Event | Per. | Actual | Forecast | Prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 5 October | ||||||
| Mon 05 | 10:00 ET | US ISM services PMI | Sep | 54.9 | — | 55.4 |
| Wednesday 7 October | ||||||
| Wed 07 | 13:00 ET | US 10-year note auction, $39bn, high yield | Oct | 5.300% | — | 4.834% |
| Wed 07 | 14:00 ET | Fed minutes, September meeting | Sep | Out | — | — |
| Thursday 8 October | ||||||
| Thu 08 | 13:30 CET | ECB account, September meeting | Sep | Out | — | — |
| Thu 08 | 08:30 ET | US initial jobless claims | w/e 3 Oct | 197k | — | 199k |
| Friday 9 October | ||||||
| Fri 09 | 10:00 ET | US consumer sentiment (Michigan), preliminary | Oct | — | — | 48.1 |
Forecast is the median from a public consensus source. Actual fills in when the release is out. A red bar marks a key release.
DESK
On my desk
$ ls ~/desk --this-week
- g7/G7 Leaders' statement on energy security, 2 Oct100 million barrels from emergency stocks over four months, with a substantial diesel release in the first 20 days.HTML
- iea/IEA at the G7 leaders' meeting on energy security, 2 Oct325 million of the 400 million barrels pledged in March have been released; diesel markets remain acute.HTML
- opec/OPEC+ seven countries' decision for November, 4 OctRequired production for November stays at the September level; the next meeting is on 1 November.HTML
- bls/The Employment Situation, September 2026Payrolls rose by 29,000 in September, and unemployment rose to 4.2%.HTML
- bea/Personal income and outlays, August 2026Core PCE prices rose 0.2% in August and 3.0% on the year, after the annual revision.HTML
Week of Mon 28 Sep
ECO
Week ahead
| Date | Time | Event | Per. | Actual | Forecast | Prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 29 September | ||||||
| Tue 29 | 10:00 ET | US JOLTS job openings | Aug | 7.08M | — | 7.27M |
| Wednesday 30 September | ||||||
| Wed 30 | 08:30 ET | US GDP, third estimate, annualised | Q2 | 2.2% | — | 1.5% |
| Wed 30 | 08:30 ET | US PCE price index, y/y | Aug | 3.4% | — | 3.7% |
| Wed 30 | 08:30 ET | US core PCE price index, y/y | Aug | 3.0% | — | 3.3% |
| Friday 2 October | ||||||
| Fri 02 | 08:30 ET | US nonfarm payrolls | Sep | 29k | — | 162k |
| Fri 02 | 08:30 ET | US unemployment rate | Sep | 4.2% | — | 4.1% |
Forecast is the median from a public consensus source. Actual fills in when the release is out. A red bar marks a key release.