US Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

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All dates are in ET Time. 
 
Thursday, September 17, 2026                                 Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0830/1230  09/12    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims                        207K       206K 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg                          -1K 
                       Continuing Claims                                1774000 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg                       -1K 
0830/1230  Aug      New Residential Construction - Housing Starts and Building 
                    Permits 
                       Total Starts                          1.30M      1.239M 
                       Housing Starts, M/M%                  +4.9%      -12.4% 
                       Building Permits                      1.40M      1.443M 
                       Building Permits, M/M%                -3.0%      +5% 
0830/1230  Sep      Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey 
                       Business Activity                     34.0       47.4 
                       Prices Paid                                      40.9 
                       Employment                                       27.9 
                       New Orders                                       30.1 
                       Prices Received                                  17.7 
                       Delivery Times                                   3.7 
                       Inventories                                      -3.7 
                       Shipments                                        27.7 
1000/1400  Aug      Pending Home Sales Index 
                       Pending Home Sales                               71.2 
                       Pending Home Sales Idx, M/M%          +0.5%      -2.3% 
                       Pending Home Sales Idx , Y/Y%                    -2.2% 
1030/1430  09/11    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf)          3303B      3254B 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg       +49B       +40B 
                       (Cbf) 
1400/1800           U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Closed Meeting 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
 
Friday, September 18, 2026                                   Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0915/1315  Aug      Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization 
                       Industrial Production, M/M%           +0.3%      +0.2% 
                       Capacity Utilization %                76.4%      76.3% 
                       Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts)              +0.1 
1000/1400  Aug      Leading Indicators 
                       Leading Index, M/M%                   +0.2%      +0.2% 
                       Leading Index                                    99.5 
                       Coincident Index, M/M%                           +0.2% 
                       Lagging Index, M/M%                              +0.2% 
1000/1400  Aug      State Employment and Unemployment 
 
Monday, September 21, 2026                                   Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230  Aug      Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) 
                       NAI                                              -0.08 
                       NAI, 3-mo Moving Avg                             -0.04 
  N/A               G7 Foreign Ministers Informal Meeting this week 
 
Tuesday, September 22, 2026                                  Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0855/1255  09/19    Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index 
                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y%                       +8.4% 
                       Latest Wk, Y/Y%                                  +8.5% 
1000/1400  Sep      Richmond Fed Business Activity Survey 
                       Mfg Idx                                          4 
                       Shipments Idx                                    11 
1300/1700           Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin 
                    speaks to the CFA Society Baltimore 
1300/1700  Aug      Money Stock Measures 
1630/2030           API Weekly Statistical Bulletin 
  N/A               U.N. General Debate opens 
 
Wednesday, September 23, 2026                                Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0700/1100  09/18    MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey 
                       Composite Idx                                    230.8 
                       Composite Idx, W/W%                              -4.1% 
                       Purchase Idx-SA                                  156.2 
                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W%                            -0.8% 
                       Refinance Idx                                    627.1 
                       Refinance Idx, W/W%                              -8.8% 
0945/1345  Sep      US Flash Services PMI 
                       PMI, Services                                    56.8 
0945/1345  Sep      US Flash Manufacturing PMI 
                       PMI, Mfg                                         53.2 
1030/1430  09/18    EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report 
                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl)                           423.429M 
                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                  -0.64M 
                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl)                            207.732M 
                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                   +0.794M 
                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl)                          107.859M 
                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                 +1.585M 
                       Refinery Usage                                   96.8% 
                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day)                    21.255M 
                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg                     +1.942M 
                       (Bbl/day) 
 
Thursday, September 24, 2026                                 Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230           Economic Club of Washington, DC event with Federal Reserve 
                    Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin 
0830/1230  Q2       U.S. International Investment Position 
0830/1230  Q2       International Transactions 
                       Current Account (USD)                            -226.8B 
0830/1230  09/19    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg 
                       Continuing Claims 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
1000/1400  Aug      New Residential Sales 
                       New Home Sales                                   607K 
                       New Home Sales, M/M%                             -10.5% 
                       New Home Sales Months Supply                     9.6 
1030/1430  09/18    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg 
                       (Cbf) 
1100/1500  Sep      Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Survey of Tenth District 
                    Manufacturing 
                       Mfg Activity Idx                                 17 
                       6-Mo Exp Prod Idx                                35 
                       Mfg Composite Idx                                10 
                       6-Mo Exp Composite Idx                           20 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
  N/A               U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi 
                    Jinping for a state visit 
 
 

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