economic calendar

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These pages are built around macro dates traders actually search for: CPI, payrolls, FOMC, GDP and PCE. The objective is not to dump a generic calendar. It is to explain what each scheduled release can do to rates, index leadership and cross-asset regime positioning.

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scheduled event pages

  • Apr 29, 20262:00 p.m. ETFederal Reserve FOMC meeting calendar and 2026 statement release pages

    Next FOMC meeting date and statement time (ET): April 29, 2026

    See the next FOMC meeting date and statement time from the official Fed calendar, plus the upcoming 2026 meeting schedule and the market setup into the April 29 decision.

    • Whether the statement keeps leaning on elevated uncertainty instead of reopening a clean easing path.
    • How quickly 2-year yields, TLT and QQQ react if the Fed sounds more worried about inflation than growth.
    • Whether the market treats the decision as regime confirmation or as the start of another cuts repricing swing.
  • Apr 30, 20268:30 a.m. ETBEA release schedule for Personal Income and Outlays

    Next PCE release date and time (ET): April 30, 2026

    See the next PCE release date and time from the official BEA schedule, plus upcoming PCE report dates and the market context that matters into the April 30 print.

    • Core PCE month-on-month momentum versus what the Fed needs to see before easing becomes credible again.
    • Real spending and income details that can either support or undermine the growth narrative behind the inflation print.
    • How much of the post-release move comes from inflation itself versus the fact that GDP and PCE hit together on April 30.
  • Apr 30, 20268:30 a.m. ETBEA release schedule for GDP estimates and corporate profits

    Next GDP release date and time (ET): April 30, 2026

    See the next U.S. GDP release date and time from the official BEA schedule, plus upcoming GDP estimate dates and the key market context into the April 30 print.

    • Whether the first-quarter growth mix points to genuine demand resilience or headline support from inventories and trade noise.
    • How much the market cares about the corporate-profits and revision path rather than the advance estimate alone.
    • The fact that GDP and PCE arrive together on April 30, making the session as much about cross-signal interpretation as the number itself.
  • May 8, 20268:30 a.m. ETBLS Employment Situation release calendar

    Next jobs report date and time (ET): May 8, 2026

    See the next jobs report date and time from the official BLS schedule, plus upcoming nonfarm payrolls dates and the market setup into the May 8 release.

    • Whether payroll growth, unemployment and average hourly earnings point to cooling labor demand or sticky wage pressure.
    • How fast the front end reprices if one line is soft but the earnings or revisions story keeps the report hot.
    • Why IWM and cyclicals can react differently from QQQ when the report changes the growth-versus-rates balance.
  • May 12, 20268:30 a.m. ETBLS Consumer Price Index release calendar

    Next CPI release date and time (ET): May 12, 2026

    See the next CPI release date and time from the official BLS schedule, plus upcoming inflation report dates and the market setup into the May 12 print.

    • Whether core services and shelter are decelerating enough to keep easing odds alive.
    • How much the initial move is really a 2-year yield move wearing an equity headline.
    • Why GLD, TLT and USDJPY can offer a cleaner inflation read than SPY alone.
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