Economic calendar April 2026: FOMC, GDP, and PCE release dates
See the April 2026 economic calendar with official FOMC, GDP, and PCE release dates and times, plus the month-end macro setup traders are watching.
Dates and times below come from the linked official Federal Reserve, BLS, and BEA calendars attached to each event page.
- Federal Reserve FOMC meeting calendar and 2026 statement release pages1 release this month
- BEA release schedule for GDP estimates and corporate profits1 release this month
- BEA release schedule for Personal Income and Outlays1 release this month
monthly economic calendar
Wednesday, Apr 29
1 releaseFOMC statement for the April 28-29 meeting
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.
Meeting window: April 28-29, 2026.
Thursday, Apr 30
2 releasesGDP advance estimate for Q1 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.
Personal Income and Outlays for March 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.
Why late April matters more than the first half of the month
By April 17 the market has already absorbed the early-month payroll and CPI cycle. What remains is arguably more important: the FOMC meeting on April 28-29 and the April 30 combination of GDP advance plus Personal Income and Outlays.
That cluster forces traders to process policy, growth and inflation in back-to-back sessions rather than as isolated releases.
This is a collision month, not a single-event month
The useful way to think about late April is not as separate boxes on a calendar. It is as a short regime sequence: Fed communication first, then growth and PCE inflation together the next morning.
When macro events stack this tightly, the tape can become much more unstable than any one release would imply on its own.