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Economic calendar May 2026: jobs report, CPI, GDP, and PCE dates

May 20264 min read4 scheduled releases

See the May 2026 economic calendar with official jobs report, CPI, GDP, and PCE release dates and times, plus the key macro setup into each print.

month at a glance
4scheduled releases
3release days
4tracked event types
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Dates and times below come from the linked official Federal Reserve, BLS, and BEA calendars attached to each event page.

  • BLS Employment Situation release calendar1 release this month
  • BLS Consumer Price Index release calendar1 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

Friday, May 8

1 release
  • 8:30 a.m. ETBLS Employment Situation release calendar

    Employment Situation for April 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.

Tuesday, May 12

1 release
  • 8:30 a.m. ETBLS Consumer Price Index release calendar

    Consumer Price Index for April 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.

Thursday, May 28

2 releases
  • 8:30 a.m. ETBEA release schedule for GDP estimates and corporate profits

    GDP second estimate and corporate profits 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.

  • 8:30 a.m. ETBEA release schedule for Personal Income and Outlays

    Personal Income and Outlays for April 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 May is a cleaner search-intent month for traders

May has the releases traders repeatedly plan around: payrolls on May 8, CPI on May 12, then the late-month BEA cluster on May 28. That is the kind of month where date intent maps directly to trading intent.

Each release can move a different part of the macro story, but together they decide whether the post-April regime still holds.

The late-month pairing is easy to underestimate

The market tends to focus on payrolls and CPI because the dates are familiar. But May 28 is one of the more important sessions of the month because the GDP second estimate and April Personal Income and Outlays arrive at the same time.

That creates another growth-plus-inflation collision day, which often matters more for regime framing than the headline narrative suggests.

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