U.S. Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

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Thursday, January 8, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Oct      U.S. International Trade in Goods & Services 
                       Trade Balance $(USD)$                   -58.4B     -52.8B 
                       Exports (USD) 
                       Exports, M/M% 
                       Imports (USD) 
                       Imports, M/M% 
0830/1330  01/03    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims                        210K       199K 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg                          -16K 
                       Continuing Claims                                1866000 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg                       -47K 
0830/1330  Q3       Preliminary Productivity and Costs 
                       Non-Farm Productivity, Q/Q%           +4.9%      +2.4% 
                       Unit Labor Costs                      -0.4%      +1.6% 
0830/1330           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
1000/1500  Oct      Monthly Wholesale Trade 
                       Inventories, M/M%                     +0.2%      +0.5% 
1030/1530  01/02    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf)          3255B      3375B 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg       -120B      -38B 
                       (Cbf) 
1245/1745           World Economic Situation and Prospects report launch 
1400/1900           U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Closed Meeting 
1500/2000  Nov      Consumer Credit 
                       Consumer Credit Net Chg (USD)         +9.2B      +9.2B 
 
Friday, January 9, 2026                                      Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Dec      U.S. Employment Report 
                       Non-Farm Payrolls                     +73K       +64K 
                       Unemployment Rate                     4.5%       4.6% 
                       Avg Hourly Earnings (USD)                        36.86 
                       Avg Hourly Earnings-Net Chg (USD)                +0.05 
                       Avg Hourly Earnings, M/M%             +0.3%      +0.14% 
                       Avg Hourly Earnings, Y/Y%             +3.6%      +3.5% 
                       Overall Workweek                                 34.3 
                       Overall Workweek Net Chg                         +0.1 
                       Government Payrolls                              -5K 
                       Private Payroll                                  +69K 
                       Participation Rate                               62.5% 
                       Non-Farm Payrolls Bench Net Chg 
0830/1330  Sep      New Residential Construction - Housing Starts and Building 
                    Permits 
                       Total Starts                          1.34M      1.307M 
                       Housing Starts, M/M%                  +2.5%      -8.5% 
                       Building Permits                      1.34M      1.312M 
                       Building Permits, M/M%                +2.1%      -3.7% 
0830/1330  Oct      New Residential Construction - Housing Starts and Building 
                    Permits 
                       Total Starts                          1.33M 
                       Housing Starts, M/M% 
                       Building Permits                      1.34M 
                       Building Permits, M/M% 
1000/1500  Jan      University of Michigan Survey of Consumers - preliminary 
                       Mid-Mo Sentiment                      53.4       53.3 
                       Mid-Mo Expectations                              55.0 
                       Mid-Mo Current Idx                               50.7 
 
Monday, January 12, 2026                                     Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
1000/1500  Dec      Employment Trends Index 
                       ETI 
                       ETI, Y/Y% 
1200/1700           World Agricultural Supply & Demand Estimates (WASDE) 
                       Corn, End Stocks (Bushels) 
                       Soybeans, End Stocks (Bushels) 
                       Wheat, End Stocks (Bushels) 
                       Cotton, End Stocks (Bales) 
1230/1730           FRB Atlanta President Raphael Bostic moderated conversation 
                    with New York Stock Exchange chairman 
1800/2300           Peter McColough Series on International Economics event with 
                    Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams 
  N/A               G7 finance ministers reportedly meet in Washington to discuss 
                    rare earth metals 
 
Tuesday, January 13, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0600/1100  Dec      NFIB Index of Small Business Optimism 
                       Small Business Idx                               99.0 
0830/1330  Dec      CPI 
                       CPI, M/M% 
                       Core CPI, M/M% 
                       Energy Idx, M/M% 
                       Food Idx, M/M% 
                       Real Avg Wkly Pay-Infla Adj, M/M% 
                       CPI, Y/Y%                                        +2.7% 
                       Core Annual, Y/Y%                                +2.6% 
0855/1355  01/10    Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index 
                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y%                       +6.8% 
                       Latest Wk, Y/Y%                                  +7.1% 
1000/1500  Jan      RCM/TIPP Economic Optimism Index 
                       Economic Optimism Idx                            47.9 
                       6-Mo Economic Outlook                            44.4 
1400/1900  Dec      Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the 
                    U.S. Government 
1600/2100           Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin 
                    speaks at CFA Society Washington, DC event 
 
Wednesday, January 14, 2026                                  Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0700/1200  01/09    MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey 
                       Composite Idx                                    270.8 
                       Composite Idx, W/W%                              +0.3% 
                       Purchase Idx-SA                                  159.3 
                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W%                            -6.2% 
                       Refinance Idx                                    937 
                       Refinance Idx, W/W%                              +7.4% 
0830/1330  Q3       International Transactions 
                       Current Account (USD)                            -251.31B 
0830/1330  Nov      Advance Monthly Sales for Retail & Food Services 
                       Overall Sales-SA, M/M%                           +0.0% 
                       Sales, Ex-Auto, M/M%                             +0.4% 
                       Sales, Ex-Auto & Gas, M/M%                       +0.5% 
0950/1450           FRB Philadelphia President Anna Paulson speaks at Chamber of 
                    Commerce for Greater Philadelphia State of the Economy event 
1000/1500  Dec      Existing Home Sales 
                       Existing Sales                                   4.13M 
                       Existing Sales, M/M%                             +0.5% 
                       Unsold Homes Month's Supply                      4.2 
                       Median Price (USD)                               409200 
                       Median Home Price, Y/Y%                          +1.2% 
1000/1500  Dec      Online Help Wanted Index 
1030/1530  01/09    EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report 
                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl)                           419.1M 
                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                  -3.8M 
                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl)                            242.0M 
                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                   +7.7M 
                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl)                          129.3M 
                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                 +5.6M 
                       Refinery Usage 
                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day) 
                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg 
                       (Bbl/day) 
1200/1700           Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Neel Kashkari 
                    speaks at the Midwest Economic Forecast Forum 
1400/1900           U.S. Federal Reserve Beige Book 
1400/1900           Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams 
                    speaks at 'An Economy That Works for All' event 
 
Thursday, January 15, 2026                                   Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Jan      Empire State Manufacturing Survey 
                       Mfg Idx                                          -3.9 
                       Employment Idx                                   7.3 
                       New Orders Idx                                   0.0 
                       Prices Received                                  19.8 
0830/1330  Jan      Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey 
                       Business Activity                                -10.2 
                       Prices Paid                                      43.6 
                       Employment                                       12.9 
                       New Orders                                       5.0 
                       Prices Received                                  24.3 
                       Delivery Times                                   6.2 
                       Inventories                                      6.5 
                       Shipments                                        3.2 
0830/1330  1/10     Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg 
                       Continuing Claims 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg 
0830/1330  Nov      Import & Export Price Indexes 
                       Import Prices 
                       Non-Petroleum Prices 
                       Petroleum Prices 
1030/1530  01/09    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg 
                       (Cbf) 
1600/2100  Nov      Treasury International Capital Data 
  N/A               FRB Richmond President Thomas Barkin speaks at VBA/VA Chamber 
                    Financial Forecast event 
 
Friday, January 16, 2026                                     Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0915/1415  Dec      Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization 
                       Industrial Production, M/M%                      +0.2% 
                       Capacity Utilization %                           76.0% 
                       Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts) 
1000/1500  Q3       U.S. International Investment Position 
1000/1500  Jan      NAHB Housing Market Index 
                       Housing Mkt Idx                                  39 
1000/1500  Nov      Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment 
 
 

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