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U.S. Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

Dow Jones04-15

All dates are in ET Time. 
 
Wednesday, April 15, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0700/1100  04/10    MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey 
                       Composite Idx                                    276 
                       Composite Idx, W/W%                              -0.8% 
                       Purchase Idx-SA                                  161.1 
                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W%                            +1.1% 
                       Refinance Idx                                    919.9 
                       Refinance Idx, W/W%                              -2.8% 
0830/1230           Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Beth Hammack interviewed on 
                    CNBC's Squawk Box 
0830/1230  Apr      Empire State Manufacturing Survey 
                       Mfg Idx                               -0.5       -0.2 
                       Employment Idx                                   5.8 
                       New Orders Idx                                   6.4 
                       Prices Received                                  21.4 
0830/1230  Mar      Import & Export Price Indexes 
                       Import Prices                         +2.4%      +1.3% 
                       Non-Petroleum Prices                             +1.2% 
                       Petroleum Prices                                 +2.5% 
0900/1300           IMF Fiscal Monitor 
1000/1400           Federal Reserve Board of Governors closed meeting 
1000/1400  Apr      NAHB Housing Market Index 
                       Housing Mkt Idx                       37         38 
1000/1400           World Bank President Ajay Banga speaks at 'Water Forward: 
                    Driving Jobs and Prosperity' report launch 
1015/1415           IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva press briefing on 
                    the Global Policy Agenda 
1030/1430  04/10    EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report 
                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl)                           464.717M 
                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)       +0.9M      +3.081M 
                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl)                            239.272M 
                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)        -1.7M      -1.589M 
                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl)                          114.681M 
                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)      -2.1M      -3.144M 
                       Refinery Usage                        92.3%      92.0% 
                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day)                    20.638M 
                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg                     -0.283M 
                       (Bbl/day) 
1300/1700           Peterson Institute for International Economics event with 
                    Bank of Spain Governor José Luis Escrivá, Bank of Korea 
                    Governor Rhee Chang-yong, Reserve Bank of New Zealand 
                    Governor Anna Breman and Swiss National Bank Chairman Martin 
                    Schlegel 
1315/1715           Ukraine Ministerial Roundtable 
1400/1800           Atlantic Council fireside chat with ECB Executive Board 
                    Member Piero Cipollone 
1400/1800           U.S. Federal Reserve Beige Book 
1400/1800           Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey and IMF Managing 
                    Director Kristalina Georgieva speak at IMF 'Managing Global 
                    Imbalances: Policy Priorities' panel 
1530/1930           Global sovereign debt roundtable 
1530/1930           Atlantic Council fireside chat with Banque de France Governor 
                    François Villeroy de Galhau 
1600/2000  Feb      Treasury International Capital Data 
  N/A               Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action spring 
                    ministerial meeting 
 
Thursday, April 16, 2026                                     Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0800/1200           IMF Asia Pacific Department press briefing 
0830/1230  Apr      Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey 
                       Business Activity                     12.0       18.1 
                       Prices Paid                                      44.7 
                       Employment                                       0.8 
                       New Orders                                       8.6 
                       Prices Received                                  21.2 
                       Delivery Times                                   18.9 
                       Inventories                                      1.4 
                       Shipments                                        22.2 
0830/1230  04/11    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims                        215K       219K 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg                          +16K 
                       Continuing Claims                                1794000 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg                       -38K 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0900/1300           Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo and ECB Executive 
                    Board Member Isabel Schnabel speak at PIIE event on the 
                    eurozone 
0915/1315  Mar      Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization 
                       Industrial Production, M/M%           +0.0%      +0.2% 
                       Capacity Utilization %                76.3%      76.3% 
                       Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts)              +0 
0915/1315           IMF African Department press briefing 
1000/1400  Jan      Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment - To Be 
                    Rescheduled 
1030/1430  04/10    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf)                     1911B 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg                  +50B 
                       (Cbf) 
1030/1430           IMF Middle East and Central Asia Department press briefing 
1200/1600           IMF Debate on the Global Economy with IMF Managing Director 
                    Kristalina Georgieva and Banque de France Governor François 
                    Villeroy de Galhau 
1300/1700           IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings - Development Committee 
                    meeting 
1345/1745           IMF Governor Talk event with Greek Finance Minister and 
                    Eurogroup President Kyriakos Pierrakakis 
1400/1800           U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Closed Meeting 
1500/1900           Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Member Alan Taylor 
                    speaks at PIIE event on global trade 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
1930/2330           IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva dinner with select 
                    European ministers and High-Level Representatives from 
                    European Institutions 
  N/A               Emancipation Day in Washington, DC 
  N/A               G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting 
 
Friday, April 17, 2026                                       Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0800/1200           Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill speaks at Barclays 
                    breakfast roundtable 
0830/1230           IMF European Department press briefing 
0945/1345           IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings - International Monetary 
                    and Financial Committee meeting 
1015/1415           IMF Western Hemisphere Department press briefing 
1130/1530           Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly 
                    speaks at UC Berkeley's Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban 
                    Economics' Spring 2026 Policy Advisory Board meeting 
1400/1800           Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller speaks at David 
                    Kaserman Memorial Lecture 
1500/1900           Group of Thirty Spring Lecture 
  N/A               FATF Ministerial Meeting 
 
Saturday, April 18, 2026                                     Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
1000/1400           IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva meeting with 
                    Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors for Latin 
                    America, Canada and the U.S. 
  N/A               IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings conclude 
 
Tuesday, April 21, 2026                                      Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0800/1200           Economic Club of Washington, DC event with SEC Chairman Paul 
                    Atkins 
0830/1230  Mar      Advance Monthly Sales for Retail & Food Services 
                       Overall Sales-SA, M/M%                           +0.6% 
                       Sales, Ex-Auto, M/M%                             +0.5% 
                       Sales, Ex-Auto & Gas, M/M%                       +0.4% 
0855/1255  04/18    Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index 
                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y%                       +7.0% 
                       Latest Wk, Y/Y%                                  +7.0% 
1000/1400  Mar      Pending Home Sales Index 
                       Pending Home Sales                               72.1 
                       Pending Home Sales Idx, M/M%                     +1.8% 
                       Pending Home Sales Idx , Y/Y%                    -0.8% 
1000/1400  Feb      Manufacturing & Trade: Inventories & Sales 
                       Total Inventories                                -0.1% 
1130/1530           Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller speaks at 
                    Brookings Institution discussion 
1630/2030           API Weekly Statistical Bulletin 
 
Wednesday, April 22, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0700/1100  04/17    MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey 
                       Composite Idx 
                       Composite Idx, W/W% 
                       Purchase Idx-SA 
                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W% 
                       Refinance Idx 
                       Refinance Idx, W/W% 
1000/1400  Feb      State Employment and Unemployment 
1030/1430  04/17    EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report 
                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl) 
                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) 
                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl) 
                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) 
                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl) 
                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) 
                       Refinery Usage 
                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day) 
                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg 
                       (Bbl/day) 
 
Thursday, April 23, 2026                                     Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0830/1230  Mar      Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) 
                       NAI                                              -0.11 
                       NAI, 3-mo Moving Avg                             -0.01 
0830/1230  04/18    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg 
                       Continuing Claims 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg 
0945/1345  Apr      US Flash Manufacturing PMI 
                       PMI, Mfg                                         52.4 
0945/1345  Apr      US Flash Services PMI 
                       PMI, Services                                    51.1 
1030/1430  04/17    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg 
                       (Cbf) 
1100/1500  Apr      Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Survey of Tenth District 
                    Manufacturing 
                       Mfg Activity Idx                                 11 
                       6-Mo Exp Prod Idx                                26 
                       Mfg Composite Idx                                11 
                       6-Mo Exp Composite Idx                           16 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
 
 

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April 15, 2026 06:30 ET (10:30 GMT)

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