This week's (February 16 - February 20) and next week's (February 23 - February 27) major U.S. economic reports

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This week's (February 16 - February 20) and next week's (February 23 - February 27) major U.S. economic reports

I don't know who has funding and who does not. "No funding" means no report, so some of the releases on the calendar might not happen.

MarketWatch updates the schedule throughout the week. Check their site for revisions. Check the Bureau of Labor Statistics too. They are catching up with delayed reports these days. The delayed releases go through March 5, 2026.

Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations

ADP is still issuing weekly reports. See progree's reply. There's one on Tuesday, February 17. Thanks for that.

MarketWatch doesn't list the Challenger, Gray & Christmas job cut report. I'll add it when that day comes around.

Note to self: 2026 Challenger Job Cut Report Release Calendar

This Week's Major U.S. Economic Reports & Fed Speakers

TIME (ET) REPORT PERIOD ACTUAL MEDIAN FORECAST PREVIOUS

MONDAY, FEB. 16
None scheduled, President's Day holiday

TUESDAY, FEB. 17
8:15 am ADP NER Pulse Average jobs change per week For four weeks ending January 31, 2026
8:30 am Empire State manufacturing survey Feb. 10.0 7.7
10:00 am Home builder confidence index Feb. 38 37

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18
8:30 am Housing starts (delayed report) Nov. 1.30 1.25 million
8:30 am Building permits Nov. NA 1.41 million
8:30 am Housing starts (delayed report) Dec. 1.3 million NA
8:30 am Building permits Dec. 1.40 million NA
8:30 am Durable-goods orders (delayed report) Dec. -2.3% 5.3%
8:30 am Durable-goods minus transportation Dec. -- 0.5%
9:15 am Industrial production Jan. 0.3% 0.4%
9:15 am Capacity utilization Jan. 76.5% 76.3%
2:00 pm Minutes of Fed's January FOMC meeting

THURSDAY, FEB. 19
8:30 am Initial jobless claims Feb. 14 220,000 227,000
8:30 am U.S. trade deficit Dec. -$56.0B -$56.8B
8:30 am Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey Feb. NA 12.6
8:30 am Advanced U.S. trade balance in goods Dec. NA
8:30 am Advanced retail inventories Dec. NA
8:30 am Advanced wholesale inventories Dec. 0.2%
9:am am Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari speaks
10:00 am Leading economic index Dec. -0.1% -0.3%

FRIDAY, FEB. 20
8:30 am GDP Q4 2.5% 4.4%
8:30 am Personal income Dec. 0.3% 0.3%
8:30 am Personal spending Dec. 0.4% 0.5%
8:30 am PCE index Dec. 0.3% 0.2%
8:30 am PCE (year-over-year) 2.8% 2.8%
8:30 am Core PCE index Dec. 0.3% 0.2%
8:30 am Core PCE (year-over-year) 2.9% 2.8%
9:45 am S&P flash U.S. services PMI Feb. -- 52.7
9:45 am S&P flash U.S. manufacturing PMI Feb. -- 52.4
10:00 am New home sales (delayed report) Nov. 730,000 737,000
10:00 am New home sales (delayed report) Dec. 735,000 NA
10:00 am Consumer sentiment (prelim) Feb. 57.1 57.3
NA - Not available

Next Week's Major U.S. Economic Reports & Fed Speakers

MONDAY, FEB. 23
10:00 am Factory orders Dec. 2.7%

TUESDAY, FEB. 24
9:00 am S&P Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities) Dec. 1.4$
10:00 am Wholesale inventories Dec. 0.2%
10:00 am Consumer confidence Feb. 84.5

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25
None scheduled

THURSDAY, FEB. 26
8:30 am Initial jobless claims Feb. 21

FRIDAY, FEB. 27
8:30 am Producer price index (delayed report) Jan. 0.5%
8:30 am Core PPI Jan. 0.4%
8:30 am PPI year over year 3.0%
8:30 am Core PPI year over year 3.5%
10:00 am Construction spending (delayed report) Nov. 0.5%
10:00 am Construction spending Dec. NA
9:45 am Chicago Business Barometer (PMI) 54.0 (edited)
NA - Not available

Here's another calendar of US economic events. This one is so hard to format at DU that I'm not even going to try.

United States Economic Calendar

Here is yet another calendar of US economic events that is so hard to format at DU that I'm not even going to try.

Hat tip, jmbar2

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/calendar

One more:

https://www.chase.com/personal/investments/learning-and-insights/category/markets

Chase seems to have stopped posting these. Maybe they'll start up again.

Economic outlook

Up next for the markets: November 7 – November 11

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Content and Communications, J.P. Morgan Wealth Management

Nov 02, 2022 | 3 min read

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