Economy

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,317 posts) Wed Apr 22, 2026, 12:25 PM Yesterday

This week's (April 20 - April 24) and next week's (April 27 - May 1) major U.S. economic reports

This week's (April 20 - April 24) and next week's (April 27 - May 1) major U.S. economic reports

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 25, 2026.

Revised news release dates following the 2025 lapse in appropriations

With the BLS back up to speed, it looks as if ADP has stopped issuing weekly employment reports:

ADP Announces National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate Publicly Available on a Weekly Cadence

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

Canadian content: Friday, April 10, 8:30 a.m., Statistics Canada or Statistique Canada releases its monthly payroll employment report.

Labour Force Survey, March 2026

Enquête sur la population active, mars 2026

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

TIME (ET) REPORT PERIOD ACTUAL MEDIAN FORECAST PREVIOUS

MONDAY, APRIL 20
None scheduled

TUESDAY, APRIL 21
8:30 am U.S. retail sales March 1.7% 1.5% 0.7%
8:30 am Retail sales minus autos March 1.9% 1.4% 0.7%
10:00 am Business inventories Feb. 0.4% 0.3% 0.0%
10:00 am Pending home sales March 1.5% 0.5% 2.5%

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22
None scheduled

THURSDAY, APRIL 23
8:30 am Initial jobless claims April 18 210,000 207,000
9:45 am S&P flash U.S. services PMI April 51.0 49.8
9:45 am S&P flash U.S. manufacturing PMI April 52.5 52.3

FRIDAY, APRIL 24
10:00 am Consumer sentiment (final) April 48.6 47.6

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

Time (ET) Report Period Actual Median Forecast Previous

MONDAY, APRIL 27
None scheduled

TUESDAY, APRIL 28
9:00 am S&P Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities) Feb. 1.2%
10:00 am Consumer confidence April 91.8

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29
8:30 am Durable-goods orders March -1.4%
8:30 am Durable-goods minus transportation March 0.8%
8:30 am Housing starts (delayed report) Feb. 1.49 million
8:30 am Building permits (delayed report) Feb. 1.38 million
8:30 am Housing starts March --
8:30 am Building permits March --
8:30 am Advanced U.S. trade balance in goods March
8:30 am Advanced retail inventories March --
8:30 am Advanced wholesale inventories March 0.8%
2:00 pm FOMC interest-rate decision
2:30 pm Fed Chair Powell press conference

THURSDAY, APRIL 30
8:30 am Initial jobless claims April 25
8:30 am Employment cost index Q1 0.7%
8:30 am GDP Q1 0.5%
8:30 am Personal income March -0.1%
8:30 am Personal spending March 0.5%
8:30 am PCE index March 0.4%
8:30 am PCE (year-over-year) 2.8%
8:30 am Core PCE index March 0.4%
8:30 am Core PCE (year-over-year) 3.0%
9:45 am Chicago Business Barometer (PMI) April 52.8
10:00 am U.S. leading economic indicators Feb. -0.1%

FRIDAY, May 1
None scheduled

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.

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This week's (April 20 - April 24) and next week's (April 27 - May 1) major U.S. economic reports (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday OP

"Chase seems to have stopped posting these. Maybe they'll start up again." progree Yesterday #1

It's beginning to look as if that's a "no," huh? NT mahatmakanejeeves 23 hrs ago #2

Very unlikely, and if they did, it probably would be at a different URL. progree 13 hrs ago #3

Cleanup on aisle three. mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago #5

Thanks much. And good morning. Sunrise here is in 2 hours... then rain all afternoon beginning 1 PM. progree 10 hrs ago #6

"With the BLS back up to speed, it looks as if ADP has stopped issuing weekly employment reports" progree 13 hrs ago #4

Is my information in #4 wrong about the weekly ADP reports? I've been posting many of them in progree 5 hrs ago #7

Probably not. I thought ADP had stopped issuing those, what with the BLS mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago #8

😊 eom progree 5 hrs ago #9

progree

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

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 03:28 PM

Yesterday

Has it been 3 years now?

mahatmakanejeeves

(70,317 posts)

2. It's beginning to look as if that's a "no," huh? NT

Reply to progree (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 03:48 PM

23 hrs ago

progree

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3. Very unlikely, and if they did, it probably would be at a different URL.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 01:54 AM

13 hrs ago

I very much appreciate your many informative contributions in economic and other topics here and throughout DU. However, I do wish you would trim some of the dead wood so that several hundred viewers a week don't have to skim through that weekly for months and years. You can always re-include it if they do bring it back. Thanks for considering.

mahatmakanejeeves

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5. Cleanup on aisle three.

Reply to progree (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 04:22 AM

11 hrs ago

Sounds like a plan. I'll get to that.

Thanks, and good morning.

progree

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6. Thanks much. And good morning. Sunrise here is in 2 hours... then rain all afternoon beginning 1 PM.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 05:15 AM

10 hrs ago

progree

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4. "With the BLS back up to speed, it looks as if ADP has stopped issuing weekly employment reports"

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 02:09 AM

13 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Apr 23, 2026, 05:49 AM - Edit history (1)

I've been looking at the ADP Pulse most weeks (Tuesdays) for months. Except on the week that they do their monthly report.

Here is the latest, released April 21 (my summary of it for the most part)

# ADP Pulse:

For the four weeks ending April 4, 2026, U.S. PRIVATE employers added an average of 54,750 jobs a week. It was the fifth straight week of improvement in hiring. These numbers are preliminary and could change as new data is added

Multiplying by 52.14/12 to "monthesize it" to the average month: 237,889
(There are 52.14 weeks in a 365-day year, and 12 months).

The ultimate source: https://www.adpresearch.com/

It has a graph (scroll down half a page) showing it was about 15,000/week in mid-February -- https://www.adpresearch.com/the-rise-and-rise-of-knowledge-work/

ETA- From the above link:

About The NER Pulse
Three times a month, Main Street Macro releases the NER Pulse, an estimate of the week-over-week change in employment based on a four-week moving average. These releases are seasonally adjusted and have a two-week lag to allow for more complete and accurate estimates of real-time employment trends. At the beginning of each month, we publish the National Employment Report, which is built on a reference week that includes the 12th day of the month. We do not publish the NER Pulse during NER release weeks.

End ETA

(ADP is a private payroll processor that process about 20% of the U.S. private payroll, and they estimate the other 80%)

progree

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7. Is my information in #4 wrong about the weekly ADP reports? I've been posting many of them in

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 10:04 AM

5 hrs ago

my pinned "S&P 500" megathread over the past months, https://www.democraticunderground.com/111699775 , (the old ones are in Reply #1 of that thread) but maybe those aren't real? Spoofed or something like that?

Thanks.

mahatmakanejeeves

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8. Probably not. I thought ADP had stopped issuing those, what with the BLS

Reply to progree (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 10:09 AM

5 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Apr 23, 2026, 10:45 AM - Edit history (1)

being back in business. I'll make next week's schedule new! and improved!

If I change this week's schedule, your observations won't point back to anything.

And good morning.

progree

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9. 😊 eom

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #8)

Thu Apr 23, 2026, 10:15 AM

5 hrs ago

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