Investozora U.S. economic calendar
Official schedule baseline readyThis page combines scheduled releases from the agencies that publish U.S. economic statistics with Federal Reserve policy events and Treasury auction data. Scheduled facts and official readings are kept separate from Investozora importance ratings and interpretation.
Use this page to answer the practical questions that matter before and after a U.S. economic release: what is coming, when it is published, what period it measures, what the last official number was, whether an earlier reading was revised, and why the release matters. The calendar is built around the originating public source whenever possible. It does not treat a scheduled release as a live market price, and it does not manufacture forecasts when no verified consensus source is connected.
Release dates and official actuals come from the publishing agency or a secure data gateway tied to an originating government series. Forecasts appear only when their provider can be identified. Importance levels, surprise classifications and market implications are Investozora editorial tools, not government ratings or guaranteed market predictions. Revisions remain visible because the number originally reported can differ from the latest historical estimate.
Today and date navigation
U.S. economic calendar
The calendar opens in Eastern Time because that is the clock used by the major U.S. statistical agencies and the Federal Reserve for most scheduled releases. Use Previous, Next, Today or the date picker to move through the official schedule without reloading the page. Day, week, month and year views change the date range shown below. If you switch to another U.S. time zone or UTC, only the displayed clock time changes; the underlying release instant remains exactly the same.
Daily, weekly, monthly and annual views
Economic release calendar
The main release table is the working center of the calendar. Each row identifies the date, time, event, publishing institution, reference period, latest official actual, previous comparable reading, revision context, importance and release status. Filters can narrow the schedule by importance, category, institution or status without changing the source data. Forecasts remain unavailable unless a named, verifiable consensus provider is connected, because a market estimate should never be presented with the same authority as an official government statistic.
Investozora real-time economic calendar
Live Economic Calendar
Follow scheduled economic releases with live actual, forecast and previous readings in one research view. Use the built-in date and time-zone controls while keeping the provider’s live data separate from Investozora analysis.
Real-Time Economic Releases
This live calendar is designed for fast release monitoring. Event times, currencies, importance levels, actual results, forecasts and previous readings are displayed directly from the embedded calendar provider. The surrounding Investozora layout keeps the research experience consistent with the rest of the site.
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What changed most recently
Upcoming releases and recently released data
Upcoming and recently released sections answer two different questions. Upcoming tells you what is scheduled next and when it will be published. Recently released tells you what has already entered the official economic record. This distinction matters because a report released today can describe activity from last month, last quarter or an earlier benchmark period. Each item keeps its reference period and source visible so readers can separate the date a statistic was measured from the date the agency actually published it.
Upcoming releases
Aug. 28, 2026 · 10:00 AM ET
Q1 2026 · BLS
Aug. 28, 2026 · 10:00 AM ET
March 2026 benchmark · BLS schedule
Sep. 1, 2026 · 10:00 AM ET
July 2026 · BLS
Sep. 4, 2026 · 8:30 AM ET
August 2026 · BLS
Recently released
Aug. 26, 2026 · 8:30 AM ET
Q2 2026 · BEA
Actual: 1.5% SAAR
Aug. 26, 2026 · 8:30 AM ET
July 2026 · BEA
Actual: Core PCE 3.3% YoY · headline PCE 3.7% YoY · saving rate 3.0%
Aug. 12, 2026 · 8:30 AM ET
July 2026 · BLS
Actual: 3.4% YoY · 0.1% MoM
Aug. 7, 2026 · 8:30 AM ET
July 2026 · BLS
Actual: payrolls −23K · unemployment 4.1%
Actual versus expectations
Economic data surprises
An economic surprise is the difference between an official result and the consensus expectation that existed before publication. The comparison is useful only when both numbers use the same definition and unit. A positive surprise is not automatically good news, and a negative surprise is not automatically bad news. Inflation, employment and growth can have very different implications depending on the economic backdrop. Investozora therefore calculates a surprise only when a verified pre release forecast is available and otherwise leaves the forecast clearly unsupplied.
Verified surprise monitor
Actual: 1.5% SAAR · Forecast: Not supplied · Surprise: Not calculated. The official BEA result is shown, but no consensus number is published until a named, auditable forecast provider is connected.
Actual: Core PCE 3.3% YoY and headline PCE 3.7% YoY · Forecast: Not supplied · Surprise: Not calculated. This preserves a clean boundary between government statistics and third party expectations.
Actual: 3.4% YoY and 0.1% MoM · Forecast: Not supplied · Surprise: Not calculated. When a verified pre release consensus feed is connected, this card can compute actual minus forecast in the same unit.
Why forecast coverage is intentionally strict
Government agencies publish actual statistics, not market consensus forecasts. A forecast column is useful only when its origin is clear. Until a licensed or otherwise verifiable consensus feed is connected, Investozora keeps the forecast field visibly unavailable rather than filling the table with estimates that cannot be audited.
What still works without a forecast feed: official actuals, previous readings, revisions, release timing, historical charts, source links, indicator definitions and Investozora interpretation all remain useful.
Investozora analysis
What markets are watching
This section is Investozora analysis, not official government or Federal Reserve commentary. It focuses on the economic channels that investors, businesses and policy watchers commonly monitor around major releases. Inflation can change expectations for the path of policy, labor data can alter the growth and wage outlook, and Treasury yields connect those expectations to borrowing costs. The purpose is to explain what readers may want to watch next, not to predict a guaranteed market reaction from a single number.
Inflation
Inflation reports are most useful when headline, core and month to month changes are read together. A single monthly jump can reflect a narrow category, while a persistent core trend can signal broader price pressure. Markets often compare the result with expectations for Federal Reserve policy and Treasury yields. PCE inflation also deserves separate attention because the Federal Reserve states its two percent inflation goal in terms of the PCE price index rather than CPI.
Labor
The labor market is not one number. Payroll growth measures employer hiring, unemployment measures the share of the labor force looking for work, wages help show compensation pressure, and JOLTS adds information about openings, quits and layoffs. Revisions can materially change the recent story. A stronger labor picture can support household income and growth, but if demand remains too tight it can also influence expectations about how quickly monetary policy may ease.
Treasury yields
Treasury yields translate changing expectations about policy, inflation, growth and federal financing into market interest rates. The two year yield is especially sensitive to the expected path of the federal funds rate, while longer maturities also reflect inflation risk, growth, Treasury supply and term premium. Mortgage and many corporate borrowing rates are influenced by the broader Treasury curve. A yield move after a release should therefore be interpreted in context rather than attributed automatically to one headline.
Federal Reserve calendar
FOMC meetings, statements, minutes and projections
Federal Reserve events need more context than a single meeting date. The Federal Open Market Committee normally meets eight times each year, and the policy statement, implementation note, Chair’s press conference, minutes and Summary of Economic Projections are separate pieces of information released on different schedules. This section uses the Federal Reserve’s own calendar as the authority. Future policy decisions are never guessed. They remain scheduled events until the Committee publishes the actual decision and supporting materials.
| Meeting | Decision | Rate change | Statement | Minutes | Press conference | SEP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 27 to 28, 2026 | Maintained 3.50% to 3.75% | 0 bps | Official statement | Released February 18 | Published | No |
| March 17 to 18, 2026 | Maintained 3.50% to 3.75% | 0 bps | Official statement | Released April 8 | Published | Yes |
| April 28 to 29, 2026 | Maintained 3.50% to 3.75% | 0 bps | Official statement | Released May 20 | Published | No |
| June 16 to 17, 2026 | Maintained 3.50% to 3.75% | 0 bps | Official statement | Released July 8 | Published | Yes |
| July 28 to 29, 2026 | Maintained 3.50% to 3.75% | 0 bps | Official statement | Released August 19 | Published | No |
| September 15 to 16, 2026 | Scheduled | Not yet decided | Federal Reserve schedule | Normally three weeks after the decision | Scheduled | Yes |
| October 27 to 28, 2026 | Scheduled | Not yet decided | Federal Reserve schedule | Normally three weeks after the decision | Scheduled | No |
| December 8 to 9, 2026 | Scheduled | Not yet decided | Federal Reserve schedule | Normally three weeks after the decision | Scheduled | Yes |
U.S. Treasury auction calendar
Upcoming auctions and recent results
Treasury auctions show when the federal government offers marketable bills, notes, bonds, TIPS and floating rate notes to investors. TreasuryDirect is the primary source for announcement dates, auction dates, issue dates, CUSIPs and offering amounts. After an auction, official results may include the high yield or investment rate, bid to cover ratio and bidder composition. Those details help readers assess demand for Treasury securities, but an auction result is a financing event and should not be confused with a Federal Reserve policy decision.
| Security | Announcement | Auction | Issue | Offering amount | CUSIP | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marketable Treasury securities | See official schedule | See official schedule | See official schedule | Published with each announcement | Published with each announcement | Official schedule available | TreasuryDirect upcoming auctions |
| Recent auction results | Published by Treasury | Completed auctions | Issue dates vary | Offering amount in announcement | CUSIP in announcement | Official results available | TreasuryDirect announcements and results |
Recent auction results
| Security | Auction date | High yield / rate | Bid to cover | Accepted amount | Indirect bidders | Direct bidders | CUSIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recent official auction results load from TreasuryDirect when the secure adapter is available. | |||||||
Originating schedules
BLS, BEA, Census and Department of Labor releases
Every major calendar entry should trace back to the institution that controls the release. BLS is the authority for employment, CPI, PPI and many labor reports. BEA publishes GDP, PCE and national accounts releases. Census schedules important retail, housing and manufacturing indicators. The Federal Reserve publishes policy and statistical calendars, TreasuryDirect publishes auction information, and the Department of Labor publishes weekly unemployment insurance claims. Direct links below let readers verify the timing and technical details at the original source.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Employment Situation, CPI, PPI, JOLTS, real earnings, productivity, import and export prices and other labor statistics.
Official BLS 2026 release calendarBureau of Economic Analysis
GDP estimates, Personal Income and Outlays, PCE inflation, international trade, corporate profits and international accounts.
Official BEA release scheduleFederal Reserve Board
FOMC meetings, statements, minutes, projection materials, Beige Book and scheduled statistical releases.
Federal Reserve calendarU.S. Census Bureau
Retail sales, housing starts, new home sales, durable goods, construction spending, inventories, wholesale trade and other economic indicators.
Census economic indicator scheduleU.S. Treasury
Marketable security auction announcements, auction dates, issue dates and results for bills, notes, bonds, TIPS and FRNs.
TreasuryDirect auctionsDepartment of Labor
Weekly unemployment insurance claims, including advance initial claims and revisions to prior weekly levels.
DOL Employment and Training Administration releasesHistorical context
Major indicator history
A release date tells you when a statistic becomes public, but historical data tells you whether the newest reading is unusual or part of a longer trend. The charts retain each indicator at its natural publication frequency: CPI, payrolls and unemployment are monthly, while real GDP growth is quarterly. Range buttons use the complete official history loaded from the secure data service. Investozora does not insert artificial daily observations between monthly or quarterly releases, because extra visual smoothness should never come at the cost of statistical accuracy.
Consumer inflation
CPI monthly percent change, with longer history loaded from the secure BLS series when available.
Nonfarm payroll change
Monthly change in total nonfarm payroll employment. Revisions to prior months matter.
Unemployment rate
Official seasonally adjusted U.S. unemployment rate.
Real GDP growth
Quarterly seasonally adjusted annual rate. Advance, second and third estimates can revise the same quarter.
U.S. economic indicators explained
Indicator dictionary
The indicator dictionary is designed for readers who want a clear explanation before opening a technical methodology manual. Each card identifies what the indicator measures, who publishes it, how often it appears, its typical release time, why economists watch it and where to verify the official definition. These summaries use plain English and focus on practical interpretation. The originating agency’s documentation remains the final authority for sampling methods, seasonal adjustment, revisions, classifications and other technical details.
Consumer Price Index
Measures changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a broad basket of goods and services.
Core Consumer Price Index
CPI excluding food and energy, two categories that can be unusually volatile from month to month.
Personal Income and Outlays
Includes personal income, consumer spending, headline PCE inflation and PCE inflation excluding food and energy.
Producer Price Index
Measures changes in selling prices received by domestic producers for their output.
Gross Domestic Product
Measures the inflation adjusted value of goods and services produced in the United States.
Employment Situation
Combines the establishment survey of payroll employment with household survey measures such as unemployment.
Unemployment Rate
The share of the labor force that is unemployed and actively looking for work.
JOLTS
Measures job openings, hires, quits, layoffs and other labor turnover.
Retail Sales
Estimates sales at retail and food service establishments across the United States.
Housing Starts
Reports permits, starts and completions for privately owned housing units.
Durable Goods Orders
Measures new orders, shipments, inventories and unfilled orders for manufactured durable goods.
Initial Unemployment Claims
Counts new applications for unemployment insurance benefits during the reported week.
Industrial Production
Measures real output from manufacturing, mining and electric and gas utilities, together with capacity utilization.
FOMC Meeting
The Federal Open Market Committee reviews economic conditions and determines monetary policy.
U.S. Treasury Auction
Treasury auctions issue marketable bills, notes, bonds, TIPS and floating rate notes to investors.
How releases connect to markets
Market implications without false certainty
Economic reports can change expectations for Federal Reserve policy, growth, inflation and future financing conditions, but market reactions are never mechanical. A strong report can support earnings expectations while also lifting interest rate expectations. A weak report can lower yields but raise concern about growth. Revisions, investor positioning, global events and what markets already expected can all change the response. This section explains common transmission channels so readers understand why a release matters without treating any single statistic as a guaranteed trading signal.
Federal funds expectations
Inflation and labor data can alter expectations for future policy decisions. Short Treasury yields often reflect those expectations quickly.
Treasury curve
Two year yields are strongly connected to policy expectations. Ten and thirty year yields also reflect longer run growth, inflation, supply and term premium.
Equities
Stronger growth can support earnings expectations, but unexpectedly strong inflation can also raise discount rates. The same release can therefore create competing effects.
Dollar and gold
Interest rate expectations can influence currencies and gold, but global risk appetite, foreign policy expectations and positioning also matter.
Planning views
Monthly and annual U.S. economic calendars
Monthly and annual calendar views are built for preparation rather than minute by minute monitoring. They help readers see when clusters of CPI, payroll, GDP, PCE, FOMC and other important events fall within the same week or month. The cards summarize the verified event inventory already loaded into the page, while connected official schedule adapters can add or update entries when agencies publish newer schedules. Readers can jump directly from a month card back into the detailed release table for that period.
Sources, calculations and update rules
How Investozora builds this calendar
Investozora keeps four layers separate: the official schedule, the official released statistic, a third party consensus forecast and Investozora analysis. The originating agency controls the release date and actual value. Forecasts are used only when their provider can be identified and the pre release estimate can be preserved. Investozora supplies the interface, importance classifications, transparent calculations and plain English explanations. Retrieval timestamps are never used as substitutes for an observation period, official release date or revision date.
| Field | Meaning | Source rule | Revision rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| Release time | The scheduled publication instant. | Originating agency schedule. Display defaults to ET and can be converted for the reader. | If an agency changes a schedule, the newest official schedule supersedes the older date. |
| Actual | The statistic published for the event’s reference period. | Originating agency release or a secure series that preserves the agency as the source. | Newest official estimate is displayed, with material revision context preserved where available. |
| Previous | The comparable official observation known before the current release. | Same official series and same unit as the actual figure. | Where an agency revises the prior period in the current release, the revised previous value is the comparable historical value. |
| Forecast | A pre release consensus estimate. | Only a named, verifiable consensus provider. Government agencies do not supply this field. | Forecasts are historical expectations and are not rewritten after the event. |
| Surprise | Actual minus forecast in the displayed unit. | Investozora calculation using the identified actual and forecast. | The calculation remains tied to the pre release forecast used at publication time. |
| Importance | High, medium or low reader priority. | Investozora editorial classification based on policy relevance, market attention and economic significance. | Not an official government rating and may be reviewed as market structure changes. |
| Historical chart | The path of the official series over time. | BLS, BEA origin series distributed through FRED, Census, DOL or another named primary source. | Latest revised history is the default. Vintage history should be separately labeled when added. |
| Retrieval timestamp | When Investozora last checked its secure data adapter. | Investozora system timestamp. | Never substituted for the observation period or agency release date. |
Importance methodology
High importance
Usually capable of materially changing expectations for monetary policy, Treasury yields, growth or inflation. Examples include CPI, Employment Situation, PCE, GDP and FOMC decisions.
Medium importance
Useful for confirming or challenging the broader economic story and capable of moving expectations, but normally less decisive on its own.
Low importance
Still useful economic information, but generally narrower in scope or less likely to reshape the macro outlook by itself.
Reader questions
U.S. economic calendar FAQ
The questions below explain the practical parts of using an economic calendar: release times, major indicators, Federal Reserve meetings, actual versus forecast and data revisions. The answers are intentionally detailed enough to help a first time reader without replacing the technical documentation published by the agencies. If a summary on this page ever conflicts with a government or Federal Reserve publication, the originating source remains the final authority for the schedule, definition, official value and any later revision.
What is the U.S. economic calendar?
A U.S. economic calendar is a schedule of important statistical releases, policy events and Treasury financing events. It tells readers when information becomes public, what period the report covers and which institution publishes it. Investozora adds previous readings, revisions, source links, importance and plain English context. The calendar should be used together with the official release because the agency publication remains the final authority for the actual statistic and any later correction.
What time are U.S. economic reports released?
There is no single release time for every U.S. report. Many high profile BLS, BEA and Census releases are scheduled for 8:30 AM Eastern Time, while other reports appear at 10:00 AM, 9:15 AM or another agency specified time. FOMC policy statements are normally published at 2:00 PM ET on the second meeting day. Investozora displays the exact scheduled time for each event and can convert it to CT, MT, PT or UTC.
What is the most important U.S. economic data?
The most closely watched releases often include CPI, PCE inflation, the Employment Situation, GDP and Federal Reserve policy decisions because they directly inform the outlook for inflation, growth, employment and interest rates. Retail sales, JOLTS, housing, industrial production and weekly claims can also matter. Importance changes with the economic environment, so Investozora’s high, medium and low labels are editorial classifications rather than official government rankings.
When is the next CPI report?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics controls the official CPI release schedule. Investozora reads that schedule and lists the next CPI event with its reference month and release time, normally 8:30 AM ET. After publication, the calendar should show the official actual reading and preserve the reference period. Readers can verify the current schedule directly through the BLS release calendar and CPI pages linked from the event detail and indicator dictionary.
When is the next jobs report?
The Employment Situation is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and normally includes both the establishment survey, which produces the payroll estimate, and the household survey, which includes unemployment. Investozora lists the next scheduled date and time from BLS and keeps the report’s reference month visible. After release, payroll revisions and changes to prior months remain important because they can materially change the recent labor market trend.
When is the next Fed meeting?
The Federal Reserve publishes the official FOMC meeting calendar in advance. Investozora lists the scheduled meeting dates and identifies meetings associated with the Summary of Economic Projections. The meeting itself is not the same as the policy decision time: the statement is generally released at 2:00 PM ET on the second day, followed by the Chair’s press conference. Future rate decisions remain unknown until the FOMC officially publishes them.
What does actual versus forecast mean?
Actual is the statistic published by the originating agency for the stated reference period. Forecast is a pre release market consensus from a separate provider. The difference between those two comparable values is often called the surprise. Because a forecast is not an official government statistic, Investozora does not invent one or silently copy an unverified estimate. If no named forecast source is connected, the calendar says Not supplied and does not calculate a surprise.
Why are economic data sometimes revised?
Many economic statistics are estimates built before every source record is complete. Agencies can revise earlier values when additional survey responses arrive, seasonal adjustment factors are updated, benchmark data become available or annual revisions are completed. Payrolls and GDP are well known examples. A revised number does not mean the original release was fabricated; it reflects a statistical process designed to improve the estimate as better information becomes available. Investozora keeps material revision context visible.