U.S. Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

All dates are in ET Time.

Friday, September 18, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 0915/1315 Aug Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Industrial Production, M/M% +0.3% +0.2% Capacity Utilization % 76.4% 76.3% Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts) +0.1 1000/1400 Aug Leading Indicators Leading Index, M/M% +0.2% +0.2% Leading Index 99.5 Coincident Index, M/M% +0.2% Lagging Index, M/M% +0.2% 1000/1400 Aug State Employment and Unemployment

Monday, September 21, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 0830/1230 Aug Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) NAI -0.08 NAI, 3-mo Moving Avg -0.04 N/A G7 Foreign Ministers Informal Meeting this week

Tuesday, September 22, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 0855/1255 09/19 Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y% +8.4% Latest Wk, Y/Y% +8.5% 1000/1400 Sep Richmond Fed Business Activity Survey Mfg Idx 4 Shipments Idx 11 1300/1700 Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin speaks to the CFA Society Baltimore 1300/1700 Aug Money Stock Measures 1630/2030 API Weekly Statistical Bulletin N/A U.N. General Debate opens

Wednesday, September 23, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 0700/1100 09/18 MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Composite Idx 230.8 Composite Idx, W/W% -4.1% Purchase Idx-SA 156.2 Purchase Idx-SA, W/W% -0.8% Refinance Idx 627.1 Refinance Idx, W/W% -8.8% 0945/1345 Sep US Flash Services PMI PMI, Services 56.8 0945/1345 Sep US Flash Manufacturing PMI PMI, Mfg 53.2 1030/1430 09/18 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl) 423.429M Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) -0.64M Gasoline Stocks (Bbl) 207.732M Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) +0.794M Distillate Stocks (Bbl) 107.859M Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) +1.585M Refinery Usage 96.8% Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day) 21.255M Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg +1.942M (Bbl/day)

Thursday, September 24, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 0830/1230 Economic Club of Washington, DC event with Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin 0830/1230 Q2 International Transactions Current Account (USD) -226.8B 0830/1230 Q2 U.S. International Investment Position 0830/1230 09/19 Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims Jobless Claims 196K Jobless Claims, Net Chg -10K Continuing Claims 1730000 Continuing Claims, Net Chg -39K 0830/1230 U.S. Weekly Export Sales 1000/1400 Aug New Residential Sales New Home Sales 607K New Home Sales, M/M% -10.5% New Home Sales Months Supply 9.6 1030/1430 09/18 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) 3298B Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg +44B (Cbf) 1100/1500 Sep Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Survey of Tenth District Manufacturing Mfg Activity Idx 17 6-Mo Exp Prod Idx 35 Mfg Composite Idx 10 6-Mo Exp Composite Idx 20 1630/2030 Federal Discount Window Borrowings 1630/2030 Foreign Central Bank Holdings N/A U.S. President Donald Trump hosts Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit

Friday, September 25, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 0830/1230 Aug Advance Report on Durable Goods Durable Goods-SA, M/M% +1.1% Dur Goods, Ex-Defense, M/M% +1.3% Dur Goods, Ex-Transport, M/M% +0.4% Orders: Cap Gds, Non-Def, Ex-Air, +0.2% M/M% Shipmnts: Cap Gds, Non-Def, +1.4% Ex-Air, M/M% 1000/1400 Sep University of Michigan Survey of Consumers - final End-Mo Sentiment Idx 51.7 End-Mo Expectations Idx 51.5 12-Month Inflation Forecast 4.0% 5-Year Inflation Forecast 3.3% End-Mo Current Idx 51.9 N/A G77 Annual Meeting of Foreign Ministers

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September 18, 2026 06:30 ET (10:30 GMT)