U.S. Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

All dates are in ET Time.

Friday, October 16, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 0830/1230 Sep Import & Export Price Indexes Import Prices +0.8% +0.7% Non-Petroleum Prices +0.8% Petroleum Prices +0.1% 0830/1230 U.S. Weekly Export Sales 0915/1315 Sep Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Industrial Production, M/M% +0.4% +0.0% Capacity Utilization % 76.5% 76.3% Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts) +0 1400/1800 Sep Monthly Treasury Statement of Receipts and Outlays of the U.S. Government Monthly Treasury Balance -29.0B -167B 1600/2000 Aug Treasury International Capital Data

Monday, October 19, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 1000/1400 Oct NAHB Housing Market Index Housing Mkt Idx 32

Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 0830/1230 Sep New Residential Construction - Housing Starts and Building Permits Total Starts 1.275M Housing Starts, M/M% -2.6% Building Permits 1.394M Building Permits, M/M% -2.7% 0855/1255 10/17 Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y% +10.4% Latest Wk, Y/Y% +10.4% 1000/1400 Sep Pending Home Sales Index Pending Home Sales 71.2 Pending Home Sales Idx, M/M% +0.3% Pending Home Sales Idx , Y/Y% -4.7% 1000/1400 Sep State Employment and Unemployment 1630/2030 API Weekly Statistical Bulletin

Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 0700/1100 10/16 MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Composite Idx 199.2 Composite Idx, W/W% -2.7% Purchase Idx-SA 139.3 Purchase Idx-SA, W/W% -4.0% Refinance Idx 513.5 Refinance Idx, W/W% -0.4% 1030/1430 10/16 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl) 415.577M Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) -8.557M Gasoline Stocks (Bbl) 208.262M Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) +3.518M Distillate Stocks (Bbl) 102.611M Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl) -2.527M Refinery Usage 93.5% Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day) 21.361M Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg +0.965M (Bbl/day)

Thursday, October 22, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 0830/1230 10/17 Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims Jobless Claims 199K Jobless Claims, Net Chg +1K Continuing Claims 1710000 Continuing Claims, Net Chg -4K 0830/1230 U.S. Weekly Export Sales 1000/1400 Sep Leading Indicators Leading Index, M/M% -0.1% Leading Index 99.5 Coincident Index, M/M% +0.1% Lagging Index, M/M% +0.2% 1030/1430 10/16 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) 3567B Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg +67B (Cbf) 1100/1500 Oct Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Survey of Tenth District Manufacturing Mfg Activity Idx 20 6-Mo Exp Prod Idx 36 Mfg Composite Idx 14 6-Mo Exp Composite Idx 19 1630/2030 Federal Discount Window Borrowings 1630/2030 Foreign Central Bank Holdings

Friday, October 23, 2026 Exp Prev ET/GMT 0945/1345 Oct US Flash Services PMI PMI, Services 58.7 0945/1345 Oct US Flash Manufacturing PMI PMI, Mfg 57.0 1000/1400 Oct University of Michigan Survey of Consumers - final End-Mo Sentiment Idx 48.1 End-Mo Expectations Idx 46.3 12-Month Inflation Forecast 4.6% 5-Year Inflation Forecast 3.4% End-Mo Current Idx 50.9

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October 16, 2026 06:30 ET (10:30 GMT)