Economic calendar for Thursday, October 15, 2026
9 scheduled US economic releases, from each agency's own calendar. Times are Eastern unless you switch to your own time zone.
High impact (FOMC, CPI, jobs report…)Options expiration Government agency Federal Reserve Private publisherDate estimated from the usual schedule
ThuOct 15
8:30 AMHigh impact: Retail sales · Sep 2026High impactGovHigh impactGov8:30 AMInitial jobless claims · Week ending Oct 10GovGov8:30 AMProducer Price Index (PPI) · Sep 2026GovGov8:30 AMEmpire State manufacturing survey · Oct 2026Est.FedEst.Fed8:30 AMPhiladelphia Fed manufacturing survey · Oct 2026Est.FedEst.Fed10:00 AMBusiness inventories · Aug 2026GovGov10:30 AMEIA natural gas storage · Week ending Oct 9GovGov12:00 PMEIA crude oil inventories · Week ending Oct 9GovGov4:30 PMFed balance sheet (H.4.1)FedFed
About these releases
- Retail sales
- Monthly sales at US retailers and restaurants, not adjusted for inflation.
- Initial jobless claims
- The number of people who filed a first claim for state unemployment benefits in the latest week.
- Producer Price Index (PPI)
- Measures the prices US businesses receive for their goods and services, or inflation at the wholesale level.
- Empire State manufacturing survey
- A monthly survey of manufacturers in New York State by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The headline index is the share of firms reporting better business conditions minus the share reporting worse; above zero means conditions improved.
- Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey
- A monthly survey of manufacturers in eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and Delaware by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. The headline index is the share of firms reporting higher activity minus the share reporting lower; above zero points to growth.
- Business inventories
- The value of goods held by US manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers at the end of the month, and how it compares with their sales.