Economic calendar for Thursday, December 17, 2026
6 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
ThuDec 17
8:30 AMHousing starts and building permits · Nov 2026GovGov8:30 AMInitial jobless claims · Week ending Dec 12GovGov8:30 AMImport and export prices · Nov 2026GovGov8:30 AMPhiladelphia Fed manufacturing survey · Dec 2026Est.FedEst.Fed10:30 AMEIA natural gas storage · Week ending Dec 11GovGov4:30 PMFed balance sheet (H.4.1)FedFed
About these releases
- Housing starts and building permits
- How many new homes builders started last month, and how many permits were issued for future construction.
- Initial jobless claims
- The number of people who filed a first claim for state unemployment benefits in the latest week.
- Import and export prices
- Monthly changes in the prices of goods the US buys from other countries and sells to them. The figures are not seasonally adjusted.
- 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.