Market calendar

The fastest weekly signal on US layoffs.

Pricing power at a global staples giant — a read on consumer resilience.

The fastest weekly signal on whether the US labour market is cracking.

Reserve cover shapes how much the RBI can defend the rupee.

Survey of how US households feel about their finances.

The inflation print the RBI weighs most when setting the repo rate.

Traditionally opens US Q3 earnings season and sets the tone for bank and credit sentiment.

Trading and dealmaking revenue is a read on market activity.

Global consumer and corporate banking trends in one print.

Before the open — net interest income guides how banks are coping with the rate path.

Before the open — a bellwether for pharma pricing and medtech demand.

The bulk of US housing turnover, sensitive to mortgage rates.

Headline US inflation - the number that moves Fed rate expectations most.

Shows whether Chinese demand is reflating or still soft.

Tracks factory-gate and fuel costs that later feed into retail prices.

Before the open — trading and dealmaking revenue signal risk appetite on Wall Street.

Anecdotal economic conditions from all 12 Fed districts, two weeks before the next meeting.

Anecdotal district-by-district economic report ahead of the FOMC meeting.

Before the open — consumer credit quality and loan growth are the numbers to watch.

Weekly US oil stockpiles — a direct driver of crude prices and, in turn, Indian fuel costs.

Weekly read on layoffs — the fastest signal on whether the US labour market is cracking.

The broadest monthly gauge of US consumer spending.

Tracks prices at the factory gate — an early warning for consumer inflation.

Pushed from Wednesday to Thursday noon because of the Columbus Day holiday.

The fastest weekly signal on whether the US labour market is cracking.

A regional factory survey watched as a lead on national manufacturing.

An early regional gauge of US factory activity.

Measures factory, mining and utility output — a clean read on the goods economy.

Reserve cover shapes how much the RBI can defend the rupee.

Shows how much of inflation is being imported, including tariff effects.

China's quarterly growth rate — drives commodity demand expectations and Asian equity sentiment. Released alongside the September activity data.

The monthly read on Chinese factory output and consumer demand, released alongside GDP.

Indian equity markets are shut for the full day.

First mega-cap tech report of the season; sets the tone for the rest.

China's benchmark lending rate — moves metals, commodities and India's China-linked sectors.

Signed contracts lead completed sales by a month or two, so it previews housing demand.

Homebuilding is one of the most rate-sensitive parts of the US economy.

IBM lists this as a preliminary date, not yet a confirmed commitment — watch software and AI bookings.

A build or draw in US crude stocks moves oil prices, and with them fuel and freight costs.

Output of coal, steel, cement, refinery and other core sectors — about 40% of the IIP.

Shows how each MPC member voted and what worried them.

Weekly US oil stockpiles — a direct driver of crude prices and, in turn, Indian fuel costs.

The fastest weekly signal on US layoffs.

The fastest weekly signal on whether the US labour market is cracking.

Regional factory activity gauge that helps fill the gap between national ISM prints.

India's second-largest IT exporter; its revenue guidance sets the tone for the whole IT index.

Board meeting confirmed with the exchange; Infosys guidance is the bellwether for the whole Indian IT sector.

Board meets to approve quarterly results - a read on Indian IT services demand.

Date is expected, not yet published by S&P Global — first look at euro-area growth momentum.

Weekly change in RBI's reserve stock — a read on rupee defence and capital flows.

Final read on how households feel about prices and jobs.

Date is expected, not yet published by S&P Global — earliest monthly read on US business activity.

Orders for big-ticket factory goods - a read on whether businesses are still investing.

Demand for newly built homes - the most mortgage-rate-sensitive housing print.

Tracks how households feel about jobs and income, which shapes spending.

Sets the US policy rate - drives global borrowing costs, the dollar and equity valuations.

Second day of the 27-28 Oct meeting; sets US rates and moves global borrowing costs. No economic projections at this meeting.

Monthly factory-output growth - a check on how the industrial cycle is holding up.

Weekly change in US crude stockpiles, a driver of oil prices.

Date is an estimate, not yet confirmed by the company — check IR before relying on it.

Weekly change in US crude stocks - the main short-term swing factor for oil prices.

First look at the monthly goods deficit; feeds straight into GDP estimates.

Date is an estimate, not yet confirmed by the company — check IR before relying on it.

Date is an estimate, not yet confirmed by the company — check IR before relying on it.

Sets euro-area policy rates - moves the euro and European bank shares.

Sets euro-area rates; the ECB raised by 25bp on 10 September.

The Fed's preferred inflation gauge, landing the morning after the FOMC decision.

First official read on third-quarter growth.

Date is expected, not yet confirmed by Apple — the largest single weight in US indices, so iPhone and services numbers move the whole market.

Weekly layoff pulse - the fastest read available on the labour market.

Superseded duplicate - use US|gdp|q3-advance|2026-10-29 for this event.

Date is an estimate, not yet confirmed by the company — check IR before relying on it.

Mislabelled: Apple reported fiscal Q3 2026 in July. The late-October report is Q4 FY26 - use that row.

First BoJ meeting after September's hike; the quarterly Outlook Report lands the same day.

Comes with the BoJ's quarterly growth and inflation projections.

First monthly read on Chinese factory activity; drives metals and commodity prices.

The Fed's cleanest measure of wage pressure.

The broadest measure of US wage growth - the Fed reads it for inflation pressure.

Weekly change in RBI reserves - a clue to how hard it is defending the rupee.

Tracks the government's borrowing against its full-year target - matters for bond yields.

Superseded: the NBS calendar sets the October PMI release for Friday 30 October. Use the 30 Oct row.