Market calendar

Eight core industries make up ~40% of industrial output.

Above 50 means business activity is still expanding.

First read on September euro-area activity; compare against the August final, not the August flash.

Weekly US stockpile change - the main short-term swing factor for crude prices.

Early read on US activity, weeks ahead of the official surveys.

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

A clean read on US consumer spending and grocery inflation.

The fastest weekly signal on US layoffs.

Tracks demand for newly built homes, a barometer for mortgage rates.

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

Orders for long-lasting goods show whether businesses are still investing.

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

Final read on how gloomy households feel about their finances.

Monthly read on factory, mining and power output.

Openings per unemployed worker is the Fed's favourite labour-slack gauge.

How households feel today usually shows up in spending a few months later. Customary last-Tuesday release.

The Fed's preferred inflation gauge.

China's factory pulse sets the tone for commodities, metals and Asian markets.

A bellwether for memory pricing and the AI hardware cycle.

Private payrolls estimate released two days before the official jobs report; date follows ADP's customary pre-NFP slot.

Final revision to Q2 growth, released with corporate profits. The prior (second) estimate was 1.5%.

Final revision to Q2 growth, released with corporate profits.

Weekly US stockpile change - the main short-term swing factor for crude prices.

How much of the year's borrowing target the government has already used.

Big-ticket consumer demand gauge that moves auto and lender stocks.

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

Euro-area inflation jumped to 3.3% in August on energy - this shows whether that persists.

Above 50 means Indian factories are expanding. Released on the first business day.

Indirect-tax receipts are a fast proxy for consumption and formal economic activity. Customary first-of-month release.

Above 50 means factory activity is still expanding — a monthly pulse check on Indian industry.

Maruti, Tata Motors, M&M, Bajaj and Hero report monthly volumes — the festive-season read on consumer demand.

Weekly read on layoffs - a timely gauge of the labour market.

Above 50 means US factories are expanding. First major data point of the month.

Survey of factory managers — above 50 means manufacturing is expanding.

A global read on discretionary consumer demand and China sales.

Confirms the flash estimate for euro-area factory activity.

Private-survey read on Chinese factories; date may shift for the Golden Week holiday. Drives metals and commodity sentiment.

Big-ticket consumer demand and a live read on credit conditions. Automakers report through the first few days of the month.

Tracks money actually being put in place on building projects.

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

Indian equity markets are shut for the full day.

The monthly jobs headline; a big miss or beat swings rate expectations.

The euro area's first inflation estimate — key input to the ECB's October call.

Released alongside payrolls in the same Employment Situation report.

Full manufacturing orders book, confirming the earlier durable-goods read.

Services are the bulk of India's GDP — this is the sector's monthly pulse.

Services are the bulk of the US economy, so this PMI often matters more than the factory one.

Services are ~70% of the US economy, so this survey carries real weight.

Confirms the flash estimate for euro-area services activity.

The trade deficit feeds directly into GDP and into tariff-policy debates.

Sets the repo rate, which drives loan EMIs and bank margins.

Detailed account of the September debate — traders read it for hints on the next move.

Weekly US stockpile change - the main short-term swing factor for crude prices.

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

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.

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

Trading and dealmaking revenue is a read on market activity.

Global consumer and corporate banking trends in one print.

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

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

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.

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

The broadest monthly gauge of US consumer spending.

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

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

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

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.

Shows how each MPC member voted and what worried them.

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

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

The fastest weekly signal on US layoffs.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Final read on how households feel about prices and jobs.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

First official read on third-quarter growth.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.