Market calendar
What can move markets — RBI & Fed rate decisions, jobs and inflation data, big results dates, and market holidays. Upcoming shows forecast vs previous; Past shows the actual number once it's released.
Wednesday, August 5
YesterdayTrailing-12-month free cash flow topped $10B for the first time.
CNBC ↗Services PMI 54.1 — 25th straight month of expansion but below 54.5 est; Business Activity jumped to 59.1 & New Orders 57.2, yet Employment slipped to 47.4 (contraction) and Prices stayed hot at 70.3.
ISM ↗ADP private payrolls rose just 44K in July — weakest in 6 months, below ~70K est; all gains in services (+47K), goods -3K; annual pay +4.4%.
ADP Research ↗GAAP net income $2.64B vs $5.26B a year ago on prior-year one-time tax benefits.
CNBC ↗GAAP net income $1.50B included ~$1.06B of equity investment gains; ex-equity ~$439M.
Shopify IR ↗Raised full-year guidance; reported EPS included $3.03 of acquired IPR&D charges.
Eli Lilly IR ↗Tuesday, August 4
2 days agoDeficit narrowed $4.4B as imports fell — a small positive for Q3 GDP.
BEA/Census ↗Job openings eased from 7.54M — a mild labour-demand cooling the Fed tracks.
FRED (BLS JOLTS) ↗Record revenue led by data center; Q3 revenue guide $12.7–13.3B.
AMD IR / CNBC ↗Monday, August 3
3 days agoGAAP net income $1.06B (55% margin); GAAP operating income $912M (47% margin).
Palantir IR / Business Wire ↗Factory activity pulse — above 50 means expansion. Jul jumped to 55.6, highest since May 2022, well above the 54.0 forecast (Production 58.5, Employment back in expansion at 52.8).
ISM ↗Friday, July 31
6 days agoRevenue beat on higher oil prices; profit held back by planned refinery maintenance.
ExxonMobil Investor Relations ↗Wages+benefits both +0.9% in Q2; a touch above the +0.8% consensus — a stickier read on labour-cost pressure the Fed watches.
BLS Employment Cost Index ↗Thursday, July 30
7 days agoTransaction revenue fell on a ~25% QoQ drop in crypto spot volumes; posted a GAAP net loss.
Coinbase Investor Relations ↗GAAP net income $4.39B (+19% YoY); operating margin 60.2%; gross dollar volume $2.9T; $4.9B buybacks in the quarter.
Mastercard Q2 2026 earnings release (SEC 8-K) ↗Weekly initial claims rose to 197K from 188K but stayed historically low — no sign yet of labour-market cracking.
US DOL / FRED ↗Fiscal Q3 ended Jun 27, 2026; GAAP gross margin 50.1%; EPS included ~$0.11 tariff-refund benefit.
Apple Newsroom ↗Fed's preferred gauge cooled — headline PCE eased to 3.7% YoY (-0.1% MoM) and core to 3.3% (+0.1% MoM), both matching forecasts; energy fell on the Iran truce. Consumer spending +0.3%. Still above the 2% target.
BEA ↗Q2 net income includes ~$53.4B pre-tax non-operating gain (mainly Anthropic stake); AWS op income $16.6B.
Amazon IR ↗Real GDP grew 1.5% annualized in Q2, cooling from Q1's 2.1% and below the ~2.1% consensus — consumer spending, investment and exports rose while government spending fell.
BEA ↗Wednesday, July 29
Record net revenue and loan originations ($14.8B); added 1.1M members to 15.8M (+35% YoY); adj EBITDA $358M.
SoFi IR (BusinessWire) ↗Record revenue; results include $129M gain (~$0.14 EPS) from deconsolidation of Robinhood Ventures Fund I.
Robinhood Q2 2026 press release ↗Fiscal Q4 ended Jun 30, 2026; net income $35.8B (+31%); FY26 revenue $331.8B.
Microsoft IR ↗Held the target range at 3.50-3.75% (upper bound 3.75%) on a 9-3 vote; three dissents (Hammack, Kashkari, Logan) favoured a 25bp hike as inflation stays above 2%. Chair Warsh. Sets the US policy rate — moves global bonds, the dollar and risk assets.
Federal Reserve ↗Profit pressured by ~$2.4B legal charge + ~$1.18B severance (8,000 role cuts); operating margin 31%.
Meta Q2 2026 release ↗Tuesday, July 28
Fiscal Q3 (ended Jun 30): net revenue +14% to $11.6B, payments volume +10%, 71.7B processed transactions; non-GAAP EPS $3.32.
AlphaStreet ↗Q2 revenue +5% to $8.68B; adjusted EPS $1.38 beat; GAAP net income $1.1B ($1.25/sh); raised full-year non-GAAP EPS guidance.
PayPal IR ↗Gauge of US household mood — a lead read on spending and demand. Fell 1.4 pts; Present Situation 114.9 (3rd monthly drop), Expectations flat at 74.7.
Conference Board ↗Q2 revenue up 8% to $24.6B; loss widened on $280M VC-25B (Air Force One) charge; 171 commercial deliveries, highest since 2018.
Boeing IR ↗Record quarterly revenue $1,065.4M; product revenue +215%; GAAP net income $196.3M; operating income $182.2M; FY26 guide raised to $3.9-4.2B.
Bloom Energy IR ↗Monday, July 27
Orders for long-lasting goods — an early read on business-investment appetite. Jun rose +0.3% MoM ($334.8B) after a volatile spring (Apr +8.5%, May -4.5% on swings in aircraft orders).
US Census Bureau M3 advance report ↗Friday, July 24
First read on July US activity — composite at an 8-month high signals resilient growth.
S&P Global / InvestingLive ↗Thursday, July 23
Weekly layoffs pulse — the fastest read on the US job market; a multi-month low.
US Dept of Labor via FRED (ICSA) ↗Fastest revenue growth since 2011 on AI-driven data-center demand; the GAAP loss reflects charges while non-GAAP profit returned.
Intel Investor Relations ↗Wednesday, July 22
Net income up 298% to $112.1B, largely unrealized equity-securities gains; operating income $40.8B (+30%).
Alphabet IR (8-K) ↗GAAP net income $1.11B (-5% YoY); operating income $398M (-57%), operating margin 1.4%; record 480,126 deliveries.
Tesla IR / Electrek ↗Friday, July 17
Housing starts rebounded sharply from May's weak 1.20M; building permits, a leading gauge, eased to 1.37M (-3%).
US Census Bureau (FRED: HOUST/PERMIT) ↗Factory, mining and utility output edged up in June — a gauge of the industrial economy's health.
Federal Reserve (FRED: INDPRO) ↗Second straight monthly rise and highest since February on cheaper gas; 1-yr inflation expectations eased to 4.2% from 4.6%.
University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers ↗Thursday, July 16
Weekly layoffs pulse; 208K is a multi-week low — labor market still tight.
US DOL / FRED (ICSA) ↗Core gauge of US consumer spending; June +0.2% MoM, +6.7% YoY (gas-station drag; ex-gas +0.7%).
US Census Bureau ↗Wednesday, July 15
Wholesale inflation cooled to 5.5% YoY (-0.3% MoM SA), below the 6.2% forecast and down from 6.0% — echoing the soft June CPI and easing pressure on the Fed's PCE gauge.
BLS / FRED (PPIFID) ↗Second day of the semiannual Monetary Policy Report — followed the soft June CPI/PPI as traders parsed the rate path into the July 29 FOMC.
Federal Reserve ↗Tuesday, July 14
Headline CPI fell to 3.5% YoY; prices dropped 0.4% on the month, the biggest 1-month fall since April 2020, as energy slid 5.7%. Core held at 2.6%.
BLS ↗Thursday, July 9
Layoffs staying low even as hiring cools — claims steady near 215K.
US DOL / FRED (ICSA) ↗Friday, July 3
NYSE & Nasdaq shut (July 4 falls on Saturday); thin global liquidity.
NYSE ↗Thursday, July 2
Weak +57K print — hiring is cooling, which feeds Fed rate-cut expectations.
BLS / FRED ↗Wednesday, June 24
Weekly US crude stock change — moves oil prices and energy stocks.
US Energy Information Administration ↗Wednesday, June 17
Upper bound of the fed funds target — anchors global rates and the dollar.
Federal Reserve ↗Wednesday, June 10
Key US inflation print; drives Fed policy path and US bond yields.
BLS / FRED ↗Friday, June 5
Headline US labour-market gauge; shapes Fed rate expectations and global risk sentiment.
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