U.S. Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

Dow Jones
Sep 18
All dates are in ET Time. 
 
Thursday, September 18, 2025                                 Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230  Sep      Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey 
                       Business Activity                     2.0        -0.3 
                       Prices Paid                                      66.8 
                       Employment                                       5.9 
                       New Orders                                       -1.9 
                       Prices Received                                  36.1 
                       Delivery Times                                   -5.4 
                       Inventories                                      -6.2 
                       Shipments                                        4.5 
0830/1230  09/13    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims                        240K       263K 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg                          +27K 
                       Continuing Claims                                1939000 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg                       +0K 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0915/1315           SEC Roundtable on Trade-Through Prohibitions 
1000/1400  Aug      Leading Indicators 
                       Leading Index, M/M%                   -0.2%      -0.1% 
                       Leading Index 
                       Coincident Index, M/M%                           +0.2% 
                       Lagging Index, M/M%                              +0% 
1000/1400           SEC Investor Advisory Committee Quarterly Meeting 
1030/1430  09/12    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf)          3421B      3343B 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg       +78B       +71B 
                       (Cbf) 
1050/1450           IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva and Bank of Korea 
                    Governor Chang Yong Rhee speak at IMF Annual Michel Camdessus 
                    Central Banking Lecture 
1230/1630           U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Closed Meeting 
1600/2000  Jul      Treasury International Capital Data 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
 
Friday, September 19, 2025                                   Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
1000/1400  Aug      State Employment and Unemployment 
1300/1700           FRB San Francisco President Mary Daly speaks at AI 
                    Implications for Workforce Development and Economic Mobility 
                    event 
  N/A               U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping 
                    discuss TikTok ownership 
 
Monday, September 22, 2025                                   Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230  Aug      Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) 
                       NAI                                              -0.19 
                       NAI, 3-mo Moving Avg                             -0.18 
1000/1400           Brookings Institution discussion featuring FRB St. Louis 
                    President Alberto Musalem 
1000/1400           Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting 
1200/1600           FRB Cleveland President Beth Hammack participates in Fed Talk 
                    conversation event 
1200/1600           Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin 
                    speaks at Howard County Chamber of Commerce event 
1200/1600           Economic Club of New York event with new Federal Reserve 
                    Governor Stephen Miran 
 
Tuesday, September 23, 2025                                  Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230  Q2       International Transactions 
                       Current Account $(USD)$                            -450.17B 
0855/1255  09/20    Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index 
                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y%                       +6.5% 
                       Latest Wk, Y/Y%                                  +6.3% 
0945/1345  Sep      US Flash Manufacturing PMI 
                       PMI, Mfg                                         53.3 
0945/1345  Sep      US Flash Services PMI 
                       PMI, Services                                    55.4 
1000/1400           FRB Atlanta President Raphael Bostic participates in Macro 
                    Musings podcast 
1000/1400  Sep      Richmond Fed Business Activity Survey 
                       Mfg Idx                                          -7 
                       Shipments Idx                                    -5 
1300/1700  Aug      Money Stock Measures 
1630/2030           API Weekly Statistical Bulletin 
  N/A               United Nations General Debate opens 
 
Wednesday, September 24, 2025                                Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0700/1100  09/19    MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey 
                       Composite Idx                                    275.8 
                       Composite Idx, W/W%                              -0.5% 
                       Purchase Idx-SA                                  163.8 
                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W%                            +2.2% 
                       Refinance Idx                                    894.1 
                       Refinance Idx, W/W%                              -3.5% 
1000/1400  Aug      New Residential Sales 
                       New Home Sales                                   652K 
                       New Home Sales, M/M%                             -0.6% 
                       New Home Sales Months Supply                     9.2 
1030/1430  09/19    EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report 
                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl)                           415.361M 
                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                  -9.285M 
                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl)                            217.65M 
                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                   -2.347M 
                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl)                          124.684M 
                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                 +4.046M 
                       Refinery Usage                                   93.3% 
                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day)                    20.637M 
                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg                     +0.856M 
                       (Bbl/day) 
1610/2010           FRB San Francisco President Mary Daly speech on the U.S. 
                    economic outlook 
  N/A               ABA Economic Advisory Committee economic forecast 
  N/A               G77 Annual Meeting of Foreign Ministers 
 
Thursday, September 25, 2025                                 Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0820/1220           FRB Chicago President Austan Goolsbee speaks at Crain's Power 
                    Breakfast event 
0830/1230           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0830/1230  Aug      Advance Economic Indicators Report 
0830/1230  09/20    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg 
                       Continuing Claims 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg 
0830/1230  Q2       Revised Corporate Profits 
0830/1230  Q2       3rd estimate GDP 
                       Annual Rate, Q/Q%                                +3.3% 
                       Chain-Weighted Price Idx, Q/Q%                   +2% 
                       Corporate Profits, Q/Q%                          +1.4% 
                       PCE Price Idx, Q/Q%                              +2% 
                       Purchase Price Idx, Q/Q%                         +1.8% 
                       Real Final Sales, Q/Q%                           +6.8% 
                       Core PCE Price Idx, Ex                           +2.5% 
                       Food/Energy, Q/Q% 
                       Personal Consumption, Q/Q%                       +1.6% 
0830/1230  Aug      Advance Report on Durable Goods 
                       Durable Goods-SA, M/M%                           -2.8% 
                       Dur Goods, Ex-Defense, M/M%                      -2.5% 
                       Dur Goods, Ex-Transport, M/M%                    +1.1% 
                       Orders: Cap Gds, Non-Def, Ex-Air,                +1.1% 
                       M/M% 
                       Shipmnts: Cap Gds, Non-Def,                      +0.7% 
                       Ex-Air, M/M% 
1000/1400  Aug      Existing Home Sales 
                       Existing Sales                                   4.01M 
                       Existing Sales, M/M%                             +2.0% 
                       Unsold Homes Month's Supply                      4.6 
                       Median Price (USD)                               422400 
                       Median Home Price, Y/Y%                          +0.2% 
1030/1430  09/19    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg 
                       (Cbf) 
1100/1500  Sep      Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Survey of Tenth District 
                    Manufacturing 
                       Mfg Activity Idx                                 0 
                       6-Mo Exp Prod Idx                                20 
                       Mfg Composite Idx                                1 
                       6-Mo Exp Composite Idx                           11 
1530/1930           Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly 
                    speaks at Western Bankers Forum 
1630/2030           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
1630/2030           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
  N/A               G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting 
 
Friday, September 26, 2025                                   Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1230  Aug      Personal Income and Outlays 
                       Personal Income, M/M%                            +0.4% 
                       Consumer Spending, M/M%                          +0.5% 
                       PCE Price Idx, M/M%                              +0.2% 
                       PCE Price Idx, Y/Y%                              +2.6% 
                       PCE Core Price Idx, M/M%                         +0.3% 
                       PCE Core Price Idx, Y/Y%                         +2.9% 
0900/1300           PIIE discussion with FRB Richmond President Thomas Barkin 
1000/1400  Q2       State Quarterly Personal Income 
1000/1400  Q2       GDP by State 
1000/1400  Sep      University of Michigan Survey of Consumers - final 
                       End-Mo Sentiment Idx                             58.2 
                       End-Mo Expectations Idx                          55.9 
                       12-Month Inflation Forecast                      4.8% 
                       5-Year Inflation Forecast                        3.5% 
                       End-Mo Current Idx                               61.7 
 
 

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