US Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

Dow Jones
Dec 18
All dates are in ET Time. 
 
Thursday, December 18, 2025                                  Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Dec      Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey 
                       Business Activity                     2.0        -1.7 
                       Prices Paid                                      56.1 
                       Employment                                       6.0 
                       New Orders                                       -8.6 
                       Prices Received                                  17.7 
                       Delivery Times                                   -4.3 
                       Inventories                                      2.7 
                       Shipments                                        -8.7 
0830/1330  12/13    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims                        225K       236K 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg                          +44K 
                       Continuing Claims                                1838000 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg                       -99K 
0830/1330  Nov      CPI 
                       CPI, M/M%                             +0.3% 
                       Core CPI, M/M%                        +0.3% 
                       Energy Idx, M/M% 
                       Food Idx, M/M% 
                       Real Avg Wkly Pay-Infla Adj, M/M% 
                       CPI, Y/Y%                             +3.1% 
                       Core Annual, Y/Y%                     +3.0% 
0830/1330  Nov      Real Earnings 
0830/1330           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
1030/1530  12/12    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf)          3577B      3746B 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg       -169B      -177B 
                       (Cbf) 
1100/1600  Dec      Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Survey of Tenth District 
                    Manufacturing 
                       Mfg Activity Idx                                 18 
                       6-Mo Exp Prod Idx                                17 
                       Mfg Composite Idx                     8          8 
                       6-Mo Exp Composite Idx                           9 
1400/1900           U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Closed Meeting 
1600/2100  Oct      Treasury International Capital Data 
1630/2130           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
1630/2130           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
 
Friday, December 19, 2025                                    Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
1000/1500  Oct      Employment Trends Index 
                       ETI                                              106.84 
                       ETI, Y/Y% 
1000/1500  Dec      University of Michigan Survey of Consumers - final 
                       End-Mo Sentiment Idx                  53.5       51.0 
                       End-Mo Expectations Idx                          51.0 
                       12-Month Inflation Forecast                      4.5% 
                       5-Year Inflation Forecast                        3.4% 
                       End-Mo Current Idx                               51.1 
1000/1500  Nov      Existing Home Sales 
                       Existing Sales                        4.13M      4.1M 
                       Existing Sales, M/M%                  +0.7%      +1.2% 
                       Unsold Homes Month's Supply                      4.4 
                       Median Price $(USD)$                               415200 
                       Median Home Price, Y/Y%                          +2.1% 
1000/1500  Nov      Employment Trends Index 
                       ETI 
                       ETI, Y/Y% 
 
Monday, December 22, 2025                                    Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Nov      Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) 
                       NAI 
                       NAI, 3-mo Moving Avg 
0830/1330           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
1000/1500  Nov      Online Help Wanted Index 
1000/1500  Oct      Online Help Wanted Index 
 
Tuesday, December 23, 2025                                   Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Q3       Advance estimate GDP 
                       Annual Rate, Q/Q%                     +2.8%      +3.8% 
                       Chain-Weighted Price Idx, Q/Q%        +2.7%      +2.1% 
                       PCE Price Idx, Q/Q%                              +2.1% 
                       Purchase Price Idx, Q/Q%                         +2.0% 
                       Real Final Sales 1st Est, Q/Q%                   +7.5% 
                       Core PCE Price Idx, Q/Q%                         +2.6% 
                       Personal Consumption, Q/Q%                       +2.5% 
0830/1330  Q3       Preliminary Corporate Profits 
0830/1330  Oct      Advance Report on Durable Goods 
                       Durable Goods-SA, M/M%                           +0.5% 
                       Dur Goods, Ex-Defense, M/M%                      +0.1% 
                       Dur Goods, Ex-Transport, M/M%                    +0.6% 
                       Orders: Cap Gds, Non-Def, Ex-Air,                +0.9% 
                       M/M% 
                       Shipmnts: Cap Gds, Non-Def,                      +0.9% 
                       Ex-Air, M/M% 
0855/1355  12/20    Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index 
                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y%                       +5.9% 
                       Latest Wk, Y/Y%                                  +6.2% 
0915/1415  Nov      Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization 
                       Industrial Production, M/M% 
                       Capacity Utilization % 
                       Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts) 
1000/1500  Dec      Richmond Fed Business Activity Survey 
                       Mfg Idx                                          -15 
                       Shipments Idx                                    -14 
1000/1500  Dec      Consumer Confidence Index 
                       Cons Conf Idx                                    88.7 
                       Expectation Idx 
                       Present Situation Idx 
1000/1500  Nov      New Residential Sales - To Be Rescheduled 
                       New Home Sales 
                       New Home Sales, M/M% 
                       New Home Sales Months Supply 
 
Wednesday, December 24, 2025                                 Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0700/1200  12/19    MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey 
                       Composite Idx                                    315.6 
                       Composite Idx, W/W%                              -3.8% 
                       Purchase Idx-SA                                  176.5 
                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W%                            -2.8% 
                       Refinance Idx                                    1148.3 
                       Refinance Idx, W/W%                              -3.6% 
0830/1330  12/20    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg 
                       Continuing Claims 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg 
1030/1530  12/19    EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report 
                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl)                           424.417M 
                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                  -1.274M 
                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl)                            225.627M 
                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                   +4.808M 
                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl)                          118.5M 
                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                 +1.712M 
                       Refinery Usage                                   94.8% 
                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day)                    20.573M 
                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg                     -0.509M 
                       (Bbl/day) 
1200/1700  12/19    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg 
                       (Cbf) 
1300/1800           U.S. financial markets close early on Christmas Eve 
 
Thursday, December 25, 2025                                  Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
  N/A               U.S.: Christmas Day. Financial markets closed 
 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

December 18, 2025 06:30 ET (11:30 GMT)

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