US Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

Dow Jones
Feb 12
All dates are in ET Time. 
 
Thursday, February 12, 2026                                  Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0830/1330  02/07    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims                        225K       231K 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg                          +22K 
                       Continuing Claims                                1844000 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg                       +25K 
1000/1500  Jan      Existing Home Sales 
                       Existing Sales                        4.15M      4.35M 
                       Existing Sales, M/M%                  -4.6%      +5.1% 
                       Unsold Homes Month's Supply                      3.3 
                       Median Price $(USD)$                               405400 
                       Median Home Price, Y/Y%                          +0.4% 
1000/1500           U.S. SEC Chair Paul Atkins testifies to Senate Banking 
                    Committee 
1030/1530  02/06    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf)          2199B      2463B 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg       -264B      -360B 
                       (Cbf) 
1400/1900           U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Closed Meeting 
1630/2130           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
1630/2130           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
1900/0000           Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran and FRB Dallas 
                    President Lorie Logan speak at Global Perspectives event 
 
Friday, February 13, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Jan      CPI 
                       CPI, M/M%                             +0.3%      +0.3% 
                       Core CPI, M/M%                        +0.3%      +0.2% 
                       Energy Idx, M/M%                                 +0.3% 
                       Food Idx, M/M%                                   +0.7% 
                       Real Avg Wkly Pay-Infla Adj, M/M%                -0.3% 
                       CPI, Y/Y%                             +2.5%      +2.7% 
                       Core Annual, Y/Y%                     +2.5%      +2.6% 
0830/1330  Jan      Real Earnings 
  N/A               Deadline for passage of new funding bill for U.S. Department 
                    of Homeland Security 
 
Monday, February 16, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
  N/A               U.S. Presidents Day / Washington's Birthday. Financial 
                    markets closed 
 
Tuesday, February 17, 2026                                   Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Feb      Empire State Manufacturing Survey 
                       Mfg Idx                                          7.7 
                       Employment Idx                                   -9.0 
                       New Orders Idx                                   6.6 
                       Prices Received                                  14.4 
1000/1500  Feb      NAHB Housing Market Index 
                       Housing Mkt Idx                                  37 
1000/1500  Jan      Employment Trends Index 
                       ETI                                              104.27 
                       ETI, Y/Y% 
1000/1500  Jan      Online Help Wanted Index 
1430/1930           FRB San Francisco President Mary Daly speech on AI and the 
                    economy 
 
Wednesday, February 18, 2026                                 Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0700/1200  02/13    MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey 
                       Composite Idx                                    329.9 
                       Composite Idx, W/W%                              -0.3% 
                       Purchase Idx-SA                                  161.5 
                       Purchase Idx-SA, W/W%                            -2.4% 
                       Refinance Idx                                    1284.6 
                       Refinance Idx, W/W%                              +1.2% 
0855/1355  02/14    Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index 
                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y%                       +6.5% 
                       Latest Wk, Y/Y%                                  +6.5% 
0915/1415  Jan      Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization 
                       Industrial Production, M/M%                      +0.4% 
                       Capacity Utilization %                           76.3% 
                       Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts)              +0.2 
1000/1500  Q4       Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales - To Be Rescheduled 
1400/1900           Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes published 
1600/2100  Dec      Treasury International Capital Data 
1630/2130           API Weekly Statistical Bulletin 
 
Thursday, February 19, 2026                                  Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Feb      Philadelphia Fed Business Outlook Survey 
                       Business Activity                                12.6 
                       Prices Paid                                      46.9 
                       Employment                                       9.7 
                       New Orders                                       14.4 
                       Prices Received                                  27.8 
                       Delivery Times                                   7.3 
                       Inventories                                      -8.4 
                       Shipments                                        9.5 
0830/1330  Dec      U.S. International Trade in Goods & Services 
                       Trade Balance (USD)                              -56.8B 
                       Exports (USD)                                    292.1B 
                       Exports, M/M%                                    -3.6% 
                       Imports (USD)                                    348.9B 
                       Imports, M/M%                                    +5.0% 
0830/1330  Dec      Advance Economic Indicators Report 
0830/1330  02/14    Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims Report - Initial Claims 
                       Jobless Claims 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg 
                       Continuing Claims 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg 
1000/1500  Jan      Pending Home Sales Index 
                       Pending Home Sales                               71.8 
                       Pending Home Sales Idx, M/M%                     -9.3% 
                       Pending Home Sales Idx , Y/Y%                    -3.0% 
1030/1530  02/13    EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report 
                       Working Gas In Storage (Cbf) 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg 
                       (Cbf) 
1200/1700  02/13    EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report 
                       Crude Oil Stocks (Bbl)                           428.829M 
                       Crude Oil Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                  +8.53M 
                       Gasoline Stocks (Bbl)                            259.058M 
                       Gasoline Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                   +1.16M 
                       Distillate Stocks (Bbl)                          124.665M 
                       Distillate Stocks, Net Chg (Bbl)                 -2.703M 
                       Refinery Usage                                   89.4% 
                       Total Prod Supplied (Bbl/day)                    21.108M 
                       Total Prod Supplied, Net Chg                     -0.245M 
                       (Bbl/day) 
1630/2130           Federal Discount Window Borrowings 
1630/2130           Foreign Central Bank Holdings 
1705/2205           Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly 
                    conversation with Goldman Sachs Vice Chairman and former 
                    Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Rob Kaplan 
  N/A      Jan      Leading Indicators 
                       Leading Index, M/M% 
                       Leading Index 
                       Coincident Index, M/M% 
                       Lagging Index, M/M% 
 
 

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 12, 2026 06:30 ET (11:30 GMT)

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