Economic Calendar
Key economic releases and how to read them — FOMC meetings, the jobs report, CPI, and earnings season.
An economic calendar tracks the scheduled release dates for the data points that most often move markets — the monthly jobs report, CPI and PCE inflation readings, FOMC rate decisions, GDP estimates, and corporate earnings during reporting season. Because these releases are scheduled well in advance, markets often price in expectations ahead of time, which means the reaction on release day is frequently driven more by how the actual number compares to consensus forecasts than by the number itself in isolation. Traders and long-term investors use an economic calendar differently — for short-term positioning around expected volatility, or simply to understand why markets moved sharply on a given day.
