Economic Events - Month Ahead Events

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AU

18/02/2026 00:30 wage price index
19/02/2026 00:30 unemployment
19/02/2026 00:30 employment change
19/02/2026 22:00 flash composite PMI
19/02/2026 22:00 flash manufacturing PMI
19/02/2026 22:00 flash services PMI
23/02/2026 20:40 RBA Head of Economic Analysis Department Michael Plumb speaks
25/02/2026 00:30 CPI
25/02/2026 08:40 RBA Governor Michele Bullock speaks
26/02/2026 00:30 private capital expenditure
26/02/2026 00:30 building capital expenditure
26/02/2026 00:30 plant machinery capital expenditure
27/02/2026 00:30 private sector credit
01/03/2026 22:00 manufacturing PMI
02/03/2026 12:30 RBA Assistant Governor Sarah Hunter speaks
02/03/2026 21:10 RBA Governor Michele Bullock speaks
03/03/2026 00:30 private house approvals
03/03/2026 00:30 current account
03/03/2026 00:30 building permits
03/03/2026 22:00 services PMI
03/03/2026 22:00 composite PMI
03/03/2026 22:00 Ai group manufacturing index
03/03/2026 22:00 Ai group construction index
04/03/2026 00:30 GDP
05/03/2026 00:00 RBA payments system board meeting
05/03/2026 00:30 trade balance
05/03/2026 00:30 household spending

CA

19/02/2026 00:00 trade balance
20/02/2026 13:30 PPI
20/02/2026 13:30 retail sales
25/02/2026 13:30 manufacturer sales
26/02/2026 13:30 current account
27/02/2026 13:30 GDP
27/02/2026 16:00 budget balance
02/03/2026 00:00 Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Sharon Kozicki speaks
02/03/2026 14:30 manufacturing PMI
04/03/2026 14:30 service PMI
04/03/2026 14:30 composite PMI

CH

19/02/2026 07:00 trade balance
19/02/2026 07:30 industrial production
23/02/2026 07:30 producer and import prices
25/02/2026 09:00 economic sentiment index
26/02/2026 07:30 nonfarm payrolls
27/02/2026 07:30 retail sales
27/02/2026 08:00 GDP
02/03/2026 08:30 manufacturing PMI
04/03/2026 07:30 CPI
05/03/2026 08:00 unemployment
06/03/2026 00:00 foreign exchange reserves
09/03/2026 08:00 consumer confidence

CN

18/02/2026 00:00 Chinese New Year. Financial markets in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong closed.
19/02/2026 00:00 Chinese New Year. Financial markets in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong closed.
20/02/2026 00:00 Chinese New Year. Financial markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen closed.
20/02/2026 15:15 interest rate decision
23/02/2026 00:00 Chinese New Year. Financial markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen closed.
24/02/2026 15:15 interest rate decision
02/03/2026 15:45 manufacturing PMI
04/03/2026 15:30 NBS manufacturing PMI
04/03/2026 15:45 composite PMI
04/03/2026 15:45 service PMI
07/03/2026 00:00 foreign exchange reserves
09/03/2026 14:30 PPI
09/03/2026 14:30 CPI

DE

19/02/2026 00:00 Bundesbank monthly report
20/02/2026 07:00 PPI
20/02/2026 08:30 flash composite PMI
20/02/2026 08:30 flash services PMI
20/02/2026 08:30 flash manufacturing PMI
23/02/2026 09:00 Ifo business climate
25/02/2026 07:00 GDP
25/02/2026 07:00 consumer confidence
27/02/2026 07:00 export and import prices
27/02/2026 08:55 unemployment
27/02/2026 13:00 CPI
28/02/2026 08:55 unemployment
02/03/2026 07:00 retail sales
02/03/2026 08:55 manufacturing PMI
04/03/2026 08:55 services PMI
04/03/2026 08:55 composite PMI
05/03/2026 08:30 construction PMI
06/03/2026 07:00 factory orders
06/03/2026 11:00 new car registrations
09/03/2026 07:00 industrial production

ES

19/02/2026 09:00 trade balance
25/02/2026 08:00 PPI
26/02/2026 11:00 business confidence
27/02/2026 08:00 CPI
27/02/2026 09:00 current account
02/03/2026 08:15 manufacturing PMI
03/03/2026 00:00 new car sales
03/03/2026 08:00 unemployment
04/03/2026 08:15 composite PMI
04/03/2026 08:15 service PMI
05/03/2026 08:00 industrial production

EU

18/02/2026 09:00 European Central Bank executive board member Piero Cipollone speaks
18/02/2026 17:00 European Central Bank executive board member Isabel Schnabel speaks
19/02/2026 09:00 current account
19/02/2026 10:00 construction output
19/02/2026 11:00 European Central Bank executive board member Piero Cipollone speaks
19/02/2026 11:30 European Central Bank vice-president Luis de Guindos speaks
19/02/2026 15:00 consumer confidence
20/02/2026 00:00 European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde speaks
20/02/2026 09:00 flash manufacturing PMI
20/02/2026 09:00 flash services PMI
20/02/2026 09:00 flash composite PMI
20/02/2026 10:00 negotiated wage growth
25/02/2026 00:00 negotiated wage growth
25/02/2026 08:00 ECB non-monetary policy meeting
25/02/2026 10:00 CPI
26/02/2026 09:00 money supply
26/02/2026 10:00 industrial sentiment index
26/02/2026 10:00 economic sentiment index
27/02/2026 09:00 money supply
02/03/2026 09:00 manufacturing PMI
04/03/2026 09:00 services PMI
04/03/2026 09:00 composite PMI
04/03/2026 10:00 PPI
04/03/2026 10:00 unemployment
05/03/2026 08:30 construction PMI
05/03/2026 10:00 retail sales
06/03/2026 10:00 GDP
06/03/2026 10:00 employment change
09/03/2026 00:00 Eurogroup meeting

FR

18/02/2026 07:45 CPI
20/02/2026 08:15 flash manufacturing PMI
20/02/2026 08:15 flash services PMI
20/02/2026 08:15 flash composite PMI
24/02/2026 07:45 business climate indicator
24/02/2026 07:45 consumer confidence
24/02/2026 07:45 business confidence
27/02/2026 07:45 CPI
27/02/2026 07:45 GDP
27/02/2026 07:45 PPI
02/03/2026 08:50 manufacturing PMI
03/03/2026 07:45 budget balance
04/03/2026 00:00 new car registrations
04/03/2026 08:50 services PMI
04/03/2026 08:50 composite PMI
05/03/2026 07:45 industrial production
05/03/2026 08:30 construction PMI
06/03/2026 07:45 foreign exchange reserves
06/03/2026 07:45 current account
06/03/2026 07:45 trade balance

IE

19/02/2026 11:00 average weekly earnings
19/02/2026 11:00 CPI
23/02/2026 11:00 wholesale prices
27/02/2026 11:00 retail sales
02/03/2026 01:01 AIB manufacturing PMI
02/03/2026 11:00 harmonised CPI
04/03/2026 01:01 services PMI
04/03/2026 11:00 unemployment
06/03/2026 11:00 GDP
06/03/2026 11:00 current account

IT

19/02/2026 09:00 current account
20/02/2026 09:00 construction output
23/02/2026 09:00 CPI
26/02/2026 09:00 consumer confidence
02/03/2026 08:45 manufacturing PMI
02/03/2026 09:00 GDP
03/03/2026 00:00 new car registrations
03/03/2026 10:00 CPI
04/03/2026 08:45 composite PMI
04/03/2026 08:45 service PMI
04/03/2026 09:00 unemployment
04/03/2026 10:00 GDP
05/03/2026 08:30 construction PMI
05/03/2026 09:00 retail sales

JP

19/02/2026 23:30 CPI
20/02/2026 00:30 flash composite PMI
20/02/2026 00:30 flash services PMI
20/02/2026 00:30 flash manufacturing PMI
23/02/2026 00:00 Emperor's Birthday. Financial markets closed.
26/02/2026 01:30 Bank of Japan policy board member Takata Hajime speaks
27/02/2026 23:50 Industrial Production
27/02/2026 23:50 retail sales
02/03/2026 00:30 manufacturing PMI
02/03/2026 01:30 Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Himino Ryozo speaks
02/03/2026 23:30 unemployment
04/03/2026 00:30 services PMI
04/03/2026 00:30 composite PMI
04/03/2026 05:00 consumer confidence
05/03/2026 00:00 foreign exchange reserves
08/03/2026 23:50 current account

UK

18/02/2026 07:00 CPI
18/02/2026 07:00 PPI
20/02/2026 07:00 public sector net borrowing
20/02/2026 07:00 retail sales
20/02/2026 09:30 flash composite PMI
20/02/2026 09:30 flash manufacturing PMI
20/02/2026 09:30 flash services PMI
23/02/2026 11:00 Bank of England MPC member Alan Taylor speaks
26/02/2026 10:20 Bank of England Deputy Governor Clare Lombardelli speaks
27/02/2026 00:01 consumer confidence
27/02/2026 13:00 Bank of England Chief Economist and Executive Director Huw Pill speaks
02/03/2026 09:30 manufacturing PMI
02/03/2026 09:30 mortgage approvals
03/03/2026 08:00 Grocery Market Share  Worldpanel (Kantar)
04/03/2026 09:30 services PMI
04/03/2026 09:30 composite PMI
05/03/2026 09:00 new car sales
05/03/2026 09:30 construction PMI
06/03/2026 07:00 halifax house price Index

US

18/02/2026 13:30 durable goods orders
18/02/2026 13:30 building permits
18/02/2026 13:55 Redbook index
18/02/2026 14:15 industrial production
18/02/2026 18:00 Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman speaks
18/02/2026 19:00 FOMC minutes
19/02/2026 00:00 Conference Board leading index
19/02/2026 13:30 Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman speaks
19/02/2026 13:30 trade balance
19/02/2026 13:30 wholesale inventories
19/02/2026 13:30 Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index
19/02/2026 13:30 initial jobless claims
19/02/2026 15:30 EIA natural gas stocks
19/02/2026 17:00 EIA crude oil stocks
20/02/2026 00:00 Conference Board leading index
20/02/2026 13:30 Personal Spending 
20/02/2026 13:30 Personal Income
20/02/2026 13:30 GDP
20/02/2026 13:30 personal consumption expenditures
20/02/2026 13:30 flash quarterly personal consumption expenditures
20/02/2026 14:45 flash services PMI
20/02/2026 14:45 flash manufacturing PMI
20/02/2026 14:45 flash composite PMI
20/02/2026 15:00 new home sales
20/02/2026 15:00 Michigan consumer sentiment index
23/02/2026 13:30 Chicago Fed national activity index
23/02/2026 15:00 factory orders
23/02/2026 15:30 Dallas Fed manufacturing index
24/02/2026 13:55 Redbook index
24/02/2026 14:00 house price index
24/02/2026 14:00 S&P/Case-Shiller home price index
24/02/2026 15:00 Richmond Fed manufacturing index
24/02/2026 15:00 wholesale inventories
24/02/2026 15:00 Conference Board consumer confidence
25/02/2026 15:30 EIA crude oil stocks
26/02/2026 13:30 initial jobless claims
26/02/2026 15:30 EIA natural gas stocks
26/02/2026 16:00 Kansas City Fed manufacturing activity
27/02/2026 13:30 PPI
27/02/2026 14:45 Chicago PMI
27/02/2026 15:00 Construction Spending
02/03/2026 14:45 manufacturing PMI
02/03/2026 15:00 ISM manufacturing PMI
03/03/2026 13:55 Redbook index
04/03/2026 00:00 total vehicle sales
04/03/2026 13:15 ADP unemployment
04/03/2026 14:45 composite PMI
04/03/2026 14:45 services PMI
04/03/2026 15:00 ISM services PMI
04/03/2026 15:30 EIA crude oil stocks
04/03/2026 19:00 Fed's Beige Book
05/03/2026 00:00 factory orders
05/03/2026 13:30 trade balance
05/03/2026 13:30 initial jobless claims
05/03/2026 13:30 export and import prices
05/03/2026 15:30 EIA natural gas stocks
06/03/2026 00:00 wholesale inventories
06/03/2026 13:30 average weekly hours
06/03/2026 13:30 nonfarm payrolls
08/03/2026 00:00 Daylight Saving Time Starts, clocks go forward.
09/03/2026 14:00 consumer inflation expectations

ZA

18/02/2026 08:00 CPI
18/02/2026 09:30 unemployment
18/02/2026 11:00 retail sales
19/02/2026 11:00 building permits
26/02/2026 09:30 PPI
27/02/2026 06:00 money supply
27/02/2026 12:00 trade balance
02/03/2026 00:00 total new vehicle sales
02/03/2026 09:00 manufacturing PMI
04/03/2026 07:15 S&P global PMI
04/03/2026 09:30 GDP
04/03/2026 10:00 business confidence
06/03/2026 06:00 foreign exchange reserves

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