U.S. Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

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Tuesday, February 17, 2026                                   Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Feb      Empire State Manufacturing Survey 
                       Mfg Idx                               10.0       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                       38         37 
1000/1500  Jan      Employment Trends Index 
                       ETI                                              104.27 
                       ETI, Y/Y% 
1000/1500  Jan      Online Help Wanted Index 
1245/1745           Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr speech on the Labour 
                    Market and AI 
1430/1930           FRB San Francisco President Mary Daly speech on AI and the 
                    economy 
 
Wednesday, February 18, 2026                                 Exp        Prev 
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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% 
0830/1330  Dec      New Residential Construction - Housing Starts and Building 
                    Permits 
                       Total Starts                          1.30M 
                       Housing Starts, M/M% 
                       Building Permits                      1.40M 
                       Building Permits, M/M% 
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%           +0.3%      +0.4% 
                       Capacity Utilization %                76.5%      76.3% 
                       Capacity Utilization, Net Chg (Pts)              +0.2 
1000/1500  Q4       Quarterly Retail E-Commerce Sales - To Be Rescheduled 
1300/1800           Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michelle Bowman speaks at 
                    Exchequer Club of Washington D.C. event 
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 
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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 $(USD)$                   -56.0B     -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                        220K       227K 
                       Jobless Claims, Net Chg                          -5K 
                       Continuing Claims                                1862000 
                       Continuing Claims, Net Chg                       +21K 
0830/1330           U.S. Weekly Export Sales 
0930/1430           IMF regular press briefing with Strategic Communications 
                    Director Julie Kozack 
1000/1500  Jan      Pending Home Sales Index 
                       Pending Home Sales                               71.8 
                       Pending Home Sales Idx, M/M%          +0.5%      -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)                     2214B 
                       Working Gas In Storage, Net Chg                  -249B 
                       (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) 
1400/1900           U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Closed Meeting 
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 
 
Friday, February 20, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Dec      Personal Income and Outlays 
                       Personal Income, M/M%                 +0.3%      +0.3% 
                       Consumer Spending, M/M%               +0.4%      +0.5% 
                       PCE Price Idx, M/M%                   +0.3%      +0.2% 
                       PCE Price Idx, Y/Y%                   +2.8%      +2.8% 
                       PCE Core Price Idx, M/M%              +0.3%      +0.2% 
                       PCE Core Price Idx, Y/Y%              +2.9%      +2.8% 
0830/1330  Q4       Advance estimate GDP 
                       Annual Rate, Q/Q%                     +2.5%      +4.4% 
                       Chain-Weighted Price Idx, Q/Q%        +2.7%      +3.8% 
                       PCE Price Idx, Q/Q%                              +2.8% 
                       Purchase Price Idx, Q/Q%                         +3.4% 
                       Real Final Sales 1st Est, Q/Q%                   +4.5% 
                       Core PCE Price Idx, Q/Q%                         +2.9% 
                       Personal Consumption, Q/Q%                       +3.5% 
0945/1445           FRB Atlanta President Raphael Bostic participates in 
                    moderated discussion with Birmingham Business Journal 
                    editor-in-chief 
0945/1445  Feb      US Flash Services PMI 
                       PMI, Services                                    52.5 
0945/1445  Feb      US Flash Manufacturing PMI 
                       PMI, Mfg                                         51.9 
1000/1500  Q4       Advance Quarterly Services 
1000/1500  Dec      New Residential Sales 
                       New Home Sales                        735K 
                       New Home Sales, M/M% 
                       New Home Sales Months Supply 
1000/1500  Feb      University of Michigan Survey of Consumers - final 
                       End-Mo Sentiment Idx                  57.1       56.4 
                       End-Mo Expectations Idx                          57.0 
                       12-Month Inflation Forecast                      4.0% 
                       5-Year Inflation Forecast                        3.3% 
                       End-Mo Current Idx                               55.4 
1900/0000           ECB President Christine Lagarde delivers acceptance speech 
                    for the Wolfgang Friedmann Memorial Award 
 
Monday, February 23, 2026                                    Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0830/1330  Dec      Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) 
                       NAI 
                       NAI, 3-mo Moving Avg 
0830/1330  Jan      Chicago Fed National Activity Index (CFNAI) 
                       NAI 
                       NAI, 3-mo Moving Avg 
1000/1500  Dec      Manufacturers' Shipments, Inventories & Orders (M3) 
                       Total Orders, M/M%                               +2.7% 
                       Orders, Ex-Defense, M/M%                         +3.2% 
                       Orders, Ex-Transport, M/M%                       +0.2% 
                       Durable Goods, M/M% 
                       Durable Goods, M/M% 
1030/1530  Feb      Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey 
                       Business Activity                                -1.2 
                       Mfg Production Idx                               11.2 
 
Tuesday, February 24, 2026                                   Exp        Prev 
 ET/GMT 
0855/1355  02/21    Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index 
                       Ret Sales Mo-to-Date, Y/Y% 

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