This week's (May 18 - May 22) and next week's (May 25 - May 29) major U.S. economic reports

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This week's (May 18 - May 22) and next week's (May 25 - May 29) major U.S. economic reports

This Week's Major U.S. Economic Reports & Fed Speakers

TIME (ET) REPORT PERIOD ACTUAL MEDIAN FORECAST PREVIOUS

MONDAY, MAY 18
8:30 am Atlanta Fed First Vice President Cheryl Venable welcoming remarks
10:00 am Home builder confidence May 37 34 34

TUESDAY, MAY 19
8:30 am ADP National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate for May 2
8:00 am Fed governor Christopher Waller speech
10:00 am Pending home sales April 1.4% 1.0% 1.7%
7:00 pm Philadelphia Fed President Anna Paulson speech
7:45 pm Atlanta Fed First Vice President Cheryl Venable closing remarks

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20
9:15 am Fed governor Michael Barr speech
2:00 pm Minutes of Fed's May FOMC meeting

THURSDAY, MAY 21
8:30 am Initial jobless claims May 16 210,000 211,000
8:30 am Housing starts April 1.42 million 1.50 million
8:30 am Building permits April 1.39 million 1.37 million
8:30 am Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey May 19.0 26.7
9:45 am S&P flash U.S. services PMI May 51.5 51.0
9:45 am S&P flash U.S. manufacturing PMI May 53.7 54.5
12:20 pm Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin speech

FRIDAY, MAY 22
10:00 am Consumer sentiment (final) May 48.2 48.2
10:00 am U.S. leading economic indicators April -0.3% -0.6%
10:00 am Fed governor Christopher Waller speech

Next Week's Major U.S. Economic Reports & Fed Speakers

Time (ET) Report Period Actual Median Forecast Previous

MONDAY, MAY 25
None scheduled, Memorial Day holiday

TUESDAY, MAY 26
8:30 am ADP National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate for May 9
9:00 am S&P Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities) March 0.9%
10:00 am Consumer confidence May 92.8

WEDNESDAY, MAY 27
None scheduled

THURSDAY, MAY 28
8:30 am Initial jobless claims May 23
8:30 am Durable-goods orders April 0.8%
8:30 am Durable-goods minus transportation April 0.9%
10:00 am New home sales April 682,000

FRIDAY, MAY 29
8:30 am GDP (second revision) Q1 2.0%
8:30 am Personal income April 0.6%
8:30 am Personal spending April 0.9%
8:30 am PCE index April 0.7%
8:30 am PCE (year-over-year) 3.5%
8:30 am Core PCE index April 0.3%
8:30 am Core PCE (year-over-year) 3.2%
8:30 am Advanced U.S. trade balance in goods April
8:30 am Advanced retail inventories April 0.7%
8:30 am Advanced wholesale inventories April 1.3%
9:45 am Chicago Business Barometer (PMI) May 49.2

Notes and References

MarketWatch updates the schedule throughout the week. Check their site for revisions.

MarketWatch doesn't list the Challenger, Gray & Christmas job cut report. I'll add it when that day comes around.

Note to self: 2026 Challenger Job Cut Report Release Calendar

ADP Announces National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate Publicly Available on a Weekly Cadence

Canadian content: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/260410/dq260410a-eng.htm

Next release
The next release of the Labour Force Survey {LFS} will be on May 8, 2026. April 2026 data will reflect labour market conditions during the week of April 12 to 18.

Here's another calendar of US economic events. This one is so hard to format at DU that I'm not even going to try.

United States Economic Calendar

Here is yet another calendar of US economic events that is so hard to format at DU that I'm not even going to try.

Hat tip, jmbar2

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/calendar