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Daily brief 26 Jul 2026, 18:10 UTC

Week ahead: Fed Interest Rate Decision Wednesday, FOMC Press Conference Wednesday

US data & auctions, w/c 27 Jul 2026

The desk's plan for the week of Monday 27 July 2026 — 40 scheduled US events, 7 high-impact, 10 Treasury auctions.

Monday

12:30 UTC Durable Goods Orders ex Transportation (forecast 0.9)
12:30 UTC Durable Goods Orders (forecast 1.6)
12:30 UTC Durable Goods Orders ex Defense
12:30 UTC Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft
15:30 UTC 13-Week Bill Auction · $92B
15:30 UTC 26-Week Bill Auction · $79B
17:00 UTC 2-Year Note Auction · $69B
17:00 UTC 5-Year Note Auction · $70B

Tuesday

12:15 UTC ADP Employment Change 4-week average
13:00 UTC Housing Price Index (MoM) (forecast 0.2)
14:00 UTC Consumer Confidence (forecast 92.1)
15:30 UTC 6-Week Bill Auction · $95B
17:00 UTC 7-Year Note Auction · $44B

Wednesday

15:30 UTC 17-Week Bill Auction
17:00 UTC 2-Year Note Auction · $30B
18:00 UTC Fed Interest Rate Decision (forecast 4)
18:30 UTC FOMC Press Conference

Thursday

12:30 UTC Advance GDP q/q (forecast 2.3%)
12:30 UTC Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM) (forecast 0.1)
12:30 UTC Advance GDP Price Index q/q (forecast 3.7%)
12:30 UTC Initial Jobless Claims (forecast 206K)
12:30 UTC Personal Income (MoM) (forecast 0.3)
12:30 UTC Personal Spending (forecast 0.4)
12:30 UTC Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY) (forecast 3.2%)
12:30 UTC Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (QoQ)

Friday

12:30 UTC Employment Cost Index q/q (forecast 0.8%)
12:30 UTC Employment Cost Index (forecast 0.8)
13:45 UTC Chicago PMI (forecast 57.5)
14:00 UTC Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (forecast 54.4)
14:00 UTC Revised UoM Inflation Expectations
14:00 UTC Michigan Consumer Expectations Index (forecast 54)
14:00 UTC UoM 1-year Consumer Inflation Expectations (forecast 4.2)
14:00 UTC UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation (forecast 3.3)

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