Week ahead: ISM Manufacturing PMI Monday, ADP Employment Change Wednesday

US data & auctions, w/c 03 Aug 2026

The desk's plan for the week of Monday 03 August 2026 — 30 scheduled US events, 7 high-impact, 7 Treasury auctions.

Monday

• 14:00 UTC ISM Manufacturing PMI (forecast 54)
• 14:00 UTC ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid (forecast 70)
• 14:00 UTC ISM Manufacturing Employment Index
• 14:00 UTC ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index
• 15:30 UTC 13-Week Bill Auction · $92B
• 15:30 UTC 26-Week Bill Auction · $79B
• 18:00 UTC Loan Officer Survey

Tuesday

• 14:00 UTC JOLTS Job Openings (forecast 7.25M)
• 14:00 UTC Factory Orders (MoM) (forecast 0.5)
• 15:30 UTC 52-Week Bill Auction · $52B
• 15:30 UTC 6-Week Bill Auction · $95B

Wednesday

• 12:15 UTC ADP Employment Change (forecast 75K)
• 13:45 UTC S&P Global Composite PMI (forecast 53.6)
• 14:00 UTC ISM Services PMI (forecast 54.2)
• 14:00 UTC ISM Services Employment Index
• 14:00 UTC ISM Services New Orders Index
• 14:00 UTC ISM Services Prices Paid
• 15:30 UTC 17-Week Bill Auction

Thursday

• 11:30 UTC Challenger Job Cuts
• 12:30 UTC Initial Jobless Claims (forecast 200K)
• 12:30 UTC Nonfarm Productivity
• 12:30 UTC Unit Labor Costs
• 15:30 UTC 4-Week Bill Auction
• 15:30 UTC 8-Week Bill Auction

Friday

• 12:30 UTC Average Hourly Earnings (MoM) (forecast 0.30%)
• 12:30 UTC Nonfarm Payrolls (forecast 91K)
• 12:30 UTC Unemployment Rate (forecast 4.3%)
• 12:30 UTC Average Hourly Earnings (YoY)
• 12:30 UTC Labor Force Participation Rate
• 12:30 UTC U6 Underemployment Rate

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