Economic calendar

High impact events across nine economies · official actuals published as they are released

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The next high impact releases across nine economies, with consensus and previous figures from the official releases. Times are in GMT here; the live calendar converts them to your time zone.

Mon 19 Oct, 12:30 GMT: Canada CPI (Sep): consensus 3.2% y/y, previous 3.0% y/y
Tue 20 Oct, 06:00 GMT: UK labour market (Sep): consensus 5%, previous 4.9%
Wed 21 Oct, 06:00 GMT: UK CPI (Sep): consensus 3.4% y/y, previous 3.1% y/y
Thu 22 Oct, 12:30 GMT: US initial jobless claims: consensus 200K, previous 199K
Thu 22 Oct, 23:30 GMT: Japan CPI (Sep): previous 1.9% y/y
Wed 28 Oct, 00:30 GMT: Australia CPI (Sep): consensus 3.9% y/y, previous 3.9% y/y
Wed 28 Oct, 01:00 GMT: RBNZ rate decision: consensus 2.75%, previous 2.75%
Wed 28 Oct, 13:45 GMT: BoC rate decision: consensus 2.25%, previous 2.25%
Wed 28 Oct, 18:00 GMT: FOMC rate decision: consensus 4%, previous 4%
Thu 29 Oct, 12:30 GMT: US GDP (Q3 advance): consensus 3.1% q/q annualised, previous 2.2% q/q annualised

Next central bank meetings

People's Bank of China, Tue 20 Oct: 1 year Loan Prime Rate 3.00%.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Wed 28 Oct: Official Cash Rate 2.75%; market-implied odds for the meeting: hold 33%, hike 66%, cut 1%.
Bank of Canada, Wed 28 Oct: Overnight rate target 2.25%; market-implied odds for the meeting: hold 83%, hike 16%, cut 1%.
Federal Reserve, Wed 28 Oct: Fed funds target range 3.75% to 4.00%; market-implied odds for the meeting: hold 85%, hike 14%, cut 1%.
European Central Bank, Thu 29 Oct: Deposit facility rate 2.50%; market-implied odds for the meeting: hold 95%, hike 4%, cut 1%.
Bank of Japan, Fri 30 Oct: Short term policy rate 1.25%; market-implied odds for the meeting: hold 94%, hike 5%, cut 1%.

Summary as of 19 Oct 2026, 07:01 GMT. Not investment advice.

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