This week's (May 11 - May 15) and next week's (May 18 - May 22) major U.S. economic reports

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This week's (May 11 - May 15) and next week's (May 18 - May 22) 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 11
10:00 am Existing home sales April 4.02 million 4.1 million 4.01 million

TUESDAY, MAY 12
3:15 am New York Fed President John Williams speaks in Zurich
6:00 am NFIB optimism index April 95.9 96.2 95.8
8:30 am ADP National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate for April 25, 2026
8:30 am Consumer price index April 0.6% 0.6% 0.9%
8:30 am CPI year over year 3.8% 3.7% 3.3%
8:30 am Core CPI April 0.4% 0.4% 0.2%
8:30 am Core CPI year over year 2.8% 2.7% 2.6%
1:00 pm Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee speech
2:00 pm Monthly U.S. federal budget April $215 billion $217 billion $258 billion

WEDNESDAY, MAY 13
8:30 am Producer price index April 1.4% 0.5% 0.7%
8:30 am Core PPI April 0.6% 0.3% 0.2%
8:30 am PPI year over year 6.0% -- 4.3%
8:30 am Core PPI year over year 4.4% -- 3.7%
11:30 am Boston Fed President Susan Collins speech
1:15 pm Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari speech
7:00 pm Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan speech

THURSDAY, MAY 14
8:30 am U.S. retail sales April 0.5% 1.7%
8:30 am Retail sales minus autos April 0.8% 1.9%
8:30 am Initial jobless claims May 9 205,000 200,000
8:30 am Import price index April 0.9% 0.8%
8:30 am Import price index minus fuel April -- 0.6%
10:00 am Business inventories March 0.9% 0.4%
10:15 am Kansas City Fed President Jeff Schmid speech
1:00 pm Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack opening remarks
5:45 pm New York Fed President John Williams speaks
7:00 pm Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr speech

FRIDAY, MAY 15
8:30 am Empire State manufacturing survey May 7.0 11.0
9:15 am Industrial production April 0.2% -0.5%
9:15 am Capacity utilization April 75.8% 75.7%
10:00 am Home builder confidence index May 34

Next 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

TUESDAY, MAY 19
8:30 am ADP National Employment Report Preliminary Estimate for May 2, 2026
10:00 am Pending home sales April 1.5%
7:00 pm Philadelphia Fed President Anna Paulson speech
7:45 pm Atlanta Fed First Vice President Cheryl Venable closing remarks

WEDNESDAY, MAY 20
2:00 pm Minutes of Fed's May FOMC meeting

THURSDAY, MAY 21
8:30 am Initial jobless claims May 16
8:30 am Housing starts April 1.50 million
8:30 am Building permits April 1.37 million
8:30 am Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey May 26.7
9:45 am S&P flash U.S. services PMI May 51.0
9:45 am S&P flash U.S. manufacturing PMI May 54.5

FRIDAY, MAY 22
10:00 am Consumer sentiment (final) May 49.2
10:00 am U.S. leading economic indicators April -0.6%

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:

Labour Force Survey, April 2026

Next release
The next release of the LFS will be on June 5, 2026. May 2026 data will reflect labour market conditions during the week of May 10 to 16.

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