Key economic events for the week of April 27 - May 1, 2026

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

17:00

CB Consumer Confidence Index (April)

Forecast: 89.4

Previous value: 91.8

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

17:30

Change in Crude Oil Inventories (EIA)

Previous value: +1.925 million barrels

21:00

Federal Reserve interest rate decision

Forecast: 3.75%

Previous value: 3.75%

21:00

FOMC Statement

21:30

FOMC Press Conference

Thursday, April 30, 2026

15:30

US GDP (QoQ) (Q1)

Forecast: +2.2%

Previous value: +0.5%

15:30

Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Index (YoY) (March)

Previous value: 3.0%

15:30

Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Index (MoM) (March)

Forecast: +0.3%

Previous value: +0.4%

15:30

Initial Jobless Claims

Forecast: 212K

Previous value: 214K

Friday, May 1, 2026

16:45

Manufacturing PMI (April)

Forecast: 54.0

Previous value: 54.0

17:00

ISM Manufacturing PMI (April)

Forecast: 53.2

Previous value: 52.7