Macro Events This Week
February 23 - February 27, 2026
🔥 FED SPEAKER HEAVY WEEK: Multiple Fed Officials Speaking + PPI Friday 8:30 AM + Consumer Confidence Tuesday 🔥
Monday, Feb 23
8:00 AM
Fed Governor Christopher Waller speaks
10:00 AM
Factory orders
Period:Dec. Forecast:0.2% Previous:2.7%
Tuesday, Feb 24
8:00 AM
Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee speaks
9:00 AM
S&P Case-Shiller home price index (20 cities)
Period:Dec. Previous:1.4%
9:00 AM
Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic speaks
9:15 AM
Fed Governor Christopher Waller speaks
9:30 AM
Fed Governor Lisa Cook speaks
10:00 AM
Wholesale inventories
Period:Dec. Forecast:0.2% Previous:0.2%
10:00 AM
Consumer confidence
Period:Feb. Forecast:87.5 Previous:84.5
Wednesday, Feb 25
9:35 AM
Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin speaks
11:00 AM
Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid speaks
Thursday, Feb 26
8:30 AM
Initial jobless claims
Period:Feb. 21 Forecast:215,000 Previous:206,000
Friday, Feb 27
8:30 AM
Producer price index (delayed report)
Period:Jan. Forecast:0.3% Previous:0.5%
8:30 AM
Core PPI
Period:Jan. Forecast:0.4% Previous:0.4%
8:30 AM
PPI year over year
Previous:3.0%
8:30 AM
Core PPI year over year
Previous:3.5%
10:00 AM
Construction spending (delayed report)
Period:Nov. Forecast:0.4% Previous:0.5%
10:00 AM
Construction spending
Period:Dec. Forecast:0.1%
9:45 AM
Chicago Business Barometer (PMI)
Period:Feb. Previous:54.0