United States Economic Calendar for April 17, 2026

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Fri., Apr 17				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	01:00 PM	Baker Hughes - Rig Count	APR 17	543	-	545
Tue., Apr 21				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	1.7%	1.4%	0.7 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	4.0%	-	4.0 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	MAR	5.5%	-	4.0 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	MAR	1.9%	1.3%	0.7 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-1.1%	-	-0.8%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories (M-o-M)	FEB	0.4%	0.2%	0.0 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories (Y-o-Y)	FEB	1.3%	-	1.0%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Sales (M-o-M)	FEB	1.7%	-	0.6 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Sales (Y-o-Y)	FEB	5.5%	-	4.5%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories - Sales Ratio	FEB	1.31	-	1.28 (R)

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	1.5%	0.8%	2.5 (R)%
Wed., Apr 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	APR 17	465.7M	-	463.8M
Thu., Apr 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	APR 11	1812.25K	-	1811.00 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	APR 18	210.75K	-	210 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	APR 11	1821K	1800K	1809 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	APR 18	214K	212.5K	208 (R)K

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Composite	APR P	52.0	-	50.3

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Manufacturing	APR P	54.0	50	52.3

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Services	APR P	51.3	53	49.8

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	APR 17	2063B	-	1960 (R)B
Fri., Apr 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	APR F	48.1	-	51.7

	USD	01:00 PM	Baker Hughes - Rig Count	APR 24	544	-	543
Tue., Apr 28				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	FEB	0.9%	0.75%	1.2%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	FEB	327.31	-	326.61

	USD	09:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	FEB	-	-	0.2 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	APR	3	-5	0.0

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	APR	92.8	88.65	92.2 (R)
Wed., Apr 29				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	MAR	1502K	1400K	1356 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	MAR	0.8%	0.85%	-1.2 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transportation (M-o-M)	MAR	0.9%	-	1.2 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	MAR	-0.3%	-	-1.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	MAR	1372K	1400K	1538 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	APR24	459.5M	-	465.7M

	USD	02:00 PM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	02:00 PM	Interest Rate Decision	-	3.50 - 3.75%	-	3.50 - 3.75%

	USD	02:00 PM	Monetary Policy Meeting	-	-	-	-
Thu., Apr 30				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:00 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q1	-	-	1.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	Employment Cost Index	Q1	-	-	0.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-	3.5%	2.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	PCE Deflator (M-o-M)	MAR	-	0.7%	0.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	MAR	-	0.35%	-0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q1	-	-	3.8%

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United States Economic Calendar for April 17, 2026

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FOREX NEWS

NZ Dollar Slides After RBNZ Governor Breman Comments

NZ Dollar Slides Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Climbs Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Advances As U.S. Awaits A Revised Plan From Iran To End Hostilities

Yen Rises After BoJ Policy Decision

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged In Unusually Divided Vote

Iceland Inflation Eases To 5.2% In April

U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Pull Back Sharply

Bank Of Canada Leaves Rates Unchanged Amid Uncertainty About Iran, U.S. Trade Policy

U.S. Housing Starts Soar In March But Building Permits Plunge