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title: "Week ahead: Fed Interest Rate Decision Wednesday, FOMC"
description: The Helious plan for the week of Monday 27 July 2026, 40 scheduled US events, 7 high-impact, 10 Treasury auctions. The full read is on Helious.
source: Helious
canonical: "https://helious.io/news/week-ahead-2026-w31/week-ahead-fed-interest-rate-decision-wednesday-fomc-press"
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DAILY BRIEF
              26 Jul 2026, 18:10 UTC



# Week ahead: Fed Interest Rate Decision Wednesday, FOMC Press Conference Wednesday · US data & auctions, w/c 27 Jul 2026



            The desk's plan for the week of Monday 27 July 2026 — 40 scheduled US events, 7 high-impact, 10 Treasury auctions.

Monday:

• 12:30 UTC Durable Goods Orders ex Transportation (forecast 0.9)

• 12:30 UTC Durable Goods Orders (forecast 1.6)

• 12:30 UTC Durable Goods Orders ex Defense

• 12:30 UTC Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft

• 15:30 UTC 13-Week Bill Auction · $92B

• 15:30 UTC 26-Week Bill Auction · $79B

• 17:00 UTC 2-Year Note Auction · $69B

• 17:00 UTC 5-Year Note Auction · $70B

Tuesday:

• 12:15 UTC ADP Employment Change 4-week average

• 13:00 UTC Housing Price Index (MoM) (forecast 0.2)

• 14:00 UTC Consumer Confidence (forecast 92.1)

• 15:30 UTC 6-Week Bill Auction · $95B

• 17:00 UTC 7-Year Note Auction · $44B

Wednesday:

• 15:30 UTC 17-Week Bill Auction

• 17:00 UTC 2-Year Note Auction · $30B

• 18:00 UTC Fed Interest Rate Decision (forecast 4)

• 18:30 UTC FOMC Press Conference

Thursday:

• 12:30 UTC Advance GDP q/q (forecast 2.3%)

• 12:30 UTC Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM) (forecast 0.1)

• 12:30 UTC Advance GDP Price Index q/q (forecast 3.7%)

• 12:30 UTC Initial Jobless Claims (forecast 206K)

• 12:30 UTC Personal Income (MoM) (forecast 0.3)

• 12:30 UTC Personal Spending (forecast 0.4)

• 12:30 UTC Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY) (forecast 3.2%)

• 12:30 UTC Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (QoQ)

Friday:

• 12:30 UTC Employment Cost Index q/q (forecast 0.8%)

• 12:30 UTC Employment Cost Index (forecast 0.8)

• 13:45 UTC Chicago PMI (forecast 57.5)

• 14:00 UTC Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (forecast 54.4)

• 14:00 UTC Revised UoM Inflation Expectations

• 14:00 UTC Michigan Consumer Expectations Index (forecast 54)

• 14:00 UTC UoM 1-year Consumer Inflation Expectations (forecast 4.2)

• 14:00 UTC UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation (forecast 3.3)

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