Week ahead: FOMC Meeting Minutes Wednesday, FOMC Minutes Wednesday · US data & auctions, w/c 17 Aug 2026
The desk's plan for the week of Monday 17 August 2026 — 21 scheduled US events, 4 high-impact, 8 Treasury auctions.
Monday:
• 12:30 UTC NY Empire State Manufacturing Index (forecast 10.2)
• 15:30 UTC 13-Week Bill Auction · $92B
• 15:30 UTC 26-Week Bill Auction · $79B
Tuesday:
• 12:15 UTC ADP Employment Change 4-week average
• 12:30 UTC Building Permits (MoM) (forecast 1.37M)
• 12:30 UTC Housing Starts (MoM) (forecast 1.35M)
• 13:15 UTC Industrial Production (MoM) (forecast 0.3)
• 14:00 UTC Pending Home Sales (MoM) (forecast 0.5)
• 15:30 UTC 6-Week Bill Auction · $95B
Wednesday:
• 15:30 UTC 17-Week Bill Auction
• 17:00 UTC 20-Year Bond Auction · $16B
• 18:00 UTC FOMC Meeting Minutes
• 18:00 UTC FOMC Minutes
Thursday:
• 12:30 UTC Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey (forecast 25.3)
• 12:30 UTC Initial Jobless Claims (forecast 210K)
• 15:30 UTC 4-Week Bill Auction
• 15:30 UTC 8-Week Bill Auction
• 17:00 UTC 30-Year TIPS Auction · $8B
Friday:
• 13:45 UTC S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (forecast 54.0)
• 13:45 UTC S&P Global Services PMI (forecast 53.9)
• 13:45 UTC S&P Global Composite PMI
Every print lands on the desk the second it crosses — full schedule, forecasts and history on the calendar and data hubs.
- US Bond Selloff Drives 30-Year Yields to Highest Since 2007, 10s +5bp · desk brief, Mon 17 Aug 2026
- Total Net TIC Flows: 133.5B
- Net Long-Term TIC Flows: 172.7B
- 26-Week (6-month) Bill auction — IN LINE
- 13-Week (3-month) Bill auction — IN LINE
- Cleveland Fed inflation nowcast: Q3 CPI 1.1% · core CPI 1.9% · PCE 2.3% · core PCE 2.9%
- NAHB Housing Market Index: 35
- NY Empire State Manufacturing Index: 20.6
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