Week ahead: ISM Manufacturing PMI Monday, US Midterm Elections Tuesday

US data & auctions, w/c 02 Nov 2026

The week of Monday 02 November 2026 has 35 scheduled US events, 10 high-impact, 6 Treasury auctions.

Monday

• 15:00 UTC ISM Manufacturing PMI (forecast 54.6)
• 15:00 UTC ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid (forecast 77)
• 15:00 UTC ISM Manufacturing Employment Index
• 15:00 UTC ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index
• 16:30 UTC 13-Week Bill Auction · $95B
• 16:30 UTC 26-Week Bill Auction · $82B
• 19:00 UTC Loan Officer Survey

Tuesday

• 05:00 UTC US Midterm Elections
• 15:00 UTC JOLTS Job Openings (forecast 7.13M)
• 15:00 UTC Factory Orders (MoM) (forecast 1.2)
• 15:16 UTC Congressional Elections
• 16:30 UTC 6-Week Bill Auction · $100B

Wednesday

• 13:15 UTC ADP Employment Change (forecast 65K)
• 14:45 UTC S&P Global Composite PMI (forecast 57.6)
• 15:00 UTC ISM Services PMI (forecast 54.8)
• 15:00 UTC ISM Services Employment Index
• 15:00 UTC ISM Services New Orders Index
• 15:00 UTC ISM Services Prices Paid
• 16:30 UTC 17-Week Bill Auction

Thursday

• 10:30 UTC Challenger Job Cuts
• 13:30 UTC Initial Jobless Claims (forecast 195K)
• 13:30 UTC Nonfarm Productivity (forecast 2.8%)
• 13:30 UTC Unit Labor Costs (forecast 0.3%)
• 16:30 UTC 4-Week Bill Auction
• 16:30 UTC 8-Week Bill Auction

Friday

• 13:30 UTC Average Hourly Earnings (MoM) (forecast 0.30%)
• 13:30 UTC Nonfarm Payrolls (forecast 65K)
• 13:30 UTC Unemployment Rate (forecast 4.2%)
• 13:30 UTC Average Hourly Earnings (YoY) (forecast 2.9%)
• 13:30 UTC Labor Force Participation Rate
• 13:30 UTC U6 Underemployment Rate
• 15:00 UTC Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index (forecast 48.2)
• 15:00 UTC UoM 1-year Consumer Inflation Expectations

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