Upcoming Economic Releases and Events: Aug 17 - 21, 2026
Release Date	Time*		Economic Indicator/Event	Data for Period	Units	Consensus Forecast	Last Period
United States
Aug 17	8:30		Empire Manufacturing	Aug	Index	10.0	15.6
Aug 17	10:00		NAHB Housing Market Index	Aug	Index	33.0	34.0
Aug 18	8:30		Building Permits	Jul	Thsd	1370.0	1374.0
Aug 18	8:30		Housing Starts	Jul	Thsd	1350.0	1427.0
Aug 18	9:15		Capacity Utilization	Jul	%	76.3	76.1
Aug 18	9:15		Industrial Production	Jul	M/M % Chg.	0.3	0.1
Aug 19	14:00		FOMC Meeting Minutes (July 29th)
Aug 20	8:30		Initial Jobless Claims	Aug 15	Thsd	210.0	209.0
Aug 21	9:45		S&P Global US Composite PMI	Aug	Index	-	54.5
Aug 21	9:45		S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI	Aug	Index	53.7	53.9
Aug 21	9:45		S&P Global US Services PMI	Aug	Index	53.9	54.6
Canada
Aug 17	8:30		Consumer Price Index	Jul	Y/Y % Chg.	3.0	2.8
Aug 17	8:30		Consumer Price Index NSA	Jul	M/M % Chg.	0.5	-0.4
Aug 17	8:30		CPI-Median	Jul	Y/Y % Chg.	2.0	1.9
Aug 17	8:30		CPI-Trim	Jul	Y/Y % Chg.	1.8	1.8
Aug 18	5:00		Existing Home Sales	Jul	M/M % Chg.	-	0.5
Aug 18	8:15		Housing Starts	Jul	Thsd	247.5	239.0
Aug 20	7:00		CFIB Business Barometer	Aug	Index	-	58.3
Aug 20	8:30		Industrial Product Price Index	Jul	M/M % Chg.	-	-1.4
Aug 21	8:30		Retail Sales	Jun	M/M % Chg.	0.4	1.0
Aug 21	8:30		Retail Sales Ex Auto	Jun	M/M % Chg.	0.4	1.2
International
Aug 18	2:00	UK	ILO Unemployment Rate (3 Mths.)	Jun	%	4.8	4.9
Aug 19	2:00	UK	Consumer Price Index	Jul	Y/Y % Chg.	2.9	2.6
Aug 19	2:00	UK	Core Consumer Price Index	Jul	Y/Y % Chg.	2.5	2.6
Aug 19	5:00	EZ	Consumer Price Index	Jul	Y/Y % Chg.	2.9	2.9
Aug 19	5:00	EZ	Core Consumer Price Index	Jul	Y/Y % Chg.	2.5	2.5
Aug 20	19:30	JN	National Consumer Price Index	Jul	Y/Y % Chg.	1.9	1.6
Aug 20	20:30	JN	S&P Global Japan Composite PMI	Aug	Index	-	52.7
*Eastern Standard Time. Source: Bloomberg, TD Economics.