What to Watch Next Week: Earnings, Data and Conferences

The coming week's schedule begins with no major U.S. economic releases on Monday. Tuesday's agenda includes NFIB small-business optimism, weekly retail sales indicators, existing-home sales, and earnings from large banks and companies such as Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Johnson & Johnson, UnitedHealth, and Wells Fargo. The calendar also notes the Paris Auto Show, SEMICON West, and China's trade and inflation reports.

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The calendar covers Oct. 12–16, 2026. Monday has no U.S. economic releases and no earnings before or after the open. Tuesday lists NFIB small-business optimism, ICSC and Johnson/Redbook retail sales, existing-home sales, and pre-market reports from ACI, C, DPZ, FBK, Goldman Sachs, JNJ, JPMorgan, UnitedHealth, and Wells Fargo. The Paris Auto Show, SEMICON West, and China’s trade and inflation data also appear.

Wednesday adds mortgage applications, CPI, DOE inventories, Cleveland Fed CPI, and results from ASML, Bank of America, BlackRock, Fastenal, Morgan Stanley, Progressive, and State Street. Thursday includes jobless claims, Empire Manufacturing, Philly Fed, PPI, retail sales, business inventories, natural gas and EIA data, plus earnings from BNY, CMC, Ericsson, FHN, Manpower, Marsh, Prologis, PNC, Schwab, TSMC, U.S. Bancorp, and Wipro.

Count words. First para: The(1) calendar2 covers3 Oct.4 12–16,5 2026.6 Monday7 has8 no9 U.S.10 economic11 releases12 and13 no14 earnings15 before16 or17 after18 the19 open.20 Tuesday21 lists22 NFIB23 small-business24 optimism,25 ICSC26 and27 Johnson/Redbook28 retail29 sales,30 existing-home31 sales,32 and33 pre-market34 reports35 from36 ACI,37 C,38 DPZ,39 FBK,40 Goldman41 Sachs,42 JNJ,43 JPMorgan,44 UnitedHealth,45 and46 Wells47 Fargo.48 The49 Paris50 Auto51 Show,52 SEMICON53 West,54 and55 China’s56 trade57 and58 inflation59 data60 also61 appear.62

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