Important economic events this week, February 2–7, 2026
Monday, February 2, 2026
16:45
Business Activity Index in the Manufacturing Sector (PMI) (January)
Forecast: 51.9
Previous value: 51.9
17:00
Business Activity Index in the Manufacturing Sector (PMI) from ISM (January)
Forecast: 48.5
Previous value: 47.9
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
17:00
Number of Job Openings in the JOLTS Labor Market (December)
Forecast: 7,210 million
Previous value: 7,146 million
Wednesday, February 4, 2026
15:15
Change in Employment in the Non-Farm Sector from ADP (January)
Forecast: 48 thousand.
Previous value: 41 thousand.
16:45
Business Activity Index (PMI) in the Services Sector (January)
Forecast: 52.5
Previous value: 52.5
17:00
Purchasing Managers Index for the Non-Manufacturing Sector in the US from ISM (January)
Forecast: 53.8
Previous value: 53.8
17:30
Crude Oil Inventories
Previous value: -2,295 million barrels
Thursday, February 5, 2026
15:30
Number of Initial Jobless Claims
Forecast: 213 thousand.
Previous value: 209 thousand.
Friday, February 6, 2026
15:30
Average Hourly Earnings (Month over Month) (January)
Forecast: 0.3%
Previous value: 0.3%
15:30
Change in Employment in the Non-Farm Sector (January)
Forecast: 67 thousand.
Previous value: 50 thousand.
15:30
Unemployment Rate (January)
Forecast: 4.4%
Previous value: 4.4%