Week ahead, 12–16 October 2026: US CPI, the Beige Book, UK GDP, Australian jobs and the IMF meetings

The week of 12 October is built around US inflation, with consumer prices on Wednesday and producer prices and retail sales on Thursday. Dates and times below come from each institution's own calendar; where a time wasn't published, only the date is given.

Monday 12 October: holidays and the IMF meetings

The Tokyo stock market is closed for Sports Day, though derivatives holiday trading is open. It is also a public holiday in Canada (Thanksgiving) and a US federal holiday (Columbus Day), which usually means a quiet Monday for US Treasuries. The IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings run from 12 to 18 October in Bangkok, where finance ministers and central bank governors speak throughout the week. Forex market hours covers how holidays change liquidity.

Tuesday 13 October: RBA minutes

The Reserve Bank of Australia publishes the minutes of its September meeting at 11:30 am AEDT. The Board raised the cash rate to 4.60% on 29 September (report).

Wednesday 14 October: US CPI and the Beige Book

• US consumer prices for September at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. August showed 3.4% inflation and 2.4% excluding food and energy (August report)
• The Fed's Beige Book at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, a summary of conditions across the Fed's districts

Thursday 15 October: retail sales, PPI, UK GDP and Australian jobs

• UK monthly GDP for August at 7:00 a.m. UK time
• Australian labour force figures for September from the ABS. Unemployment was 4.6% in August (report)
• US retail sales and producer prices for September, both at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. Producer prices were 5.4% higher than a year earlier in August (report)

Friday 16 October: final euro area inflation

Eurostat publishes the full September inflation data, which can revise the flash estimate of 3.8% (report).

The backdrop

The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.28% on 2 October (report), and September payrolls rose only 29,000 (report). How to read an economic calendar explains actual, forecast and previous readings, and the FTC economic calendar lists every release with its time.