Building permits, durable goods orders, new home sales and consumer confidence due Tuesday

As traders approach another pivotal day for financial markets, a series of crucial economic data releases that could sway market dynamics are expected on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The day’s agenda features building permits, durable goods orders, new home sales, and the Conference Board Consumer Confidence index. These indicators will provide fresh insights into the health of the housing sector, manufacturing activity, and consumer sentiment, all of which play vital roles in assessing the broader economic landscape.

Major Economic Events to Watch

• 7:00 AM ET - Building Permits: Forecast 1.400M, Previous 1.403M - Measures the change in the number of new building permits issued by the government, a key indicator of demand in the housing market.

• 7:30 AM ET - Durable Goods Orders: Forecast 1.8%, Previous 0.0% - Measures the change in the total value of new orders for long lasting manufactured goods, including transportation items.

• 9:00 AM ET - New Home Sales: Forecast 649K, Previous 684K - Measures the annualized number of new single-family homes that were sold during the previous month.

• 9:00 AM ET - CB Consumer Confidence: Forecast 80.5, Previous 81.9 - Measures the level of consumer confidence in economic activity, a leading indicator that can predict consumer spending.

Other Important Economic Events to Watch

• 7:00 AM ET - Building Permits: Forecast -0.2%, Previous -2.1% - Measures the percentage change in building permits, a report closely watched by economists and investors for insights into future economic activity.

• 7:15 AM ET - ADP Employment Change Weekly: Previous 18.50K - Provides the change in private sector employment, offering a current view of the labor market based on ADP’s high-frequency data.

• 7:30 AM ET - Core Durable Goods Orders: Forecast 0.6%, Previous 0.3% - Measures the change in the total value of new orders for long lasting manufactured goods, excluding volatile transportation items.

• 8:00 AM ET - S&P/CS HPI Composite-20 n.s.a.: Forecast 2.7%, Previous 2.5% - Measures the change in the selling price of single-family homes in 20 metropolitan areas.

• 9:00 AM ET - New Home Sales: Previous 6.4% - Measures the percentage change in new home sales, indicating housing activity strength.

• 10:30 AM ET - Atlanta Fed GDPNow: Forecast 3.5%, Previous 3.5% - A running estimate of real GDP growth based on available economic data for the current measured quarter.

• 12:00 PM ET - 5-Year Note Auction: Previous 5.033% - The yield on the Treasury Note auctioned, representing the return an investor will receive by holding the note for its entire duration.

• 3:30 PM ET - API Weekly Crude Stock: Previous -4.930M - Reports inventory levels of US crude oil, gasoline and distillates stocks, showing how much oil and product is available in storage.

Other Economic Events to Watch

• 7:30 AM ET - Durables Excluding Defense: Previous 0.0% - Measures new orders for durable goods excluding defense items.

• 7:30 AM ET - Goods Orders Non Defense Ex Air: Forecast 0.7%, Previous 1.6% - Measures manufacturers new orders for nondefense capital goods excluding aircrafts.

• 7:55 AM ET - Redbook: Previous 9.0% - A sales-weighted measure of year-over-year same-store sales growth in a sample of large US general merchandise retailers.

• 8:00 AM ET - House Price Index: Forecast 0.1%, Previous 0.3% - A broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.

• 8:00 AM ET - House Price Index: Previous 2.6% - Measures the average change of house prices across the country.

• 8:00 AM ET - Monthly Home Price Index: Previous 443.5 - Captures changes in the value of single-family homes in the US as a whole and in various regions.

• 8:00 AM ET - S&P/CS HPI Composite - 20 s.a.: Previous 0.3% - Seasonally adjusted house price index reflecting the average change of house prices.

• 8:00 AM ET - S&P/CS HPI Composite-20 n.s.a.: Previous 0.0% - Non-seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller index tracking repeat sales of houses.

• 9:00 AM ET - Richmond Manufacturing Index: Forecast 1, Previous -2 - Rates the relative level of business conditions including shipments, new orders, and employment.

• 9:00 AM ET - Richmond Manufacturing Shipments: Previous -5 - Measures business activity in the Fifth Federal Reserve District manufacturing sector.

• 9:00 AM ET - Richmond Services Index: Previous 0 - Measures business activity in the Fifth Federal Reserve District services sector.

• 9:30 AM ET - Texas Services Sector Outlook: Previous -1.8 - Survey-based index measuring the outlook for the services sector in Texas.

• 9:30 AM ET - Dallas Fed Services Revenues: Previous -0.9 - Measures revenue changes in the services sector based on survey responses.

• 12:00 PM ET - US M2 Money Supply: Previous 23.34T - Measures money supply including financial assets held mainly by households.

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