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Economic Indicators

Twelve real-time gauges — surveys, hard data, and positioning reports — that professionals check before the headline number even prints.

ISM Manufacturing PMI

A monthly survey of 300 purchasing managers that tells you what the economy is preparing to build, months before it hits the shelves. 48.6Prev 49.2Next Sep 1, 2026 Leading → 02

ISM Services PMI

Services make up roughly 80% of U.S. GDP. This survey of 18 service sectors is the coincident heavyweight manufacturing data can't match. 52.1Prev 50.8Next Sep 3, 2026 Coincident → 03

Commitment of Traders

A weekly snapshot of who's actually buying and selling futures — and the clearest way to spot when a trade has gotten dangerously crowded. Next Aug 14, 2026 Lagging → 04

University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment

Consumers drive roughly 70% of the U.S. economy. What they expect for the next 6-12 months matters more than how they feel today. 66.4Prev 69.1Next Aug 15, 2026 Leading → 05

Building Permits

Housing has the largest multiplier effect of any major sector. Permits are the earliest, cleanest read on where that multiplier is headed. 1.42MPrev 1.39MNext Aug 19, 2026 Leading → 06

NFIB Small Business Optimism

Small businesses create roughly two-thirds of net new U.S. jobs. A sharp drop here is an early warning for the NFP report weeks before it prints. 98.7Prev 98.0Next Aug 11, 2026 Mixed → 07

Lightweight Vehicle Sales

Most cars are bought on credit, which makes auto sales the first sector to break when the Fed tightens — and a rich, four-part read on household stress. 15.9M SAARPrev 16.3MNext Sep 1, 2026 Leading → 08

TIPS Breakeven Rates

The bond market's own inflation forecast, updated daily and free — and the cleanest real-yield signal available for trading gold. 2.38% (10Y)Prev 2.41%Next Daily Leading → 09

Challenger Job Cuts

Announced layoffs measure corporate intent to fire — the earliest labour signal available, landing well before jobless claims or payrolls catch it. Next Sep 3, 2026 Leading → 10

ADP Weekly (NER Pulse)

Weekly hiring velocity from actual payroll records — the only indicator that catches a hiring freeze while jobless claims stay perfectly calm. Next Weekly Leading → 11

Economic Uncertainty

When policy confusion and financial tightness spike together, capital doesn't debate — it mechanically moves into gold. Next Aug 13, 2026 Coincident →