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April 2026 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 29 30 31 08:45 AM Mar Chicago PMI First Trust: 58.4 Actual: 52.8 Prev: 57.7 1 07:30 AM Feb Retail Sales First Trust: +0.7% Actual: +0.6% Prev: -0.1% 07:30 AM Feb Retail Sales (ex-auto) First Trust: +0.5% Actual: +0.5% Prev: 0.0% 09:00 AM Mar ISM (Manufacturing) First Trust: 52.5 Actual: 52.7 Prev: 52.4 09:00 AM Jan Business Inventories First Trust: 0.0% Actual: -0.1% Prev: 0.0% 2 07:30 AM Feb Trade Balance (Bln$) First Trust: NA Actual: -$57.3 Bil Prev: -$57.4 Bil 07:30 AM 3/28/2026 Initial Claims (K) First Trust: 211K Actual: 202K Prev: 211K 02:00 PM Mar Total Light Vehicle Sales (Mln) First Trust: 15.9 Mil Actual: 16.3 Mil Prev: 15.8 Mil 3 07:30 AM Mar Nonfarm Payrolls (K) First Trust: 76K Actual: 178K Prev: -133K 07:30 AM Mar Private Nonfarm Payrolls (K) First Trust: 84K Actual: 186K Prev: -129K 07:30 AM Mar Manufacturing Payrolls (K) First Trust: -7K Actual: 15K Prev: -6K 07:30 AM Mar Unemployment Rate First Trust: 4.4% Actual: 4.3% Prev: 4.4% 07:30 AM Mar Average Hourly Earnings First Trust: +0.4% Actual: +0.2% Prev: +0.4% 07:30 AM Mar Hours Worked First Trust: 34.3 Actual: 34.2 Prev: 34.3 4 5 6 09:00 AM Mar ISM-NMI First Trust: 55.5 Actual: 54.0 Prev: 56.1 7 07:30 AM Feb Durable Goods Orders First Trust: -1.3% Actual: -1.4% Prev: -0.4% 07:30 AM Feb Durable Goods Orders (Ex-Trans) First Trust: +0.2% Actual: +0.8% Prev: +0.4% 02:00 PM Feb Consumer Credit (Bln$) First Trust: $7.7 Bil Actual: $9.5 Bil Prev: $7.7 Bil 8 9 07:30 AM Q4 GDP Third Report First Trust: +0.7% Actual: +0.5% Prev: +0.7% 07:30 AM Q4 Chain Price Index Third Report First Trust: +3.8% Actual: +3.7% Prev: +3.8% 07:30 AM Feb Personal Income First Trust: +0.3% Actual: -0.1% Prev: +0.4% 07:30 AM Feb Personal Consumption Expend. First Trust: +0.6% Actual: +0.5% Prev: +0.3% 07:30 AM 4/4/2026 Initial Claims (K) First Trust: 206K Actual: 219K Prev: 203K 10 07:30 AM Mar CPI First Trust: +0.9% Actual: +0.9% Prev: +0.3% 07:30 AM Mar CPI (ex-food & energy) First Trust: +0.2% Actual: +0.2% Prev: +0.2% 09:00 AM Feb Factory Orders First Trust: -0.3% Actual: 0.0% Prev: 0.0% 11 12 13 09:00 AM Mar Existing Home Sales (Mln) First Trust: 4.070 Mil Actual: 3.980 Mil Prev: 4.090 Mil 14 07:30 AM Mar PPI First Trust: +1.1% Actual: +0.5% Prev: +0.7% 07:30 AM Mar PPI (ex-food & energy) First Trust: +0.5% Actual: +0.1% Prev: +0.5% 15 07:30 AM Apr Empire State Index First Trust: 5.4 Actual: 11.0 Prev: -0.2 07:30 AM Mar Import Price Index First Trust: +1.8% Actual: +0.8% Prev: +1.3% 07:30 AM Mar Export Price Index First Trust: +1.2% Actual: +1.6% Prev: +1.5% 16 07:30 AM Apr Philadelphia Fed Index First Trust: 4.8 Actual: 26.7 Prev: 18.1 07:30 AM 4/11/2026 Initial Claims (K) First Trust: 214K Actual: 207K Prev: 219K 08:15 AM Mar Industrial Production First Trust: 0.0% Actual: -0.5% Prev: +0.2% 08:15 AM Mar Capacity Utilization First Trust: 76.2% Actual: 75.7% Prev: 76.1% 17 18 19 20 21 07:30 AM Mar Retail Sales First Trust: +1.5% Actual: +1.7% Prev: +0.6% 07:30 AM Mar Retail Sales (ex-auto) First Trust: +1.4% Actual: +1.7% Prev: +0.6% 09:00 AM Feb Business Inventories First Trust: +0.4% Actual: +0.4% Prev: -0.1% 22 23 07:30 AM 4/18/2026 Initial Claims (K) First Trust: 209K Actual: 214K Prev: 207K 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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