Calendar
The institutional macro monitoring calendar: the scheduled events that set, and are set by, monetary policy.
Central bank policy meetings are where the path of short-term rates is decided — the single input every other section of this platform ultimately prices around, from sovereign yields and currency valuations to credit spreads and equity discount rates. This page tracks the scheduled monetary-policy meetings of the world's largest central banks over the next 12 months, sourced directly from each institution's own published calendar, alongside the recurring release cadence for the macroeconomic data — employment, inflation, growth — that those same central banks watch most closely when making that decision. Used together, this is a tool for anticipating when the inputs to a monetary-policy or macro-regime reassessment are due, not just a list of dates.
Central bank policy meetings
Each decision below resets the policy-rate anchor that the rest of the curve, credit spreads, currency valuations and risk-asset pricing build on — and, cumulatively, is how a monetary-policy regime is either confirmed or revised. The current rate shown for each bank is the level the market is pricing from into its next meeting.
US Federal Reserve — FOMC
3.50%–3.75% target range8 meetings/year, ~6 weeks apart. Decision 2:00pm ET, press conference 2:30pm ET on the second day. SEP/dot plot at the Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec meetings.
Remaining 2026· live
- Dec 9, 2026 — FOMC meeting Dec 8-9, 2026; decision Dec 9 2:00pm ET. Includes Summary of Economic Projections.
2027
- Jan 26–27, 2027
- Mar 16–17, 2027 — SEP
- Apr 27–28, 2027
- Jun 8–9, 2027 — SEP
- Jul 27–28, 2027
Source: federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm
European Central Bank — Governing Council
Deposit facility rate 2.25% (hiked from 2.00% effective 17 Jun 2026)8 monetary-policy meetings/year, always Thursday, ~6 weeks apart. Decision 14:15 CET, press conference 14:45 CET. Staff macroeconomic projections at Mar, Jun, Sep and Dec meetings.
Remaining 2026· live
- Dec 17, 2026 — ECB Governing Council monetary policy meeting; decision Dec 17 2026, 14:15 CET. Includes staff macroeconomic projections.
2027
- Feb 3–4, 2027
- Mar 17–18, 2027 — projections
- Apr 28–29, 2027
- May–Jul 2027 — TBC — not yet published by the ECB as of this page’s last update
Source: ecb.europa.eu/press/calendars/mgcgc
Bank of England — Monetary Policy Committee
Bank Rate 3.75%8 meetings/year, always Thursday, ~6 weeks apart. Decision and minutes published simultaneously, 12:00 noon UK time. Monetary Policy Report at the Feb, Apr, Jul and Nov meetings.
Remaining 2026· live
- Sep 17, 2026 — BoE MPC announcement, 12:00 UK time.
- Nov 5, 2026 — BoE MPC announcement, 12:00 UK time. Includes Monetary Policy Report.
- Dec 17, 2026 — BoE MPC announcement, 12:00 UK time.
2027
- Feb 4, 2027 — MPR
- Mar 18, 2027
- Apr 29, 2027 — MPR
- Jun 17, 2027
- Jul 29, 2027 — MPR
Source: bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/upcoming-mpc-dates
Bank of Japan — Policy Board
Uncollateralised overnight call rate ~0.75%8 Monetary Policy Meetings/year, over two days each. No fixed announcement time (typically midday–afternoon Tokyo time on the second day). Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices at the Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct meetings.
Remaining 2026· live
- Sep 18, 2026 — BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting Sep 17-18, 2026; decision released Sep 18.
- Oct 30, 2026 — BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting Oct 29-30, 2026; decision released Oct 30. Includes Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices.
- Dec 18, 2026 — BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting Dec 17-18, 2026; decision released Dec 18.
2027
- Not yet published — the BoJ typically releases its following-year calendar around mid-year
Source: boj.or.jp/en/mopo/mpmsche_minu
Macroeconomic data release calendar
These are the releases central banks themselves watch most closely when deciding whether to hold, hike or cut at the meetings above — employment and wage data for labor-market slack, inflation prints for the pace of disinflation or its reversal, and growth data for whether a soft landing, resurgence or contraction is taking shape. Statistical agencies typically confirm exact release dates only a few months in advance, so the schedule below shows each release's recurring cadence rather than specific dates a year out.
United States
- Employment Situation (nonfarm payrolls, unemployment rate)First Friday of the month
- CPIMid-month, typically the 10th–13th
- PCE price index (Fed’s preferred inflation gauge)Last Friday of the month
- GDP (advance estimate)Last week of the month following quarter-end
- FOMC minutesThree weeks after each FOMC meeting
Euro Area
- Flash HICP inflationLast calendar day of the month
- Flash GDPMid-month, ~45 days after quarter-end
- Unemployment rateFirst days of the month (for the prior month)
- ECB Economic BulletinTwo weeks after each monetary-policy meeting
Japan
- Tokyo CPI (leading indicator for national CPI)End of the month
- National CPI~3 weeks after Tokyo CPI, mid-month
- GDP (preliminary)~6-7 weeks after quarter-end
- BoJ Outlook ReportJan, Apr, Jul and Oct policy meetings
China
- NBS Manufacturing & Non-Manufacturing PMILast day of the month
- Caixin Manufacturing PMIFirst business day of the month
- CPI and PPI~9th–10th of the month
- Trade balance~7th of the month
- GDPQuarterly, ~mid-month after quarter-end
- Loan Prime Rate (LPR) announcement20th of each month
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