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What’s Happening in the Markets This Week

Earnings reports from mega-cap software, credit card, and automotive companies. Plus the March Personal Income and Outlays report.

Jillian Moore Apr 24, 2026

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Economic Releases Scheduled for the Coming Week

Tuesday, April 28

April Consumer Confidence Survey: FactSet consensus 89.2 vs. 91.8 in March

Wednesday, April 29

February New Residential Construction report
- Preliminary building permits (seasonally adjusted annual rate): FactSet consensus 1,377K vs. 1,386K in January
March New Residential Construction report
- Preliminary building permits (seasonally adjusted annual rate): FactSet consensus 1,395K vs. 1,386K in January
- Housing starts (seasonally adjusted annual rate): FactSet consensus 1,413K
March Durable Orders (month to month): FactSet consensus 0.8% vs. -1.3% in February
April Federal Open Market Committee decision on interest rates

Thursday, April 30

First-quarter GDP (seasonally adjusted annual rate): FactSet consensus 2.3% vs. 0.5% in fourth-quarter 2025
Initial Unemployment Insurance Claims report for the week ended April 25: FactSet consensus 215K vs. 214K for the week ended April 18
March Personal Income and Outlays report
- Personal Income (month to month): FactSet consensus 0.45% vs. -0.1% in February
- Personal Consumption Expenditure (month to month): 0.5% in February
- PCE Deflator (year over year): FactSet consensus 3.6% vs. 2.8% in February
- Core PCE Deflator (year over year): FactSet consensus 3.2% vs. 3.0% in February
April Chicago PMI: FactSet consensus 53.8 vs. 52.8 in March
February Leading Indicators (month to month): FactSet consensus 0.1% vs. -0.1% in January

Friday, May 1

April ISM Manufacturing: FactSet consensus 53.1 vs. 52.7 in March

Company Earnings

Monday, April 27: Verizon Communications VZ
Tuesday, April 28: General Motors GM, Visa V
Wednesday, April 29: SoFi Technologies SOFI, AbbVie ABBV, Alphabet GOOGL, Ford F, Amazon AMZN, Meta Platforms META, Microsoft MSFT
Thursday, April 30: Sirius XM Holdings SIRI, Mastercard MA, Eli Lilly LLY, Cullen/Frost Bankers CFR, Roblox RBLX, Apple AAPL
Friday, May 1: Exxon Mobil XOM

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