
The weekly schedule shows key economic dates from October 5th to 9th, 2026, including PMI data from Germany, France, Italy, the Eurozone, the UK and the US, ECB speeches and participation, capital markets days from companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Air Liquide and Porsche, as well as Nobel Prize announcements from Norway and stock market holidays in China and Korea.
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The calendar lists timely economic data, central bank appointments and corporate events for the first week of October 2026, typical of a financial market overview.
The most important events in the economy, stock market and economic situation.
M O N T A G, October 5, 2026
09:45 IT/Purchasing Managers Index/Non-Manufacturing PMI September
09:45 IT/ECB Council member Nagel, speech on "Shifting Ground - How Geopolitics Is Reshaping Growth, Monetary Policy and the Role of Gold as a Reserve Asset"
09:50 FR/Purchasing Managers Index/PMI Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index Total (2nd publication)
09:55 DE/Purchasing Managers Index/PMI non-manufacturing sector
10:00 DE/ECB chief economist Lane, keynote at the ECB's monetary policy conference
10:00 EU/Purchasing Managers Index/PMI non-manufacturing Eurozone (2nd publication) September
10:30 UK/Purchasing Managers Index/Non-Manufacturing PMI (2nd release) September
10:30 DE/Sentix economic index Germany and Euroland October
11:00 DE/ECB Director Schnabel, participation in meeting with BdB committee
11:00 EU/Producer prices August
11:30 NO/Announcement of the Nobel Prize for Medicine
12:00 DE/Deutsche Telekom AG, AI Investor Day
3:00 p.m. FR/Air Liquide SA, Capital Markets Day
15:45 US/Purchasing Managers Index/PMI Service (2nd release) September
16:00 US/ISM non-manufacturing index September
16:15 AT/ECB head of banking supervision Buch, participation in panel at OeNB SUERF conference
18:00 DE/Aumovio SE, Pre-Close Call 3Q
- DE/Gea Group AG, Pre-Close Call 3Q
- CN/KR/Stock Exchange Holiday: China, Korea
D I E N S T A G, October 6, 2026
08:00 DE/Orders received August
08:00 DE/Sales in the manufacturing sector July
08:00 DE/Sales in the service sector July
11:00 EU/Retail Sales August
11:30 DE/Auction of federal treasury bonds with a maturity of December 2028 with a volume of EUR 6 billion
11:30 EU/ECB, allocation of main refi tender
11:45 NO/Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics
1:40 p.m. AT/ECB head of banking supervision Buch, participation in panel at 17th FMA Supervisory Conference (3:00 p.m. Elderson)
14:30 US/Trade Balance August
15:00 EU/ECB Director Cipollone, participation in MNI video conference
- CN/Stock Exchange Holiday: China
WEDNESDAY, October 7, 2026
07:00 PH/ECB Director Cipollone, Virtual Participation in Philippine Central Bank Panel
08:00 DE/Production in the manufacturing sector August
08:00 SG/IMF head Georgieva, opening speech at the autumn meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank
09:30 BE/ECB Vice President Vujcic, speech at event on "The European Commission Bank Competitiveness Report: A Dialogue between EU Policy Makers and the Private Sector"
11:30 DE/Auction of federal bonds with a term of November 2033 with a volume of EUR 4 billion
11:45 NO/Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry
15:00 EU/ECB, APP/PEPP monthly report
4:30 p.m. US/weekly crude oil inventory data from the government's Energy Information Administration (EIA)
5:00 p.m. DE/ECB Director Schnabel, interview at the Handelsblatt conference
7:30 p.m. BE/ECB Vice President Vujcic, participation in panel at event on "Beyond The Balance Sheet: How Banks Shape Our Financial System"
8:00 p.m. US/Fed, minutes of the September 15th and 16th FOMC meeting
- DE/Porsche AG, Capital Markets Day with new strategy "Sports car factory '35"
- DE/SFC Energy AG, Capital Markets Day
- CN/Stock Exchange Holiday: China
D O N N E R S T A G, October 8, 2026
07:10 DE/Südzucker AG, detailed results 2Q
08:00 DE/Trade balance August calendar and seasonally adjusted
08:00 DE/Truck toll mileage index September
12:00 US/Pepsico Inc, 3Q earnings
12:00 GB/ECB Chief Economist Lane, Fireside Chat at Societe Generale conference
13:00 NO/Announcement of the Nobel Prize for Literature
1:30 p.m. EU/ECB, minutes of the ECB Council meeting on 9/10. September
2:30 p.m. US/Initial jobless claims (week)
17:30 DE/Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Pre-Close Call 3Q
F R E I T A G, October 9, 2026
07:30 AT/OMV AG, Trading Update 3Q
08:00 DE/Construction prices for residential buildings August
08:00 DE/Domestic tourism August
08:00 DE/Bankruptcies July
10:00 AT/ECB Council member Kocher, participation in event on the pension system
11:00 NO/Announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize
12:00 EU/ECB Director Cipollone, participation in panel at workshop on Algo-trading & DeFi Algorithmic Trading, Decentralized Finance and Artificial Intelligence in Capital Markets
3:35 p.m. CH/ECB Director Schnabel, presentation and participation in panel at symposium in honor of Lars Feld
16:00 US/Index Consumer Sentiment University of Michigan (1st survey) October
- KR/Stock Exchange Holiday: Korea
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- An appointment without a time is scheduled for later in the day
- Times in current local time in Germany

An unpublished study by the German Economic Institute shows that by 2025 East Germany will have only achieved 79 percent of the western economic level - hardly any progress compared to the previous year. In particular, labor force participation, the capital stock and the research and development personnel ratio are declining or stagnating. Positive exceptions such as the Tesla location in Grünheide or the chip cluster in Dresden are overshadowed by the unfavorable demographic structure and low willingness to immigrate.
A few hours after a G7 decision to release strategic oil reserves, US President Donald Trump distanced himself from previous threats that the US could end its global diesel exports. He emphasized that such an export ban had never been seriously discussed and would not be imposed. The G7 nations had decided to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil from strategic reserves to secure supplies and reduce prices, while Trump praised the decision and emphasized good relations with Europe.

Ratings agency Scope has affirmed the US credit rating with an AA- rating and a stable outlook, highlighting the US dollar's economic strength and role as a reserve currency, but warning of deteriorating government finances, political polarization and medium-term risks to financial stability.

U.S. stock markets closed higher on Friday, ending a losing week on a forgiving note after weaker-than-expected jobs data dampened expectations of a Fed rate hike in October. The Dow Jones index rose 0.5 percent, the S&P 500 rose 0.7 percent and the Nasdaq rose 1.2 percent. Tesla shares gained 4.7 percent, while Nike, Western Digital and Seagate Technology posted losses.
The G7 countries want to release up to 100 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves in order to stabilize the supply situation and dampen price pressure. Federal Minister of Economics Katherina Reiche emphasizes that sufficient reserves are guaranteed at all times and that the measure is coordinated by the IEA.
Bayer plans to invest $2.2 billion in a new production site in New Albany, Ohio, to combine the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients and finished drugs and create around 600 highly qualified jobs.