Week ahead · November 2, 2026
Futures Week Ahead, 2–6 November 2026: Jobs report
October's jobs report on Friday 6 November, with the EIA's weekly crude and natural gas reports on their usual Wednesday and Thursday slots.
The week's main scheduled release is October's Employment Situation from the BLS on Friday 6 November at 8:30 a.m. ET: 1:30 p.m. in London, 2:30 p.m. in Frankfurt and 10:30 p.m. in Tokyo. There is no Fed meeting this week; the next decision is on Wednesday 9 December.
The US clocks went back on Sunday 1 November, so London is again five hours ahead of New York. No exchange holiday falls this week. The EIA's crude oil inventories come out on Wednesday 4 November and natural gas storage on Thursday 5 November, both at 10:30 a.m. ET.
No contract in the calendar's markets has its last trading day this week.
Just past Friday: October's CPI on Tuesday 10 November, and Veterans Day on Wednesday 11 November moves the EIA's crude report to Thursday 12 November at 12:00 p.m. ET.
Day by day
Times are New York (ET). For your own clock, pick your country under trading from. Every date links to the agency or exchange that sets it; the full schedule is on the market calendar.
Monday
2 November
Nothing scheduled that moves US futures by itself.
Tuesday
3 November
Nothing scheduled that moves US futures by itself.
Wednesday
4 November
- 10:30 a.m.EIA crude oil inventoriesWeekly report · CL EIA
Thursday
5 November
- 10:30 a.m.EIA natural gas storageWeekly report · NG EIA
Friday
6 November
- 8:30 a.m.Jobs report, October 2026Release · ES NQ YM RTY GC · The Employment Situation: payrolls, the unemployment rate and wages. BLS
Sources:
Dates read October 30, 2026; agencies occasionally move a release, and their page is the authority.
Sources: EIA (EIA crude oil inventories), EIA (EIA natural gas storage), BLS (Jobs report, October 2026). Dates read October 30, 2026; agencies occasionally move a release, and their page is the authority.
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