Key Economic Data and Events to Watch Today: Thursday, March 19, 2026
① TBD: Alibaba releases earnings report
② TBD: Bank of Japan announces interest rate decision
③ 02:00: Federal Reserve announces interest rate decision and summary of economic projections
④ 02:30: Federal Reserve Chairman Powell holds a press conference
⑤ 08:30: Australia's February seasonally adjusted unemployment rate
⑥ 09:00: China's February SWIFT RMB share in global payments
⑦ 14:30: Bank of Japan Governor Ueda Kazuo holds a press conference
⑧ 15:00: Switzerland's February trade balance
⑨ 15:00: UK's January three-month ILO unemployment rate
⑩ 15:00: UK's February unemployment rate
⑪ 15:00: UK's February jobless claims
⑫ 15:00: Ministry of Commerce holds a regular press conference
⑬ 16:30: Swiss National Bank announces interest rate decision
⑭ 20:00 Bank of England announces interest rate decision and meeting minutes
⑮ 20:30 US Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending March 14
⑯ 20:30 US March Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index
⑰ 21:15 ECB announces interest rate decision
⑱ 21:45 ECB President Lagarde holds a press conference
⑲ 22:00 US January Wholesale Sales (MoM)
⑳ 22:00 US January New Home Sales (Annualized)
≑ 22:00 US February Conference Board Leading Economic Index (MoM)
≒ 22:00 Federal Reserve discusses revisions to bank capital requirements
≓ 22:30 US EIA Natural Gas Storage for the week ending March 13