Key Economic Data and Events to Watch Today: Thursday, July 30, 2026
① 01:30 Bank of Canada releases Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
② 02:00 Federal Reserve FOMC announces interest rate decision
③ 02:30 Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh holds a monetary policy press conference
④ 04:00 Meta, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and ARM release Q2 earnings reports
⑤ 09:00 Samsung Electronics releases Q2 earnings report and holds an earnings conference call
⑥ 13:30 France's preliminary Q2 GDP annual rate
⑦ 15:00 Switzerland's July KOF Leading Economic Indicator
⑧ 16:00 Germany's preliminary Q2 unadjusted GDP annual rate
⑨ 17:00 Eurozone's preliminary Q2 GDP annual rate
⑩ 17:00 Eurozone's June unemployment rate
⑪ 17:00 Eurozone's July industrial sentiment index
⑫ 17:00 Eurozone's July economic sentiment index
⑬ 19:00 Bank of England announces interest rate decision
19:30 Bank of England Governor Bailey holds press conference
20:00 Germany July CPI (month-on-month) preliminary reading
10:30 US initial jobless claims for the week ending July 25
17:30 US June core PCE price index (year-on-year)
18:30 US June personal spending (month-on-month)
19:30 US Q2 real GDP annualized quarter-on-quarter (preliminary)
20:30 US Q2 real personal consumption expenditure (preliminary)
20:30 US Q2 core PCE price index (annualized quarter-on-quarter) preliminary reading
20:30 US June core PCE price index (month-on-month)
22:30 US EIA natural gas storage for the week ending July 24
20:00 (next day) Amazon and Apple release earnings reports