Key Economic Data and Events to Watch Today: Tuesday, October 20, 2026
① APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting (To be determined) to be held in Hong Kong, China
② 09:00 China's 1-year Loan Prime Rate (LPR) as of October 20
③ 10:00 National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) press conference for October
④ 14:00 Germany's September PPI (MoM)
⑤ 14:00 Switzerland's September Trade Balance
⑥ 14:00 UK's August 3-month ILO Unemployment Rate
⑦ 14:00 UK's September Unemployment Rate
⑧ 14:00 UK's September Jobless Claims
⑨ 16:00 Eurozone's August Seasonally Adjusted Current Account
⑩ 17:00 Germany's October ZEW Economic Sentiment Index
⑪ 17:00 Eurozone's October ZEW Economic Sentiment Index
⑫ 20:15 US ADP Employment Change for the week ending October 3
⑬ 20:30 US September Housing Starts (Annualized)
⑭ 20:30 US September Building Permits
⑮ 22:00 US September Pending Home Sales Index (MoM)
⑯ 02:30 (Next Day) US Oil Contract Rollover
⑰ 04:30 (Next Day) US API Crude Oil Inventories for the Week Ending October 16