Market participants enter Tuesday, June 30, 2026, with several influential economic indicators scheduled for release. Foremost among them are the JOLTs Job Openings report and the Conference Board Consumer Confidence index, both due at 9:00 AM ET. These publications are regarded as timely gauges of labor-market demand and household sentiment, and may factor into evolving expectations for monetary policy.
The day’s timetable also includes a mix of housing indices, regional manufacturing and services readings, and an industry inventory snapshot. Together, they will offer a cross-section of activity across the labor market, consumer behavior, real estate prices and energy inventories.
Major economic events to watch
- 8:00 AM ET - S&P/CS HPI Composite-20 n.s.a. (Previous: 0.8%) - This measure tracks changes in selling prices for single-family homes across 20 major metropolitan areas.
- 8:45 AM ET - Chicago PMI (Forecast: 60.0, Previous: 62.7) - The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index gauges manufacturing-sector conditions in the Chicago region; readings above 50 indicate expansion.
- 9:00 AM ET - JOLTs Job Openings (Forecast: 7.280M, Previous: 7.618M) - The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey measures the number of vacant positions across the United States and provides insight into hiring demand and labor-market tightness.
- 9:00 AM ET - CB Consumer Confidence (Forecast: 94.2, Previous: 93.1) - The Conference Board’s confidence index assesses consumers’ perceptions of economic activity and can act as a leading signal for consumer spending patterns.
- 3:30 PM ET - API Weekly Crude Stock (Previous: -0.765M) - The American Petroleum Institute’s weekly report on crude, gasoline and distillate inventories provides an industry snapshot of petroleum stocks and demand.
Other notable releases scheduled for the morning
- 7:55 AM ET - Redbook (Previous: 10.0%) - Tracks year-over-year same-store sales growth among large U.S. general merchandise retailers.
- 8:00 AM ET - S&P/CS HPI Composite-20 n.s.a. (Previous: 1.0%) - A monthly repeat-sales index that applies the Case-Shiller methodology across 20 metropolitan areas.
- 8:00 AM ET - House Price Index (Previous: 0.1%) - A broad measure of single-family house-price movements for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
- 8:00 AM ET - House Price Index (Previous: 1.7%) - An alternate house-price measure published using data from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- 8:00 AM ET - S&P/CS HPI Composite-20 s.a. (Previous: -0.2%) - The seasonally adjusted Case-Shiller index covering 20 metropolitan areas.
- 8:00 AM ET - Monthly Home Price Index (Previous: 441.5) - An OFHEO measure designed to capture changes in single-family home values across the United States.
- 9:30 AM ET - Texas Services Sector Outlook (Previous: -7.7) - A survey-based index reflecting service-sector business conditions in Texas.
- 9:30 AM ET - Dallas Fed Services Revenues (Previous: 5.0) - An index measuring revenue changes among service-sector firms in the Dallas Federal Reserve district.
Taken together, these releases present a concentrated set of indicators touching several parts of the economy. The JOLTs reading will illuminate current job vacancy levels and, by implication, the degree of labor-market demand. The Conference Board’s consumer-confidence number will provide a snapshot of household sentiment that can be informative for near-term consumption trends.
Housing metrics published at 8:00 AM ET - including multiple Case-Shiller series, the House Price Index and the Monthly Home Price Index - will supply contemporaneous information on house-price movements across national and metropolitan samples. Regional surveys from Chicago, Texas and the Dallas Fed will round out the picture with manufacturing and services revenue data specific to key districts.
Finally, the API weekly crude-stock figure at 3:30 PM ET will add an energy-sector datapoint on inventory changes, offering an indication of recent petroleum supply and demand dynamics.
For those seeking the complete timetable and any subsequent updates, please refer to the Economic Calendar.