Oct 28, 2026 preview: FOMC, US GDP/PCE and ECB decisions

Scheduled events

The most important items in the next three days start with the FOMC rate decision: the federalreserve is scheduled to announce that decision on Wed Oct 28, 18:00 UTC; consensus and previous readings are not provided. On Thu Oct 29 fred lists US GDP (BEA) and Personal income and outlays / PCE (BEA) with times not confirmed; consensus and previous values are not provided. The ecb is scheduled to deliver its monetary policy decision on Thu Oct 29, 13:15 UTC. Medium‑importance US releases scheduled in the window include weekly jobless claims (DOL) and the Employment Cost Index on Fri Oct 30, 12:30 UTC, as listed by fred and bls respectively.

• Wed Oct 28, 18:00 UTC — FOMC rate decision (US) (source)
• Thu Oct 29 (time not confirmed) — Weekly jobless claims (DOL) (US) (source)
• Thu Oct 29 (time not confirmed) — Personal income and outlays / PCE (BEA) (US) (source)
• Thu Oct 29 (time not confirmed) — GDP (BEA) (US) (source)
• Thu Oct 29, 13:15 UTC — ECB monetary policy decision (EU) (source)
• Fri Oct 30, 12:30 UTC — Employment Cost Index (US) (source)

Where markets stand

As of Oct 27, 20:00 UTC and relative to the prior close, the QQQ ETF was $721.25 (rose 1.27%), the IWM ETF was $280.18 (rose 1.15%), the SPY ETF was $769.66 (rose 0.56%), the DIA ETF was $523.28 (rose 0.06%), the EWG ETF was $41.52 (rose 0.68%), the EWJ ETF was $95.25 (rose 1.03%), the EWU ETF was $47.19 (fell 0.88%) and the VIXY ETF was $17.39 (fell 0.97%). Finnhub provided the price and move data.

Recent headlines

CoinDesk reported “Nasdaq-100 comes onchain as Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launch first licensed fund” and also reported “CF Benchmarks brings Wall Street pricing infrastructure onchain, including data used by BlackRock.” Yahoo published “S&P Global Inc. Q3 2026 Earnings Call Summary” and Forexlive published “ICYMI: S&P sees global bond issuance growth slowing to 2.7% in 2027, weakest in five years.”

• Nasdaq-100 comes onchain as Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launch first licensed fund — CoinDesk, Oct 27, 14:21 UTC (also reported by Cointelegraph)
• CF Benchmarks brings Wall Street pricing infrastructure onchain, including data used by BlackRock — CoinDesk, Oct 27, 14:00 UTC
• S&P Global Inc. Q3 2026 Earnings Call Summary — Yahoo, Oct 27, 21:05 UTC
• ICYMI: S&P sees global bond issuance growth slowing to 2.7% in 2027, weakest in five years — Forexlive, Oct 27, 20:55 UTC

Sources and data

• CoinDesk (secondary source) — Nasdaq-100 comes onchain as Janus Henderson and Centrifuge launch first licensed fund
• Yahoo (secondary source) — S&P Global Inc. Q3 2026 Earnings Call Summary
• Forexlive (secondary source) — ICYMI: S&P sees global bond issuance growth slowing to 2.7% in 2027, weakest in five years
• Finnhub (market data) — market data
• U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve Board via FRED (primary source) — Yields and dollar index
• Federal Reserve (primary source) — calendar
• U.S. Energy Information Administration via FRED (primary source) — calendar
• European Central Bank (euro reference rates) (primary source) — calendar
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (primary source) — calendar
• Bank of England (primary source) — calendar

Market data as of Oct 27, 20:00 UTC; report generated Oct 28, 00:40 UTC. All times are UTC. Each table row shows its own timestamp and provider.

This report was produced by the MarketAlleys Research Desk using automated data processing and language tools from the sources listed above, and checked against our automated-content validation rules. It is for information only and is not investment advice.