{"id":84936,"date":"2026-10-26T17:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/?p=84936"},"modified":"2026-10-26T17:19:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T06:19:07","slug":"the-week-ahead-week-commencing-26-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/the-week-ahead-week-commencing-26-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week Ahead &#8211; Week Commencing 26 October 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Global markets remain highly volatile now, with earnings season in full flight and geopolitical concerns leading to huge moves in major products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was quieter on the macroeconomic calendar last week; however, developments in the Middle East have sent oil to six-month highs, and markets are reacting. Traders hoping for some respite from the volatility will be sorely disappointed this week, with several major central banks scheduled to make interest rate calls, including the Fed, the ECB, and the Bank of Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are also some major data updates scheduled in the coming days, which will keep fundamentals front of mind for investors while they also negotiate more big earnings updates and geopolitical developments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is our usual day-by-day breakdown of the major risk events this week:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Monday.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67655\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is a quiet calendar day to kick off the trading week on Monday, with little on the calendar to spur markets. German IFO data will be closely watched in the European session, and a New Zealand holiday may affect liquidity in the Asian session; however, traders are expecting geopolitical updates to dominate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Tuesday.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67656\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tuesday is another quiet day on the calendar, with little of note again in the first two trading sessions. The New York session does see the release of the latest Durable Goods and CB Consumer Confidence numbers, which could liven things up later in the day; however, again, geopolitics is likely to dominate sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Wednesday.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67658\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The calendar kicks into action on Wednesday. The Asian session sees the release of key Australian CPI data before we have the first of several major central bank calls, with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand the first cab off the rank midway through the session. The London session sees the latest budget release from the UK government before we are hit with big rate calls from the Bank of Canada and then the Federal Reserve Bank during the New York day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Thursday.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67659\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is little on the agenda in the Asian session; however, the London time zone will see the European Central Bank\u2019s latest interest rate call. The New York session will see focus move back to fundamental data, with the key US Core PCE Price Index data due out alongside GDP and Weekly Unemployment Claims numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Friday.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67660\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a major focus on Japanese markets in the Asian session on Friday, with the key Tokyo Core CPI data due out just a couple of hours before the Bank of Japan makes its interest rate call. German markets will draw attention during the London day, with both Preliminary CPI and GDP numbers due out, while we will also get GDP data out of Canada shortly after the New York session opens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global markets remain highly volatile now, with earnings season in full [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":71206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84937,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84936\/revisions\/84937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}