by Calculated Risk on 10/26/2025 06:11:00 PM
Weekend:
• Schedule for Week of October 26, 2025
• FOMC Preview: 25bps Rate Cut Expected
Monday:
• (will not be released due to government shutdown) At 8:30 AM ET, Durable Goods Orders for September from the Census Bureau.
• (will not be released) At 10:00 AM, New Home Sales for September from the Census Bureau.
• At 10:30 AM, Dallas Fed Survey of Manufacturing Activity for October.
From CNBC: Pre-Market Data and Bloomberg futures S&P 500 are up 48 and DOW futures are up 320 (fair value).
Oil prices were mixed over the last week with WTI futures at $61.50 per barrel and Brent at $65.94 per barrel. A year ago, WTI was at $68, and Brent was at $72 – so WTI oil prices are down about 10% year-over-year.
Here is a graph from Gasbuddy.com for nationwide gasoline prices. Nationally prices are at $3.01 per gallon. A year ago, prices were at $3.09 per gallon, so gasoline prices are down $0.08 year-over-year.

