The Money Calendar: November 2-6, 2026

Apple reports Monday night, then the data takes over: factories, job openings, services, and Friday's jobs report, the number that will shape what the Fed does in December.

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Apple, the Jobs Report, and a Vote in Between

This is the week the market stops grading earnings and starts grading the economy. Apple reports Monday night, the biggest earnings name left in the season. Then the data takes over: factories, job openings, services, and finally Friday’s jobs report, the number that will shape what the Fed does in December. There is no Fed meeting this week and no rate decision — the next one is Wednesday, December 9 — so the data has to speak for itself. Here is the week, day by day.

Monday, November 2 — Apple and the factory floor (10:00 AM; Apple after the close). The ISM Manufacturing report for October lands in the morning: the first read on whether factories are still expanding after a hot summer. Then, after the close, Apple reports its fiscal fourth quarter. Apple is the last of the giants to report, and its iPhone quarter is the consumer’s report card. Palantir reports after the close too, for the AI-software side of the same question.

Tuesday, November 3 — How many jobs are open (10:00 AM). The JOLTS report counts job openings for September: how many chairs employers are still trying to fill. It is the hiring market’s temperature, and it lands on Election Day, when voters go to the polls in the midterms. Markets stay open. On earnings, AMD and Amgen report after the close, with Pfizer and Eaton before the open.

Wednesday, November 4 — The government’s borrowing plan, and the services economy (8:30 AM; 10:00 AM). The Treasury announces its quarterly refunding plan in the morning — how much debt the government will sell, which is the supply the bond market has to absorb. Then the ISM Services report for October: services are most of the economy, so this is the bigger of the two ISM readings. McDonald’s, Uber, and CVS report before the open; Qualcomm and Datadog after the close. Note: McDonald’s date is calendar-listed, not yet company-confirmed.

Thursday, November 5 — What workers produce, and who filed for help (8:30 AM). Productivity and Costs for the third quarter tells us whether workers are producing more per hour — the number that decides whether wage gains turn into inflation or not. Jobless claims land at the same time; last week’s 194,000 was the quiet kind of strong. ConocoPhillips reports before the open, a read on oil profits with Brent near $115. Airbnb reports after the close.

Friday, November 6 — The jobs report (8:30 AM). The Employment Situation for October is the week’s main event. It lands a week after a hot GDP print (3.4%) and hot September inflation (3.6%), with the Fed on hold and two officials wanting a hike. A strong report strengthens the December-hike case. A soft one weakens it. The University of Michigan’s preliminary consumer sentiment follows at 10:00 AM, and consumer credit at 3:00 PM. Earnings are light by comparison.

Watch next: the October inflation report lands Tuesday, November 10, and the Fed’s minutes from this week’s meeting arrive November 18. The market spent October asking whether the AI spending earns its keep. November starts by asking whether the economy can stay hot without forcing the Fed’s hand.

Release dates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics November schedule and ISM announcements; earnings dates from TheStreet’s earnings calendar for the week of November 2, 2026. Berkshire Hathaway’s date is disputed (November 2 vs November 7) and is omitted. The October CPI is November 10, not this week, and is not listed above. Sources checked October 30, 2026.

Related Reading:

• The Spark Board — the week’s numbers that matter, including the mortgage rate and the gas price.
• The AI Bubble Watch — the standing scoreboard for AI spending versus disclosed AI revenue.
• Amazon’s Store Paid for the Cloud. It Still Wasn’t Enough. — this week’s post on Amazon’s earnings.