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Employment Report and Consumer Prices on Tap — Data Week Ahead

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The following are median forecasts for this week's remaining U.S. data from a survey compiled by The Wall Street Journal.

Forecasts were last updated Monday afternoon. 

 
DATE      TIME  RELEASE                       PERIOD     CONSENSUS    PREVIOUS 
Wednesday 0830  Nonfarm Payrolls*              Jan       +55K    (26) +50K 
          0830  Unemployment Rate*             Jan        4.4%   (26)  4.4% 
          0830  Avg. Hourly Wages M/M* **      Jan       +0.3%   (24) +0.33% 
          0830  Avg. Hourly Wages Y/Y* **      Jan       +3.7%   (15) +3.76% 
          1400  Monthly Federal Budget         Jan      -$89.0B  (5) -$129B*** 
Thursday  0830  Jobless Claims                 Feb 7      225K   (18)  231K 
          1000  Existing Home Sales            Jan        4.15M  (22)  4.35M 
                  -- percent change            Jan       -4.6%        +5.1% 
Friday    0830  Consumer Price Index  M/M      Jan       +0.3%   (21) +0.3% 
          0830    -- ex food & energy M/M      Jan       +0.3%   (20) +0.2% 
          0830  Consumer Price Index  Y/Y      Jan       +2.5%   (14) +2.7% 
          0830    -- ex food & energy Y/Y      Jan       +2.5%   (13) +2.6% 
 
*Rescheduled from Feb. 6 
**all private-sector workers 
***January 2025 
 
(Figures in parentheses refer to number of economists surveyed.) 
 
Write to Donna Huneke at dataweekahead@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

February 10, 2026 10:14 ET (15:14 GMT)

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