
Financial agenda, week of 9 November 2026: China CPI and PPI, US CPI, UK GDP
Updated November 2026
Published 9 November 2026. All times are UK time (GMT).
The economic calendar this week has five fixed dates. China's October inflation figures came out overnight. US consumer prices follow on Tuesday at 13:30, MSCI announces its index review on Wednesday, the UK's first estimate of third-quarter GDP lands on Thursday at 07:00, and Friday brings the euro area's GDP update and US producer prices.
Each entry gives the release time, the previous reading as its publisher printed it, and the official page behind it. This is a calendar, not a forecast: no figure below is an expectation. Release times are not market hours; those are on the Ouinex trading hours page.
Monday 9 November: China CPI and PPI for October (out at 01:30)
China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) published both price indices at 09:30 Beijing time, 01:30 in the UK.
- Consumer prices (CPI): up 0.7% on a year earlier and flat on the month, after 0.9% in September. Food prices fell 2.9% over the year. Core CPI, which leaves out food and energy, rose 0.8%.
- Producer prices (PPI): factory-gate prices rose 5.7% on the year and 0.7% on the month, after 5.0% in September. Prices paid by industrial producers for their inputs rose 7.9% on the year.
The largest year-on-year rises in the PPI table were coal mining and washing, up 36.6%, and oil and gas extraction, up 35.0%. The full breakdown is in today's Forex/Finance News piece, China CPI and PPI today.
Tuesday 10 November: US CPI for October, 13:30
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes October's consumer price index at 08:30 Eastern time, which is 13:30 in the UK this week. The BLS calls the CPI the most widely used measure of inflation.
- Previous reading (September): the all-items index rose 0.6% on the month, seasonally adjusted, and 3.7% over 12 months. Core CPI, excluding food and energy, rose 0.3% on the month and 2.6% over the year.
Wednesday 11 November: MSCI index review announcement
MSCI announces the results of its November 2026 index review on 11 November, and the changes take effect on 1 December 2026. The announcement lists the companies joining and leaving MSCI's equity indices.
Thursday 12 November: UK GDP for July to September, 07:00
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes its first quarterly estimate of GDP for July to September at 07:00, together with the monthly GDP estimate for September and September's figures for production, services and trade.
- Previous quarter: GDP grew by 0.5% in April to June 2026.
- Previous month: monthly GDP grew by 0.1% in August, after 0.4% in July, and by 0.7% in the three months to August.
Friday 13 November: euro area GDP and US PPI
- Euro area GDP (Eurostat): the next estimates for the third quarter are due on 13 November, with the first employment figures for the quarter. The preliminary estimate of 30 October put euro area GDP up 0.4% on the quarter and 1.3% on the year, and EU GDP up 0.5% on the quarter.
- US producer prices (BLS), 13:30: October's PPI is scheduled for 08:30 Eastern time. In September, the index for final demand rose 1.3% on the month, seasonally adjusted, and 6.3% over 12 months before adjustment.
First date next week
Monday 16 November: China's October industrial production, retail sales and fixed-asset investment, at 10:00 Beijing time, 02:00 in the UK.
Before you rely on a date
Release dates come from each publisher's own calendar, and calendars move. The NBS says its release dates are preliminary and subject to adjustment, and the BLS updates its schedule as needed. Check the publisher's page on the day. For how traders read releases like these, see how fundamental analysis uses economic data.
Sources
- National Bureau of Statistics of China: October 2026 consumer price release (in Chinese), 9 November 2026, 09:30
- National Bureau of Statistics of China: October 2026 producer price release (in Chinese), 9 November 2026, 09:30
- National Bureau of Statistics of China: September 2026 consumer price release (in Chinese), 14 October 2026
- National Bureau of Statistics of China: September 2026 producer price release (in Chinese), 14 October 2026
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index release schedule
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics: CPI questions and answers
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index, September 2026, 14 October 2026
- MSCI: index review announcement and effective dates
- Office for National Statistics: release calendar, upcoming releases
- Office for National Statistics: GDP quarterly national accounts, UK: April to June 2026, 30 September 2026
- Office for National Statistics: GDP monthly estimate, UK: August 2026, 15 October 2026
- Eurostat: GDP up by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.5% in the EU, 30 October 2026
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Producer Price Index release schedule
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Producer Price Index, September 2026, 15 October 2026
- National Bureau of Statistics of China: 2026 release calendar



