FEBRUARY 2026 EVENTS
- Company Q4 Earnings Season (February)
The 4th Quarter earnings season continues in February.
Of the major companies, Walt Disney (February 2nd), AMD (February 3rd), Alphabet (Google) (February 4th), Amazon (February 5th), and NVIDIA (February 25th) will declare their earnings.
Possible Influence: Volatile US Stocks
- Eight OPEC+ countries will meet to discuss production levels (February 1st at 13:30 GMT)
Eight OPEC+ members (including Saudi Arabia and Russia) will hold their monthly meeting to discuss and set voluntary production levels. According to reports, the cartel is expected to pause output increases for March, as the current increase in oil prices may add less to production levels than November’s increase of 137,000.
Possible Influence: Volatile Crude Oil
- Russia-Ukraine conflict: US Attempts at brokering peace deal continue (February 1st)
Following constructive US-Russia-Ukraine trilateral talks in January, trilateral peace talks continue on February 1st. These talks could potentially progress to a direct meeting between Presidents Putin and Zelensky. Russia and Ukraine have incentives to make progress.
Possible Influence: Volatile Crude Oil, Gold, Silver, Natural Gas, Palladium, Platinum, Copper, Wheat
- US ISM Manufacturing PMI (January) (February 2 at 15:00 GMT)
The ISM Manufacturing PMI's previous print was 47.9. The number was lower than the expected 48.3.
Possible influence: Volatile US Dollar, Gold, and US Stocks
- Reserve Bank of Australia Interest Rate decision (February 3rd at 04:30 GMT)
The RBA will meet to decide on interest rates. The current rate is 3.6%. Current expectations are that the RBA may decide to increase rates by 0.25%.
Possible Influence: Volatile AUD/SUD
- Bank of England Meeting (February 5th at 12:00 GMT)
The Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England will meet to decide on interest rates. The current rate is 3.75%, and most expectations are that rates will remain unchanged, but that there is a chance of a rate cut. The last BoE cut was by 0.25% in December.
Possible Influence: Volatile GBP/USD and UK100
- European Central Bank Meeting (February 5th at 13:15 GMT)
The European Central Bank will meet to discuss interest rates. Rates are currently at 2.15% after a rate cut of 25 basis points in June. There is a chance that the ECB could opt for a rate cut this month.
Possible Influence: Volatile EUR/USD, Gold
- U.S. Unemployment Rate and Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) (January) (February 6th at 13:30 GMT)
The previous month (December) saw unemployment at 4.4%. Nonfarm Payrolls for the previous month (December) printed 50,000.
Possible Influence: Volatile US Dollar, Gold, and US Stocks
- US Inflation (CPI) data (January) (February 11th at 13:30 GMT)
Core CPI (excluding food and energy) was 2.6%, year-over-year, in December. Top-line Year on Year CPI for December came in at 2.7%, in line with expectations.
Possible Influence: Volatile US Dollar, Gold, and US Stocks
- Retail Sales in the US (December) (February 10th at 13:30 GMT)
Month-over-Month Retail Sales were at 0.6% in November, which was 0.1% higher than expected.
Possible Influence: Volatile US Dollar, Gold, and US Stocks
- US President Donald Trump: State of the Union Address (February 24th)
President Trump will address a joint session of Congress, marking a key yearly political event. Trump is expected to outline US administration successes so far and give a preview of plans for the rest of the year. He might address a variety of subjects, including the US economy, trade, foreign policy, energy, or taxation.
Possible Influence: Volatile US Dollar, Gold, and US Stocks