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The Week Ahead: February Closes with Inflation Data, Dow Earnings

Next week brings the PPI reading for January

Digital Content Manager
Feb 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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The last week of February features plenty of key earnings reports, as well as some delayed economic data and speeches from several Federal Reserve officials. Wall Street will also be eyeing key inflation data in the form of the the producer price index (PPI) for January.

On the earnings front, Domino's Pizza (DPZ), C3.ai (AI), CoreWeave (CRWV), Dell Technologies (DELL), Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), Home Depot (HD), IonQ (IONQ), Lucid Group (LCID), Lowe's (LOW), HP (HPQ) Mosaic (MOS), MP Materials (MP), Nvidia (NVDA), Revolve Group (RVLV), Salesforce (CRM), Snowflake (SNOW), Paramount Skydance (PSKY), TJX (TJX), and USA Rare Earth (USAR) will all announce quarterly results next week,

Below is the schedule of key market events for the week ahead. All economic dates are tentative and subject to change.

Factory orders are due out on Monday, Feb. 23, following remarks from Fed Governor Christopher Waller.

The S&P Case-Shiller home price index and wholesale inventories are on tap on Tuesday, Feb. 24, as well as consumer confidence data. Plus, Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee, Fed President Raphael Bostic, and Fed Governor Lisa Cook are set to speak.

Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin will deliver a speech on Wednesday, Feb. 24.

Thursday, Feb. 26 brings the usual weekly jobless claims data.

Friday, Feb. 27 features the PPI and core PPI for January, construction spending data for November and December, and the Chicago purchasing managers' index (PMI), also knows as the Chicago Business Barometer.

 

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