The Week Ahead: Inflation Data, Cisco Earnings Headline

It will be a relatively busy week of economic data overall

Laura McCandless

Deputy Editor

May 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Next week will bring key inflation data on Tuesday and Wednesday, as well as a host of other economic data. Earnings season will begin to slow down, though several notable reports are on deck from Alibaba (BABA), Applied Materials (AMAT), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Hims & Hers Health (HIMS), Monday.com (MDAY), On (ONON), Plug Power (PLUG), Rigetti Computing (RGTI), and Under Armour (UAA) to name a few.

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

Monday, May 11 will bring existing home sales.

The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index is due out Tuesday, May 12, alongside consumer price index (CPI) and core CPI data.

Producer price index (PPI) and core PPI data is scheduled for Wednesday, May 13.

Thursday, May 14, features weekly jobless claims, U.S. retail sales, business inventories, and the import price index.

The Empire State manufacturing survey is slated for Friday, May 15, in addition to industrial production data and the home builder confidence index.

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