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<Outlook>Key Global Political and Economic Event Calendar for 2026 (Table)
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CCBI released its research report in early December outlining the key global political and economic event calendar as follows:

1Q26

Date│Event

January:
19–23 Jan│World Economic Forum (Davos, Switzerland)
22–23 Jan│the Bank of Japan (BoJ)’s monetary policy meeting
27–28 Jan│US FOMC meeting
February:
4–5 Feb│European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting

March:
4-5 March│China's Two Sessions
17-18 March│US FOMC meeting
18-19 March │European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting
18-19 March │the BoJ’s monetary policy meeting

2Q26

Date│Event

April:
13–19 April │Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG)/IMF (Washington, D.C.)
27–28 April │BoJ’s monetary policy meeting
28–29 April │US FOMC meeting
29–30 April │European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting
April (Tentative)│US President Donald Trump's visit to China

June:
10-11 June │European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting
14-16 June │G7 Summit (Haute-Savoie, France)
15-16 June │BoJ’s monetary policy meeting
16-17 June │US FOMC meeting (first meeting under new Chair)

3Q26

Date│Event

July:
7-8 July │NATO Summit (Ankara, Turkey)
22-23 July │European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting
28-29 July │US FOMC meeting
30-31 July │BoJ’s monetary policy meeting
July/ 2H26 (tentative)│BRICS Summit (India)

August:
August (tentative)│Jackson Hole Economic Symposium

September:
9–10 September │European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting
13 September │Swedish general election
15–16 September │US FOMC meeting
17–18 September │BoJ’s monetary policy meeting

4Q26

Date│ Event

October:
4 October │Brazilian General Election
16–18 October │ Annual Meetings of the WBG/IMF (Bangkok, Thailand)
27–28 October │ US FOMC meeting
28–29 October │ European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting
29-30 October │ BoJ’s monetary policy meeting
31 October - 1 November │APEC Summit (Shenzhen, China)

November:
3 November │US Midterm Election

December:
8-9 December │ US FOMC meeting
14-15 December │G20 Summit (Doral, Florida, US)
16-17 December │ European Central Bank’s monetary policy meeting
17-18 December │ BoJ’s monetary policy meeting
December (tentative)│5th Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee
(tentative)│Possible State Visit by Chinese President to the US
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