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United States Business Confidence Planned 2026-10-22 10:00 America/New_York: data, chart, and analysis

United States Business Confidence came in at 57.9 on Oct 22, 2026, compared with 58 previously and a 57.93 forecast. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

Latest Business Confidence and release calendar API reference
Actual
57.9
Previous
58
Forecast
57.93

FXMacroData Blended Forecast

Reference period
2026-10-04

Last updated:

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United States Business Confidence chart through 2026-10-04
USD Business Confidence readings through 2026-10-04. Latest: 57.9.

Business Confidence release read

United States Business Confidence came in at 57.9 on Oct 22, 2026, compared with 58 previously and a 57.93 forecast. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

The forecast marker for this release is 57.93 from FXMacroData Blended Forecast. Compare it with the actual value to assess the direction and size of the surprise.

The parent Business Confidence page shows the full time series for United States. This release page keeps the realised value, prior value, forecast, reference period, and publication time together for the individual announcement.

For USD event-risk work, the important read is whether this print changes the recent trend or simply extends it. Compare the actual value with the previous and forecast fields above, then use the raw JSON below for backtests keyed to the stable announcement ID.

Pickup record

When the official source published this release and when the figure was on FXMacroData. All times are UTC.

On FXMacroData at

22 Oct 2026 UTC

Scheduled for

22 Oct 2026 UTC

Pickup record for this release
Scheduled release
Official source published By UTC, 22 Oct 2026
Observed by FXMacroData's first read of the official source that showed this period. The publisher does not issue this timestamp.
On FXMacroData at

The publication moment could not be bracketed for this release, so no elapsed time is stated.

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Release data snapshot

The values below are the citation fields for this announcement.

Public release ID usd_business_confidence_2026-10-22
API announcement ID usd_business_confidence_2026-10-04
Release time
Planned 2026-10-22 14:00 UTC
Reference period date 2026-10-04
Actual value 57.9
Previous value 58
Forecast 57.93 FXMacroData Blended Forecast
Surprise -0.03
Announcement timestamp 1792677600

API data for this announcement

The API endpoint returns the full United States Business Confidence history. Clients can filter by date or match this row by announcement_id.

Forecasts live in the predictions endpoint and use the same announcement identifier where available. That is the preferred join key for realised values, forecast surprises, and release-event backtests.

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Planned 2026-10-08 10:00 America/New_York · 58

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Common questions about this release

The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for United States Business Confidence.

What did United States Business Confidence come in at, and how did it compare with the forecast and the previous reading?

United States Business Confidence was 57.9 Index (0-100 normalized) in October 2026. The forecast field was 57.93 Index (0-100 normalized). The previous reading was 58 Index (0-100 normalized). That is a surprise of -0.03 points versus forecast.

When was this United States Business Confidence release published?

The official schedule lists Oct 22, 2026 at 10:00 America/New_York. The actual publication time is unavailable.

When is the next United States Business Confidence release?

The next United States Business Confidence release is scheduled for Nov 5, 2026.

What is the official source for United States Business Confidence?

U.S. Census Bureau publishes the official Business Confidence series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.

Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

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