High importanceUSUSD · Surveys · 4 Nov 2026 · 09:00 ET · in 18 d 2 h

US ISM services PMI (Oct)

Wed 4 November · 09:00 ET · in 18 d 2 h. US purchasing-managers survey — above 50 signals expansion.

Forecast
No forecast
Previous
54.9
Actual
Due 09:00 ET

Below 54.3In line 54.3 to 55.5Above 55.5

▏Forecast —○ Previous 54.9

The levelsMeasured from its last 12 prints

BelowBelow 54.3USD down
EUR/USD up GBP/USD up USD/JPY down Gold up
In line54.3 to 55.5Limited follow-through
AboveAbove 55.5USD up
EUR/USD down GBP/USD down USD/JPY up Gold down

In line is the forecast ± how far this series usually lands from it (median miss 0.6). Above or below that is a genuine surprise. USD up or down is the playbook’s mapping for this release; the pairs show how each quote moves when USD does. Arithmetic, not a forecast.

Its own historyLast 12 prints vs the forecast before each: 7 above · 1 in line · 4 below

5051.7353.4555.1756.9Nov ’25Jan ’26Mar ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26Oct (next)

— Forecast before the print● Actual▮ Next release: in-line range

Release history

ReleasedPeriodForecastActualPosition
5 Oct 2026Sep5554.9Below forecast
3 Sep 2026Aug54.355.4Above forecast
5 Aug 2026Jul54.554.1Below forecast
6 Jul 2026Jun5454In line with forecast
3 Jun 2026May53.854.5Above forecast
5 May 2026Apr53.753.6Below forecast
6 Apr 2026Mar5554Below forecast
4 Mar 2026Feb53.556.1Above forecast
4 Feb 2026Jan53.553.8Above forecast
7 Jan 2026Dec52.354.4Above forecast
3 Dec 2025Nov52.152.6Above forecast
5 Nov 2025Oct50.852.4Above forecast

What moved

After it prints: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY and Gold from the hour before to the hour after, from 1-hour bars.