High importanceUSUSD · Consumer · 29 Oct 2026 · 08:30 ET · in 12 d

US personal spending, month on month (Sep)

Thu 29 October · 08:30 ET · in 12 d. Household outlays on goods and services.

Forecast
0.2%
Previous
0.9%
Actual
Due 08:30 ET

Below 0%In line 0% to 0.4%Above 0.4%

▏Forecast 0.2%○ Previous 0.9%

The levelsMeasured from its last 11 prints

BelowBelow 0%USD down
EUR/USD up GBP/USD up USD/JPY down Gold up
In line0% to 0.4%Limited follow-through
AboveAbove 0.4%USD 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 0.2%). 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 11 prints vs the forecast before each: 4 above · 7 in line · 0 below

−0.14%0.16%0.45%0.74%1.04%Dec ’25Feb ’26Apr ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26Sep (next)

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

Release history

ReleasedPeriodForecastActualPosition
30 Sep 2026Aug0.8%0.9%Above forecast
26 Aug 2026Jul0.1%0.2%Above forecast
30 Jul 2026Jun0.3%0.3%In line with forecast
25 Jun 2026May0.6%0.7%Above forecast
28 May 2026Apr0.5%0.5%In line with forecast
30 Apr 2026Mar0.9%0.9%In line with forecast
9 Apr 2026Feb0.5%0.5%In line with forecast
13 Mar 2026Jan0.3%0.4%Above forecast
20 Feb 2026Dec0.4%0.4%In line with forecast
22 Jan 2026Nov0.5%0.5%In line with forecast
5 Dec 2025Sep0.3%0.3%In line with 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.