Medium importanceUSUSD · Surveys · 23 Oct 2026 · 09:45 ET · in 6 d 1 h

US S&P Global manufacturing PMI (Oct)

Fri 23 October · 09:45 ET · in 6 d 1 h. Purchasing-managers survey — above 50 signals expansion.

Forecast
55.6
Previous
55.9
Actual
Due 09:45 ET

Below 55.2In line 55.2 to 56Above 56

▏Forecast 55.6○ Previous 55.9

The levelsMeasured from its last 11 prints

BelowBelow 55.2USD down
EUR/USD up GBP/USD up USD/JPY down Gold up
In line55.2 to 56Limited follow-through
AboveAbove 56USD 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 0.4). 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: 6 above · 1 in line · 4 below

50.3352.2254.155.9857.87Dec ’25Feb ’26Apr ’26Jun ’26Aug ’26Oct ’26Oct (next)

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

Release history

ReleasedPeriodForecastActualPosition
1 Oct 2026Sep5755.9Below forecast
1 Sep 2026Aug53.253.9Above forecast
3 Aug 2026Jul53.853.9Above forecast
1 Jul 2026Jun55.753.9Below forecast
1 Jun 2026May55.355.1Below forecast
1 May 2026Apr5454.5Above forecast
1 Apr 2026Mar52.452.3Below forecast
2 Mar 2026Feb51.251.6Above forecast
2 Feb 2026Jan51.952.4Above forecast
2 Jan 2026Dec51.851.8In line with forecast
1 Dec 2025Nov51.952.2Above 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.