Official release series GDP (Advance Estimate)
When is the next GDP (Advance Estimate) release?
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) calendar puts the next GDP (Advance Estimate) at 8:30 AM EDT on Thursday, Oct 29, 2026. Every one of the 4 dated entries lands at 8:30 AM Eastern, on a quarterly interval, across the run from Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026.
Both the dates and the release instants are stated by the BEA calendar subscription file itself, which carries an Eastern timezone and one entry per release. Most entries are 8:30 a.m. Eastern and the file states a later time for a few, which is why each page takes its clock from its own entry rather than from a rule. Nothing here is derived.
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- Los Angeles 5:30 AM Thursday
- Denver 6:30 AM Thursday
- Chicago 7:30 AM Thursday
- New York 8:30 AM Thursday
- London 12:30 PM Thursday
- Frankfurt 1:30 PM Thursday
- Mumbai 6:00 PM Thursday
- Tokyo 9:30 PM Thursday
- Sydney 11:30 PM Thursday
What it measuresGDP (Advance Estimate), in one paragraph
The advance estimate is the first official measure of how much the American economy produced in a quarter, published about a month after that quarter ends. It is the number reported as the growth rate, and it is built from source data that is still incomplete.
What JMM reads first
Treat the advance estimate as a draft with a headline attached. The Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes it knowing that late source data will move it, and revisions of several tenths of a percentage point between the advance and the third estimate are ordinary rather than exceptional. Read the composition first: growth carried by inventory building and growth carried by consumer spending are the same number and a different economy.
Measured scheduleHow the GDP (Advance Estimate) calendar behaves
- Interval between entries
- A median of 91 days, with most entries close to it.
- Entries per year across the span
- 4.4 over Feb 20, 2026 to Oct 29, 2026
- Release time
- 8:30 AM Eastern on every one of the 4 entries, which resolves to 2 different UTC times across daylight saving.
- Usual weekday
- Thursday on 3 of 4 entries
- Widest interval in the run
- 91 days, between Apr 30, 2026 and Jul 30, 2026
Every dated entry4 GDP (Advance Estimate) dates on record
GDP (Advance Estimate) release dates in 2026 4 dates , 1 still ahead
| Date | Time (ET) | Weekday | Status | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 AM | Friday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Awaiting receipt | Open event | |
| 8:30 AM | Thursday | Scheduled | Open event |
Scheduled is still ahead of the last collection. Published has a separate official receipt; Awaiting receipt has only the source schedule.
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Schedule source. Dates retain its timezone; Published appears only after JMM captures a separate release receipt. The calendar download uses these same records.