US midterms and JOLTS lead Nov 3 economic calendar
The gist
Turkey's October annual inflation rose to 29.77%, above the 29.5% forecast, on Nov 3.
US midterm results and JOLTS job openings shared that day's schedule.
How it unfolded
- Nov 3, 2026Turkey's annual CPI inflation rose to 29.77% in October, above the 29.5% expectation and the previous 29.73%; monthly inflation accelerated to 2.58% from 1.84%, above the 2.4% forecast.
- Nov 3, 2026US midterm congressional election results were the day's biggest scheduled event, alongside US JOLTS job openings (forecast 7.164 million, previous 7.079 million) and factory orders MoM (forecast +1.2%, previous +0.1%).
- Nov 3, 2026Other scheduled data included Switzerland CPI YoY (forecast 1.2%, previous 1.0%), France's government budget balance (previous -€159.80 billion), a UK 10-year bond auction and a German 5-year bond auction.
Key terms
- midterm congressional elections
- US general elections held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term, when all House seats and about a third of Senate seats are contested.
- CPI
- A statistical measure of the average change in prices paid by households for a basket of consumer goods and services.
Source: Wikipedia