The Week Ahead - February 16–20

Your weekly calendar from Sensei

This is the most data-dense week of 2026 so far. US markets are closed Monday for Presidents’ Day and China is shut all week for Lunar New Year, which means thin liquidity early on before a wall of events hits from Tuesday onward. The week builds toward a blockbuster Friday where Q4 GDP, Core PCE, and Flash PMIs all land within the same session. FOMC mi…