US midterms and a jobs-data pileup: what's on deck this week

The week's US economic calendar is a five-day grind, and Cointelegraph laid out the whole thing. It starts Tuesday, November 3, with the midterm elections — polls open around 6:00 AM ET and the first ones close at 6:00 PM ET. Same morning, JOLTS job openings for September land at 10:00 AM.

Wednesday stacks three releases into a tight window. The ADP employment report for October hits at 8:15 AM ET, followed by S&P Global's Services and Composite PMI for October at 9:45 AM. Fifteen minutes later, at 10:00 AM, the ISM Services PMI closes the morning out.

Thursday is the breather — sort of. Initial jobless claims arrive at 8:30 AM ET, a single data point before the week's main event.

That main event is Friday, November 6. October nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate both drop at 8:30 AM ET, giving traders the clearest read of the week on where the US labor market stands.

It's an unusually dense run: an election, four labor-market signals and two services gauges crammed into four days, according to Cointelegraph's rundown. For anyone watching risk assets — crypto included — the back half of the week is the one to keep an eye on.