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SUMMARY:Is the Stock Market Open on Autumnal Equinox Day 2026? TSE/JPX Hours
DESCRIPTION:Tokyo Stock Exchange (JPX) are closed on Wednesday\, September 23\, 2026 for Autumnal Equinox Day. \n\nNext holiday\nSports Day\, October 12\, 2026\nRegular hours\n9:00 am to 11:30 am and 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm JST\n\nFull schedule and background: TSE/JPX Holidays. \nUpdated September 2\, 2026 \n\nThe Tokyo Stock Exchange (JPX) is closed on Wednesday\, September 23\, 2026 for Autumnal Equinox Day\, a Japanese national holiday marking the September equinox. No cash equity trading takes place on the TSE that day\, and orders entered on the holiday will simply queue for the next open session. Full schedule and background: TSE/JPX Holidays. \nThis closure sits inside an unusually quiet stretch for Tokyo. Respect for the Aged Day fell on Monday\, September 21\, 2026\, and a “bridge holiday” (a working day sandwiched between two public holidays that is also given as a rest day under Japanese law) followed on Tuesday\, September 22. Combined with the Wednesday equinox holiday\, Tokyo has three consecutive non-trading days before the market reopens. \nWhich markets are closed on Autumnal Equinox Day 2026?\n\n\n\nMarket\nStatus\nNotes\n\n\n\n\nTokyo Stock Exchange (cash equities)\nClosed\nNational holiday under Japan’s Act on National Holidays\n\n\nOsaka Exchange (OSE) derivatives\, regular session\nClosed\nStandard trading halted for the holiday\n\n\nOSE/TOCOM holiday trading (Nikkei 225 futures\, commodity futures)\nOpen (holiday trading session)\nJPX runs a limited holiday derivatives session on eligible non-business days\, according to the Japan Exchange Group\n\n\nNew York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot a US holiday\n\n\nLondon Stock Exchange (LSE)\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot a UK holiday\n\n\nEuronext\nOpen (regular hours)\nNot observed in continental Europe\n\n\nUS Treasury and SIFMA bond market\nOpen (regular hours)\nNo US holiday recommendation applies\n\n\n\nIs the market open the day before and after?\nThe last trading day before the closure is Friday\, September 18\, 2026\, since the weekend\, Respect for the Aged Day and the bridge holiday remove September 19 to 22 from the calendar. Trading resumes on Thursday\, September 24\, 2026 at the normal opening time. The TSE does not use early closes: every listed holiday is a full-day closure\, and September 23 is no exception. Regular hours on trading days are 9:00 am to 11:30 am and 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm Japan Standard Time (JST)\, which is a lunch break built into the Tokyo session. \nWhy do markets close for Autumnal Equinox Day?\nAutumnal Equinox Day (Shūbun no Hi) has been a public holiday in Japan since 1948 and marks the point when day and night are roughly equal length. It grew out of an earlier imperial ancestral rite and is now a secular holiday when many people visit family graves and shrines. Because the exact date depends on astronomical calculations\, the government does not officially confirm it until the February before\, though the date is predictable years in advance. \nJapanese exchanges close for all national holidays rather than running with reduced staff\, unlike the partial “early close” convention used in the United States around some holidays. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\nIf you hold Japanese shares\, ETFs tracking the Nikkei 225 or TOPIX\, or yen-denominated assets through a broker\, any order placed on September 23 will simply sit until the market reopens on September 24; nothing executes overnight. Settlement of trades already made before the holiday follows Japan’s standard T+2 cycle (trade date plus two business days)\, so the closure can push settlement dates back slightly. Dividend record dates and options expiry tied to the TSE calendar are adjusted around holidays by the exchange\, so check the specific instrument if timing matters. Currency markets\, including USD/JPY\, keep trading through the Tokyo holiday via other financial centres\, though liquidity in the yen can thin noticeably during Japanese public holidays. Cryptocurrency markets are unaffected\, since they trade continuously\, 24 hours a day\, seven days a week. UK and European investors with Japan exposure through funds will simply see no new Tokyo pricing that day\, and the fund’s net asset value calculation may use the prior close. \nRemaining TSE/JPX holidays in 2026\n\nSports Day\, October 12\, 2026 (closed)\nCulture Day\, November 3\, 2026 (closed)\nLabor Thanksgiving Day\, November 23\, 2026 (closed)\nNew Year’s Eve (Market Holiday)\, December 31\, 2026 (closed)\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nIs the stock market open on Autumnal Equinox Day 2026?\nNo. The Tokyo Stock Exchange is closed on Wednesday\, September 23\, 2026 for the national holiday. \nIs the bond market open in Japan on this day?\nJapanese government bond cash trading follows the exchange holiday schedule and is closed\, though this does not affect the separately operated US Treasury or SIFMA bond markets\, which trade as normal since it is not a US holiday. \nWhat time does the Tokyo market normally close?\nOn regular trading days the TSE closes at 3:30 pm Japan Standard Time\, with a lunch break from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. \nWhen is the next TSE/JPX market holiday after this one?\nThe next scheduled closure is Sports Day on October 12\, 2026. \nAre Japanese banks open on Autumnal Equinox Day?\nNo. Japanese banks follow the same national holiday calendar as the stock exchange and are closed on September 23\, 2026.
URL:https://www.financecalendar.com/event/tse-jpx-autumnal-equinox-day-2026/
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SUMMARY:Australia Labour Force September 2026
DESCRIPTION:Next Australia Labour Force: Thursday\, September 24\, 2026 at 11:30 am AEST (9:30 pm ET\, 2:30 am London). \n\nConsensus\nNot yet published\nPrior\n4.5% unemployment\, -15\,800 employment change (July 2026)\nActual\nPending\n\nFull schedule and background: Australia Labour Force. \nUpdated August 25\, 2026 \n\nThe Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publishes the Labour Force\, Australia report for September 2026 on Thursday\, September 24\, 2026 at 11:30 am AEST\, which is 9:30 pm ET the previous day and 2:30 am London time. The release covers labour market conditions for August 2026\, including employment\, unemployment and participation. Full background and the release schedule are on the Australia Labour Force hub page. \nWhat is the Australia Labour Force report?\nThe Labour Force survey is Australia’s main monthly measure of jobs\, unemployment and participation in the workforce. The ABS surveys around 26\,000 households and asks whether people worked\, looked for work\, or were unavailable during a fixed reference week. From these responses it builds the headline figures markets watch most closely: the unemployment rate (the share of the labour force without a job but actively looking)\, the employment change (the net number of jobs added or lost)\, and the participation rate (the share of the working-age population either employed or seeking work). \nEconomists and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) track this data closely because it is one of the timeliest signals of how the economy is performing. A tightening labour market\, with a falling unemployment rate and rising wages pressure\, can keep the RBA cautious about cutting interest rates. A weakening labour market\, with rising unemployment and slowing job creation\, can support the case for rate cuts. The report also matters beyond Australia: it feeds into how global investors price the Australian dollar and Asia-Pacific growth expectations\, and it is watched in London and New York trading sessions as an early read on how tight the region’s labour markets remain. \nBecause the survey samples a rotating panel of households\, month-to-month figures can be volatile. The ABS also publishes trend estimates\, which smooth out this variability and are generally seen as a better guide to the underlying direction of the labour market than any single month’s seasonally adjusted number. \nWhen is the September Labour Force report released?\nThe ABS is scheduled to release the Labour Force\, Australia report covering August 2026 data on Thursday\, September 24\, 2026 at 11:30 am AEST (9:30 pm ET\, 2:30 am London time). The report is published on the ABS website under Statistics\, Labour\, Employment and Unemployment. The ABS typically releases this survey in the third or fourth week of the month following the reference period\, though readers should always confirm the exact date on the ABS release calendar closer to the time. \nWhat is the consensus forecast?\nAs of now\, a consensus forecast for the August 2026 Labour Force report has not yet been published. Economist surveys for Australian labour data\, typically compiled by Reuters and Bloomberg\, are usually released only in the days immediately before the report. Readers should check back nearer September 24\, 2026 for updated forecasts. \nThe most recent published reading is for July 2026. In that release\, the ABS reported that employment decreased by 15\,800 people to 14\,807\,200 in seasonally adjusted terms\, while the unemployment rate stood at 4.5%\, according to the ABS Labour Force\, Australia\, July 2026 release. \n\n\n\nMeasure\nPrior (July 2026)\nConsensus (August 2026)\n\n\n\n\nUnemployment rate\n4.5%\nNot yet published\n\n\nEmployment change\n-15\,800 people\nNot yet published\n\n\n\nWhat the result could mean\n\n\n\nScenario\nLikely market read\nWhat it means in plain English\n\n\n\n\nAbove consensus (stronger jobs\, lower unemployment)\nMarkets may pare back expectations of RBA interest rate cuts\, and the Australian dollar could firm\, according to analysts who track RBA rate pricing through swap markets\nA tighter jobs market could keep borrowing costs higher for longer\, though it also signals more people are finding work\n\n\nIn line with consensus\nLimited market reaction\, with attention shifting to wage and inflation data ahead of the next RBA meeting\nThe labour market is behaving broadly as expected\, so little changes for borrowers or savers immediately\n\n\nBelow consensus (weaker jobs\, higher unemployment)\nMarkets may increase bets on RBA rate cuts\, and the Australian dollar could soften\nA cooling jobs market often points to slower wage growth and can eventually feed through to lower borrowing costs\n\n\n\nThese are possibilities discussed by market commentators\, not predictions of how the data or markets will actually move. \nWhy does this release matter right now?\nThe RBA has spent recent quarters weighing a labour market that has cooled gradually from the multi-decade lows in unemployment reached in 2022 and 2023. Through the first half of 2026\, the unemployment rate has hovered in a narrow band between 4.3% and 4.5%\, based on ABS releases from March to July 2026\, suggesting a labour market that is softening only gradually rather than sharply. \nThe RBA uses labour market slack\, alongside inflation\, as a key input into its interest rate decisions. A jobs market that stays resilient gives the central bank more room to hold rates\, while a faster deterioration would add to the case for further cuts. Because Australia is a major commodity exporter and a bellwether for the broader Asia-Pacific region\, shifts in its labour market and interest rate outlook can also influence sentiment toward regional currencies and equity markets in Asia\, and are monitored by trading desks in London and New York as part of the overnight session. \nRecent Labour Force readings\n\n\n\nMonth\nUnemployment rate (seasonally adjusted)\n\n\n\n\nMarch 2026\n4.3%\n\n\nApril 2026\n4.5%\n\n\nMay 2026\n4.4%\n\n\nJune 2026\n4.4%\n\n\nJuly 2026\n4.5%\n\n\n\nSource: ABS Labour Force\, Australia releases. \nWhat It Means for Your Money\nMortgages and interest rates: A weaker labour market report can raise expectations that the RBA will cut its cash rate\, which can eventually lower variable mortgage rates for Australian homeowners. A stronger report can do the opposite\, keeping mortgage costs higher for longer. \nSavings: Interest rates on savings accounts and term deposits tend to move in the same direction as RBA policy\, so a softer jobs market that raises rate cut expectations could eventually mean lower returns for savers\, while a resilient labour market could support higher rates for longer. \nJobs and wages: The report is a direct read on how easy or hard it is to find work in Australia. Rising unemployment can mean slower wage growth and more competition for jobs\, while falling unemployment often supports faster pay rises. \nInvestments and pensions: Australian shares and superannuation funds with exposure to domestic banks and consumer-facing companies can react to shifts in rate expectations triggered by labour data. Global investors\, including those in Europe and Asia holding Australian assets\, watch this data as a guide to growth momentum. \nCurrencies: The Australian dollar tends to be sensitive to labour market surprises because they shift expectations for RBA policy. A weaker than expected report can pressure the currency lower against the US dollar\, pound and euro\, while a stronger report can support it. \nRelated events\n\nReserve Bank of Australia interest rate decisions\, which weigh labour market conditions alongside inflation\nAustralian Wage Price Index releases\, which track wage growth alongside employment trends\nFull release schedule and background: Australia Labour Force hub page\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nWhat time is the Australia Labour Force report released?\nThe ABS releases the report at 11:30 am AEST\, which is 9:30 pm ET and 2:30 am London time. \nHow do I read the unemployment rate figure?\nA lower unemployment rate generally signals a tighter labour market\, while a rising rate signals more people are out of work and looking for jobs. \nHow does this report affect interest rates?\nThe RBA considers labour market strength when setting its cash rate\, so a materially stronger or weaker than expected report can shift market expectations for future rate moves. \nWhere can I find the official release?\nThe ABS publishes the full report\, including data tables\, on its Labour Force\, Australia page. \nWhen is the next Labour Force report after this one?\nThe ABS publishes Labour Force data monthly\, so the following report\, covering September 2026 data\, is expected roughly four weeks later. Check the ABS release calendar for the confirmed date.
URL:https://www.financecalendar.com/event/australia-labour-force-september-2026/
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