Macro Calendar: Feb 5, 2026 4:12 PM EST

Highlights:

• Thailand's weekend election features reform-focused party against populist blocs as voters seek economic change that historically hasn't materialized. Source

• Japan's Takaichi faces electoral challenges with new centrist challenger adding uncertainty to snap election as nation weighs assertiveness stance. Source

• Venezuela's National Assembly unanimously approves preliminary amnesty bill for political offenses following broader opening after Maduro's US capture. Source

• New Brunswick province announces it will stop using Elon Musk's X platform for routine government communications. Source

• Massachusetts considers using millionaire tax revenue to renovate aging University of Massachusetts campus buildings from the 1950s-60s. Source

• AAPL CEO Tim Cook tells employees he's "deeply distraught" with US immigration approach and will continue lobbying lawmakers on the issue. Source