Economic Calendar

BabyPips.com's Economic Calendar is your trading companion to avoid event risk. Event risk is anything that will move markets, but that you can't see coming. Use our economic calendar to inform yourself of important news events and economic data reports that may shake up the financial markets and impact your trading. Don’t be blindsided.

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Aug 1	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	CHF	Swiss National Day	low
22:30	AUD	AIG Manufacturing Index	med	60.8	63.0	63.2
23:00	AUD	AIG Manufacturing Index	med	56.9	56.8	58.6

Aug 2	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI Final	med	53.0	52.2	52.4
01:00	AUD	TD-MI Inflation Gauge MoM	low	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%
01:30	AUD	ANZ Job Advertisements MoM	low	-0.5%	-1.5%	1.5%*
01:45	CNY	Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI	high	50.3	51.0	51.3
05:00	JPY	Consumer Confidence	high	37.5	37.0	37.4
06:00	EUR	German Retail Sales MoM	med	4.2%	1.5%	4.6%*
06:00	EUR	German Retail Sales YoY	med	6.2%	-0.6%	-1.8%*
06:30	CHF	Retail Sales MoM	low	-3.5%	0.8%	-2.3%*
06:30	CHF	Retail Sales YoY	med	0.1%	4.0%	2.8%
06:30	CHF	Inflation Rate MoM	low	-0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
06:30	CHF	Inflation Rate YoY	med	0.7%	0.8%	0.6%
07:30	CHF	procure.ch Manufacturing PMI	low	71.1	65.1	66.7
07:50	EUR	French Markit Manufacturing PMI Final	low	58.0	58.1	59.0
07:55	EUR	German Markit Manufacturing PMI Final	med	65.9	65.6	65.1
08:00	EUR	Markit Manufacturing PMI Final	med	62.8	62.6	63.4
08:30	GBP	Markit/CIPS Manufacturing PMI Final	med	60.4	60.4	63.9
13:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.65%		-0.65%*
13:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.68%		-0.64%*
13:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.64%		-0.64%*
13:45	USD	Manufacturing PMI	med	63.4	63.1	62.1
14:00	USD	ISM Manufacturing Prices	low	85.7	88.0	92.1
14:00	USD	ISM Manufacturing New Orders	low	64.9	65.0	66.0
14:00	USD	Construction Spending MoM	med	0.1%	0.4%	-0.2%*
14:00	USD	ISM Manufacturing Employment	low	52.9	49.8	49.9
14:00	USD	ISM Manufacturing PMI	med	59.5	60.4	60.6
15:20	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases TIPS 7.5 to 30 yrs	low
15:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	0.05%		0.05%
15:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	0.06%		0.05%
23:30	JPY	Tokyo CPI YoY	low	-0.1%	-0.1%	0.0%
23:30	JPY	Core CPI	low	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%

Aug 3	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	USD	LMI Logistics Managers Index Current	low			75.0
01:30	AUD	Building Permits MoM Prel	med	-6.7%	-5.5%	-7.6%*
01:30	AUD	Investment Lending for Homes	low	0.7%	8.0%	13.3%
01:30	AUD	Home Loans MoM	med	-2.5%	-2.1%	1.9%
03:45	JPY	10-Year JGB Auction	low	0.01%		0.06%*
04:30	AUD	RBA Interest Rate Decision	high	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
07:00	CHF	Consumer Confidence	high	7.8	6.0	-6.5*
09:00	EUR	PPI YoY	low	10.2%	9.4%	9.6%
09:00	EUR	PPI MoM	low	1.4%	0.6%	1.3%
10:45	GBP	30-Year Treasury Gilt Auction	low			1.27%*
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low			16.0%
13:30	CAD	Markit Manufacturing PMI	med		57.0	56.5
14:00	USD	Factory Orders ex Transportation	low		0.5%	0.7%
14:00	USD	Factory Orders MoM	med		0.8%	1.7%
14:00	USD	IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism	med		54.0	54.3
14:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 10 to 22.5 yrs	low
15:30	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low			-2.9%
15:30	USD	42-Day Bill Auction	low			0.04%
18:00	USD	Fed Clarida Speech	med
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med			-4.73M*
22:30	AUD	Ai Group Construction Index	low		56.0	55.5
22:45	NZD	Labour Costs Index YoY	low		1.9%	1.6%
22:45	NZD	Labour Costs Index QoQ	low		0.5%	0.4%
22:45	NZD	Participation Rate	low		70.5%	70.4%
22:45	NZD	Employment Change QoQ	med		0.9%	0.6%
22:45	NZD	Unemployment Rate	med		4.6%	4.7%
23:00	AUD	Markit Services PMI Final	med		44.2	56.8
23:00	AUD	Markit Composite PMI Final	low		45.2	56.7

Aug 4	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:00	USD	Total Vehicle Sales	med			15.4M
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Composite PMI Final	low		47.7	48.9
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Services PMI Final	med		46.4	48.0
01:30	AUD	Retail Sales MoM Final	med		-1.8%	0.4%
01:30	AUD	RBA Chart Pack	low
01:45	CNY	Chinese Caixin Composite PMI	low		50.4	50.6
01:45	CNY	Chinese Caixin Services PMI	med		50.6	50.3
06:45	EUR	French Budget Balance	low		-124.0B	-118.79B
07:50	EUR	French Markit Services PMI Final	low		57.0	57.8
07:50	EUR	French Markit Composite PMI Final	low		56.8	57.4
07:55	EUR	German Markit Services PMI Final	med		62.2	57.5
07:55	EUR	German Markit Composite PMI Final	low		62.5	60.1
08:00	EUR	Markit Composite PMI Final	low		60.6	59.5
08:00	EUR	Markit Services PMI Final	med		60.4	58.3
08:30	GBP	Services PMI	med		57.8	62.4
08:30	GBP	Markit/CIPS Composite PMI Final	low		57.7	62.2
09:00	EUR	French New Car Registrations YoY	low		2.5%	-14.7%
09:00	EUR	Retail Sales MoM	low		1.8%	4.6%
09:00	EUR	Retail Sales YoY	med		5.1%	9.0%
09:00	EUR	French Retail Sales MoM	low		-5.6%	9.9%
09:00	EUR	French Retail Sales YoY	low		6.9%	14.3%
09:40	EUR	German 5-Year Bobl Auction	low			-0.59%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low			5.7%
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low			3.01%
12:15	USD	ADP National Employment Report	high		715.0k	692.0k
12:30	CAD	Building Permits MoM	low		2.5%	-14.8%
13:45	USD	Markit Services PMI Final	med		59.8	64.6
13:45	USD	Markit Composite PMI Final	med		59.7	63.7
13:45	USD	ISM New York Index	low
14:00	USD	ISM Non-Manufacturing Business Activity	low			60.4
14:00	USD	ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices	low			79.5
14:00	USD	ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders	low			62.1
14:00	USD	ISM Non-Manufacturing Employment	low		49.4	49.3
14:00	USD	ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI	med		60.1	60.1
14:00	USD	Fed Clarida Speech	med
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low			0.11M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low			0.65M*
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low			-0.13M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med			-2.25M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low			-0.62M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med			-4.09M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low			-3.09M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low			-0.16M*
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low			-1.27M*
15:20	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 7 to 10 yrs	low
16:00	CAD	10-Year Bond Auction	low			1.29%
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low			-58.5B
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low			1,087.4B

Aug 5	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
01:30	AUD	Imports MoM	low		-1.0%	3.0%
01:30	AUD	Exports MoM	low		-2.0%	6.0%
01:30	AUD	Balance of Trade	high		10.1B	9.68B*
06:00	EUR	German Factory Orders MoM	med		1.8%	-3.7%
06:45	EUR	French Industrial Production MoM	med		0.6%	-0.3%
07:30	EUR	Construction PMI	low		50.8	50.3
07:30	EUR	French Construction PMI	low		50.5	48.9
07:30	EUR	German Construction PMI	med		49.8	47.0
08:00	GBP	New Car Sales YoY	low		8.7%	28.0%
08:00	EUR	ECB Economic Bulletin	med
08:30	GBP	Construction PMI	med		62.5	66.3
09:00	EUR	French 10-Year OAT Auction	low			0.13%
09:30	EUR	German New Car Registrations YoY	low		6.9%	24.5%
11:00	GBP	Official Bank Rate	high		0.1%	0.1%
11:00	GBP	BoE Quantitative Easing	med		875.0B	875.0B
11:00	GBP	MPC Meeting Minutes	med
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Hike	med		0.0	0.0
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Unchanged	med		9.0	9.0
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Cut	med		0.0	0.0
11:00	GBP	Monetary Policy Report	med
11:30	USD	Challenger Job Cuts	low		35.0k	20.48k*
12:30	CAD	Exports	low			49.5B
12:30	CAD	Imports	low			50.92B
12:30	CAD	Balance of Trade	high		-0.7B	-1.39B
12:30	USD	Exports	low		206.8B	206.0B
12:30	USD	Imports	low		281.1B	277.3B
12:30	USD	Balance of Trade	high		-74.3B	-71.2B
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med		370.0k	400.0k
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	med		390.5k	394.5k
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low		3,150.0k	3,269.0k
14:00	USD	Fed Waller Speech	med
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low			36.0Bcf
14:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 22.5 to 30 yrs	low
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low			0.05%*
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low			0.05%*
16:00	CAD	2-Year Bond Auction	low			0.51%*
22:30	AUD	Ai Group Services Index	med		58.0	57.8
23:00	AUD	RBA Gov Lowe Speech	med
23:30	JPY	Household Spending YoY	low		0.4%	11.6%
23:30	JPY	Household Spending MoM	low		2.2%	-2.1%
23:30	JPY	Average Cash Earnings YoY	low		2.0%	1.9%
23:50	JPY	Foreign Exchange Reserves	low			1,376.5B

Aug 6	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
01:30	AUD	RBA Statement on Monetary Policy	med
03:00	NZD	Business Inflation Expectations	low		2.1%	2.05%
05:00	JPY	Leading Economic Index Prel	low		103.0	102.6
05:00	JPY	Coincident Index Prel	low		93.0	92.7
06:00	EUR	German Industrial Production MoM	med		0.5%	-0.3%
06:00	GBP	Halifax House Price Index MoM	med		-0.7%	-0.5%
06:00	GBP	Halifax House Price Index	med		7.4%	8.8%
06:45	EUR	French Current Account	low		-3.4B	-2.3B
06:45	EUR	French Balance of Trade	med		-5.0B	-6.8B
06:45	EUR	French Private Non Farm Payrolls QoQ Prel	low		0.3%	0.5%
07:00	CHF	Foreign Exchange Reserves	low			941.1B
10:00	GBP	BBA Mortgage Rate	low		3.62%	3.62%
11:15	GBP	BoE Broadbent Speech	med
12:30	CAD	Average Hourly Wages YoY	low		0.9%	0.1%
12:30	CAD	Participation Rate	med		65.0%	65.2%
12:30	CAD	Unemployment Rate	med		7.9%	7.8%
12:30	CAD	Employment Change	med		150.0k	230.7k
12:30	CAD	Full Time Employment Chg	med		-20.0k	-33.2k
12:30	CAD	Part Time Employment Chg	med		180.0k	263.9k
12:30	USD	Average Hourly Earnings MoM	high		0.3%	0.3%
12:30	USD	Average Weekly Hours	low		34.7	34.7
12:30	USD	Participation Rate	low		61.5%	61.6%
12:30	USD	Average Hourly Earnings YoY	low		3.6%	3.6%
12:30	USD	Government Payrolls	low		130.0k	188.0k
12:30	USD	Manufacturing Payrolls	low		29.0k	15.0k
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Payrolls Private	low		770.0k	662.0k
12:30	USD	Unemployment Rate	high		5.8%	5.9%
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Payrolls	high		900.0k	850.0k
14:00	CAD	Ivey PMI s.a	high		70.0	71.9
14:00	USD	Wholesale Inventories MoM	med		0.8%	1.3%
14:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 0 to 2.25 yrs	low
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rig Count	low
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low
19:00	USD	Consumer Credit Change	low		21.6B	35.28B

Aug 7	Saturday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
03:00	CNY	Chinese Balance of Trade	med		52.0B	51.53B
03:00	CNY	Chinese Exports YoY	med		31.0%	32.2%
03:00	CNY	Chinese Imports YoY	med		33.0%	36.7%
08:00	CNY	Chinese Foreign Exchange Reserves	low		3.2	3.21*

The Economic Calendar

An economic calendar is a resource that allows traders to learn about upcoming news events.

BabyPips.com's Economic Calendar displays financial market events and announcements from across the world. The events are updated automatically upon the release of new data.

No matter what time frame you trade on, it's important to keep an eye on upcoming calendar events daily since they are likely to impact the financial markets including forex, stocks, bonds and commodities.

Since forex trading is the simultaneous buying of one currency and selling another, you can use the Economic Calendar to compare the economies behind each currency.

Events on the calendar are graded low, medium and high, depending on their likely degree of market impact.

Even if you don't trade the news, you should check the Economic Calendar every day in the morning, before you start trading, and once again, at the end of the day, to make sure you’re aware of any high-impact or major events scheduled for the next day.

High-impact events may cause volatile market conditions. Especially in the forex market.

Know ahead of time of upcoming economic data releases or events that may cause sudden volatility and negatively affect your trading, such as any open positions.

Due to the increased market volatility, it is important to remember that trading around news events can result in significant slippage.

Be sure to manage your risk and avoid overleveraging and overexposure! Don’t make the same trading mistakes that failed traders make.

BabyPips.com aims to offer the most accurate content but due to the vast amount of data and the wide range of sources, we can't be held responsible for any inaccuracies that might occur.

The Economic Calendar may also be subject to change without any previous notice.