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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Apr 18	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
22:30	NZD	Services NZ PSI	low	52.4	52.6	49.7*
23:50	JPY	Imports YoY	low	5.7%		11.8%
23:50	JPY	Exports YoY	med	16.1%		-4.5%
23:50	JPY	Balance of Trade	high	663.7B	300.0B	215.9B*

Apr 19	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
03:00	AUD	HIA New Home Sales MoM	med	90.3%	20.0%	22.9%
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production MoM Final	med	-1.3%	-2.1%	3.1%*
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production YoY Final	low	-2.0%	-2.6%	-5.3%*
04:30	JPY	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	-2.8%	2.1%	3.2%*
08:00	EUR	Current Account	low	13.3B	19.1B	5.6B*
09:00	EUR	Construction Output YoY	med	-5.8%	-3.6%	-2.6%*
10:00	EUR	German Bundesbank Monthly Report	low
12:15	CAD	Housing Starts	med	335.2k	230.0k	275.6k*
13:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.63%		-0.63%
13:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.62%		-0.63%*
13:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.62%		-0.63%*
15:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	0.03%		0.02%
15:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	0.04%		0.04%

Apr 20	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
01:30	AUD	RBA Meeting Minutes	med
01:30	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 1Y	high		3.85%	3.85%
01:30	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 5Y	med		4.65%	4.65%
04:30	JPY	Tertiary Industry Activity Index	low		-0.1%	-1.7%
06:00	EUR	German PPI YoY	low		3.1%	1.9%
06:00	EUR	German PPI MoM	med		0.4%	0.7%
06:00	GBP	Average Earnings excl. Bonus	low		4.0%	4.2%
06:00	GBP	Average Earnings Index	med		4.5%	4.8%
06:00	GBP	Unemployment Rate	med		5.1%	5.0%
06:00	GBP	Claimant Count Change	high		150.0k	86.6k
06:00	GBP	Employment Change	med		-120.0k	-147.0k
09:40	EUR	German 2-Year Schatz Auction	low			-0.7%
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low			13.2%
12:55	USD	Redbook MoM	low			-17.2%
14:00	EUR	German Bundesbank Buch Speech	low
15:30	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low			0.3%
15:30	USD	119-Day Bill Auction	low
15:30	USD	42-Day Bill Auction	low
15:30	USD	42-Day Bill Auction	low			0.02%*
17:00	USD	52-Week Bill Auction	low			0.07%
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med			-3.61M*
22:45	NZD	Inflation Rate YoY	low		1.5%	1.4%
22:45	NZD	Inflation Rate QoQ	med		0.8%	0.5%

Apr 21	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
01:30	AUD	Retail Sales MoM Prel	med		0.7%	-0.8%
01:30	AUD	Westpac Leading Index MoM	low		-0.1%	0.02%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output YoY	low		1.6%	0.9%
06:00	GBP	PPI Input MoM	low			0.6%
06:00	GBP	PPI Input YoY	low			2.6%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output MoM	low		0.2%	0.6%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med		1.0%	0.9%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate MoM	med		0.3%	0.1%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate YoY	high		0.8%	0.4%
06:00	GBP	PPI Core Output MoM	low			0.1%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output	low			1.4%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low		0.3%	0.0%
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index MoM	low		0.3%	0.5%
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index YoY	low		1.5%	1.4%
08:05	GBP	BoE Ramsden Speech	low
09:40	EUR	German 10-Year Bund Auction	low			-0.36%
10:30	GBP	BoE Gov Bailey Speech	med
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low			-3.7%
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low			3.27%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate MoM	med		0.4%	0.5%
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med		1.4%	1.2%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate YoY	high		2.1%	1.1%
14:00	CAD	BoC Interest Rate Decision	med		0.25%	0.25%
14:00	CAD	BoC Monetary Policy Report	med
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low			-0.03M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med			0.31M*
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low			0.01M*
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	med			0.35M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low			0.44M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med			-5.89M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low			-2.08M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low			0.34M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low			0.0M*
15:30	USD	105-Day Bill Auction	low
15:30	USD	154-Day Bill Auction	low
17:00	USD	20-Year Bond Auction	low			2.29%
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low			640.9B
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low			1,714.4B

Apr 22	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
06:00	CHF	Balance of Trade	med		2.9B	3.3B
06:45	EUR	French Business Climate Indicator	low		95.0	97.0
06:45	EUR	French Business Confidence	med		98.0	98.0
09:00	EUR	Government Budget to GDP	med		-8.6%	-0.6%
09:00	EUR	Government Debt to GDP	med		115.0%	84.0%
09:00	EUR	French 5-Year BTAN Auction	low			-0.48%
09:00	EUR	French 3-Year BTAN Auction	low			-0.61%
10:00	GBP	CBI Industrial Trends Orders	med		5.0	-5.0
10:00	GBP	CBI Business Optimism Index	med		-10.0	-22.0
11:45	EUR	Marginal Lending Rate	low		0.25%	0.25%
11:45	EUR	Deposit Facility Rate	med		-0.5%	-0.5%
11:45	EUR	ECB Interest Rate Decision	med		0.0%	0.0%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index MoM	med		2.3%	1.9%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index YoY	med		7.3%	7.0%
12:30	EUR	ECB Press Conference	med
12:30	USD	Chicago Fed National Activity Index	med		0.97	-1.09
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low		3,680.0k	3,731.0k
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	med		692.25k	683.0k
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med		695.0k	576.0k
14:00	EUR	Consumer Confidence Flash	med		-12.0	-10.8
14:00	USD	CB Leading Index MoM	low		0.5%	0.2%
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales MoM	med		0.5%	-6.6%
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales	med		6.25M	6.22M
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low			61.0Bcf
14:30	EUR	German Bundesbank Buch Speech	low
15:00	USD	Kansas Fed Manufacturing Index	low		19.0	23.0
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low			0.01%
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low			0.02%*
17:00	USD	5-Year TIPS Auction	low			-1.58%*
23:00	AUD	Markit Services PMI Flash	med		55.0	55.5*
23:00	AUD	AIG Manufacturing Index	med		56.0	57.0
23:00	AUD	Markit Composite PMI Flash	low		55.0	55.5*
23:01	GBP	Gfk Consumer Confidence	high		-12.0	-16.0
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate Ex-Food and Energy YoY	low		0.3%	0.2%
23:30	JPY	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med		-0.2%	-0.4%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate MoM	low		0.2%	0.1%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate YoY	high		-0.1%	-0.4%

Apr 23	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Composite PMI Flash	low		51.0	49.9
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Services PMI Flash	med		49.0	48.3
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		53.0	52.7
01:00	NZD	Credit Card Spending YoY	low		-10.0%	-12.4%
06:00	GBP	Retail Sales MoM	med		1.4%	2.1%
06:00	GBP	Retail Sales YoY	med		4.0%	-3.7%
06:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	low		1.1%	2.4%
06:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	low		3.8%	-1.1%
06:00	GBP	GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing	low		-22.0B	-19.1B
07:15	EUR	French Markit Composite PMI Flash	low		47.0	50.0
07:15	EUR	French Markit Manufacturing PMI Flash	low		58.5	59.3
07:15	EUR	French Markit Services PMI Flash	low		45.0	48.2
07:30	EUR	German Markit Composite PMI Flash	low		56.4	57.3
07:30	EUR	German Markit Services PMI Flash	med		50.9	51.5
07:30	EUR	German Markit Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		65.5	66.6
08:00	EUR	Markit Composite PMI Flash	low		52.7	53.2
08:00	EUR	Markit Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		61.7	62.5
08:00	EUR	Markit Services PMI Flash	med		49.1	49.6
08:30	GBP	Markit/CIPS Composite PMI Flash	low		58.0	56.4
08:30	GBP	Markit/CIPS UK Services PMI Flash	med		59.1	56.3
08:30	GBP	Markit/CIPS Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		58.5	58.9
08:30	EUR	German Bundesbank Wuermeling Speech	low
12:30	CAD	Wholesale Sales MoM Flash	low			-0.7%
13:45	USD	Manufacturing PMI	med		60.0	59.1
13:45	USD	Markit Composite PMI Flash	med		60.5	59.7
13:45	USD	Markit Services PMI Flash	med		61.0	60.4
14:00	USD	New Home Sales MoM	med		14.8%	-18.2%
14:00	USD	New Home Sales	med		0.89M	0.78M*
14:30	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rig Count	low			439.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low			344.0

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.