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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Oct 18	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	USD	IMF/World Bank Virtual Annual Meeting	low
13:05	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
13:05	GBP	BoE Gov Bailey Speech	med
21:30	NZD	Services NZ PSI	low	50.3	48.5	47.2*
23:50	JPY	Imports YoY	low	-17.2%		-20.8%
23:50	JPY	Exports YoY	med	-4.9%		-14.8%
23:50	JPY	Balance of Trade	high	675.0B	900.0B	248.6B*

Oct 19	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:30	AUD	RBA Meeting Minutes	med
02:00	CNY	Chinese Fixed Asset Investment (YTD) YoY	med	0.8%	0.7%	-0.3%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Industrial Production YoY	med	6.9%	5.7%	5.6%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Retail Sales YoY	med	3.3%	1.7%	0.5%
02:00	CNY	Chinese GDP Growth Rate YoY	high	4.9%	5.1%	3.2%
02:00	CNY	Chinese GDP Growth Rate QoQ	med	2.7%	3.3%	11.7%*
02:00	CNY	Chinese Industrial Capacity Utilization	low	76.7%	75.1%	74.4%
02:00	CNY	Chinese NBS Press Conference	med
02:00	CNY	Chinese Unemployment Rate	med	5.4%	5.5%	5.6%
07:15	EUR	ECB Guindos Speech	med
09:00	EUR	Construction Output YoY	med	-0.9%	-4.4%	-3.4%*
11:30	EUR	ECB Mersch Speech	med
12:00	USD	Fed Chair Powell Speech	med
12:30	CAD	Wholesale Sales MoM	low	0.3%	0.1%	5.2%*
12:40	EUR	ECB Lane Speech	low
12:40	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
13:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.65%		-0.63%*
13:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.68%		-0.64%*
13:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.69%		-0.66%*
13:00	USD	Fed Williams Speech	med
14:00	USD	NAHB Housing Market Index	med	85.0	83.0	83.0
14:05	GBP	BoE Cunliffe Speech	med
14:30	CAD	BoC Business Outlook Survey	low
15:00	GBP	BoE Cunliffe Speech	med
15:45	USD	Fed Clarida Speech	med
16:00	EUR	German Bundesbank Weidmann Speech	med
18:20	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med
19:00	USD	Fed Harker Speech	med
21:00	NZD	NZIER Capacity Utilization	low	92.6%	93.0%	92.8%
21:00	NZD	NZIER Business Confidence	low	-40.0%	-60.0%	-63.0%
23:00	AUD	RBA Kent Speech	med

Oct 20	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
01:30	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 1Y	high	3.85%	3.85%	3.85%
01:30	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 5Y	med	4.65%	4.65%	4.65%
01:30	CNY	Chinese House Price Index YoY	med	4.6%	4.7%	4.8%
06:00	EUR	German PPI YoY	low	-1.0%	-1.1%	-1.2%
06:00	EUR	German PPI MoM	med	0.4%	0.2%	0.0%
06:00	CHF	Balance of Trade	med	2.7B	3.2B	3.3B*
08:00	EUR	Current Account	low	21.8B	26.8B	25.5B
09:30	GBP	BoE Vlieghe Speech	med
09:40	EUR	German 2-Year Schatz Auction	low	-0.8%		-0.73%
11:00	EUR	German Bundesbank Balz Speech	med
12:30	USD	Housing Starts	med	1.42M	1.46M	1.39M*
12:30	USD	Building Permits	med	1.55M	1.5M	1.48M*
12:30	USD	Building Permits MoM	med	5.2%	1.8%	-0.5%*
12:30	USD	Housing Starts MoM	med	1.9%	2.8%	-6.7%*
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	2.5%		1.2%
12:55	USD	Redbook MoM	low	1.0%		0.4%
14:30	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low	0.4%		2.2%
14:50	USD	Fed Quarles Speech	med
15:30	USD	119-Day Bill Auction	low	0.11%		0.11%
15:30	USD	42-Day Bill Auction	low	0.09%		0.09%
17:00	USD	Fed Evans Speech	med
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	0.58M		-5.42M

Oct 21	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:30	AUD	Westpac Leading Index MoM	low	0.2%	0.2%	0.5%
01:30	JPY	BoJ Sakurai Speech	med
02:00	NZD	Credit Card Spending YoY	low	-9.9%		-11.8%
04:30	JPY	All Industry Activity Index	low
06:00	GBP	GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing	low	-36.1B	-32.4B	-30.1B*
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.6%	0.4%	-0.6%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output	low	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Core Output MoM	low	0.2%	0.1%	0.1%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output MoM	low	-0.1%	0.0%	0.1%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Input MoM	low	1.1%	-0.7%	-0.2%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Input YoY	low	-3.7%	-5.6%	-5.6%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Output YoY	low	-0.9%	-1.0%	-0.9%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.4%	0.3%	-0.4%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	1.3%	1.0%	0.9%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate YoY	high	0.5%	0.4%	0.2%
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index MoM	low	0.3%	0.1%	-0.3%
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index YoY	low	1.1%	0.9%	0.5%
07:30	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
07:45	EUR	ECB Lane Speech	low
10:00	EUR	ECB Guindos Speech	med
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low	-0.6%		-0.7%
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	3.02%		3.0%
12:10	GBP	BoE Ramsden Speech	med
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales YoY	low	3.5%	4.0%	2.9%*
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales Ex Autos MoM	low	0.5%	0.7%	-0.4%
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales MoM	med	0.4%	1.1%	0.6%
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	1.0%	0.7%	0.8%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate MoM	med	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate YoY	high	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index MoM	med	1.2%	0.3%	0.5%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index YoY	med	3.2%	2.2%	2.1%
12:50	USD	Fed Brainard Speech	med
13:55	EUR	ECB Lane Speech	low
14:00	EUR	German Bundesbank Balz Speech	med
14:00	USD	Fed Mester Speech	med
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med	1.9M		-1.63M
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	-1.0M		-3.82M
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	med	-3.83M		-7.24M
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low	-0.14M		-0.26M
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low	-0.31M		-0.28M
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low	-1.07M		0.08M
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	0.98M		2.91M
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low	-0.55M		-0.28M
15:30	USD	105-Day Bill Auction	low	0.1%		0.11%
15:30	USD	154-Day Bill Auction	low	0.12%		0.12%
16:00	EUR	ECB Guindos Speech	med
17:00	USD	20-Year Bond Auction	low	1.37%		1.21%*
18:00	USD	Fed Beige Book	low
22:30	AUD	RBA Debelle Speech	med
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low			1,421.0B
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low			1,946.5B

Oct 22	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
06:00	EUR	German GfK Consumer Confidence	high		-3.0	-1.6
06:45	EUR	French Business Confidence	med		95.0	96.0
06:45	EUR	French Business Climate Indicator	low		88.0	92.0
07:00	EUR	ECB Panetta Speech	low
08:30	GBP	BoE Haldane Speech	med
09:25	GBP	BoE Gov Bailey Speech	med
10:00	GBP	CBI Industrial Trends Orders	med		-42.0	-48.0
10:00	GBP	CBI Business Optimism Index	med		-14.0	-1.0
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low		9,750.0k	10,018.0k
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med		915.0k	898.0k
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-Week Average	med		877.0k	866.25k
14:00	EUR	Consumer Confidence Flash	med		-14.6	-13.9
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales MoM	med		3.0%	2.4%*
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales	med		6.2M	6.0M*
14:00	USD	CB Leading Index MoM	low		0.6%	1.2%
14:00	USD	FDA Hearing on COVID-19 Vaccines	med
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low			46.0Bcf
15:00	USD	Kansas Fed Manufacturing Index	low		12.0	18.0
17:00	USD	5-Year TIPS Auction	low			-0.95%
17:10	USD	Fed Barkin Speech	med
21:45	NZD	Inflation Rate YoY	low		1.7%	1.5%
21:45	NZD	Inflation Rate QoQ	med		0.9%	-0.5%
22:00	AUD	Markit Composite PMI Flash	low		51.3	51.1
22:00	AUD	AIG Manufacturing Index	med		55.6	55.4
22:00	AUD	Markit Services PMI Flash	med		51.0	50.8
22:00	USD	Fed Kaplan Speech	med
23:01	GBP	Gfk Consumer Confidence	high		-26.0	-25.0
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate MoM	low		0.2%	-0.1%
23:30	JPY	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med		-0.3%	-0.4%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate YoY	high		0.1%	0.2%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate Ex-Food and Energy YoY	low		0.0%	-0.1%

Oct 23	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Composite PMI Flash	low		47.8	46.6
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Services PMI Flash	med		47.6	46.9
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		48.5	47.7
01:00	USD	Presidential Debate	med
06:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	low		0.4%	0.6%
06:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	low		4.5%	4.3%
06:00	GBP	Retail Sales YoY	med		3.4%	2.8%
06:00	GBP	Retail Sales MoM	med		0.5%	0.8%
07:15	EUR	French Markit Composite PMI Flash	low		46.0	48.5
07:15	EUR	French Markit Services PMI Flash	low		45.1	47.5
07:15	EUR	French Markit Manufacturing PMI Flash	low		50.5	51.2
07:30	EUR	German Markit Composite PMI Flash	low		53.2	54.7
07:30	EUR	German Markit Services PMI Flash	med		48.9	50.6
07:30	EUR	German Markit Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		55.1	56.4
08:00	EUR	Markit Composite PMI Flash	low		48.5	50.4
08:00	EUR	Markit Services PMI Flash	med		47.2	48.0
08:00	EUR	Markit Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		52.9	53.7
08:30	GBP	Markit/CIPS Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		52.9	54.1
08:30	GBP	Markit/CIPS UK Services PMI Flash	med		53.8	56.1
08:30	GBP	Markit/CIPS Composite PMI Flash	low		53.6	56.5
12:00	EUR	German Bundesbank Mauderer Speech	med
13:45	USD	Markit Composite PMI Flash	med		54.0	54.3
13:45	USD	Markit Services PMI Flash	med		54.1	54.6
13:45	USD	Manufacturing PMI	med		53.2	53.2
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low			205.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rig Count	low			282.0

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.