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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.
Jul 6 | Monday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 01:00 | AUD | TD-MI Inflation Gauge MoM | low | 0.6% | -1.5% | -1.2% | |
| 01:30 | AUD | ANZ Job Advertisements MoM | low | 42.0% | 0.8% | -0.3%* | |
| 06:00 | EUR | German Factory Orders MoM | med | 10.4% | 14.5% | -26.2%* | |
| 07:30 | EUR | Construction PMI | low | 48.3 | 46.0 | 39.5 | |
| 07:30 | EUR | French Construction PMI | low | 53.8 | 47.0 | 32.4 | |
| 07:30 | EUR | German Construction PMI | med | 41.3 | 45.0 | 40.1 | |
| 08:00 | GBP | New Car Sales YoY | low | -34.9% | -36.0% | -89.0% | |
| 08:30 | GBP | Construction PMI | med | 55.3 | 45.0 | 28.9 | |
| 09:00 | EUR | Retail Sales YoY | med | -5.1% | -8.6% | -19.6% | |
| 09:00 | EUR | Retail Sales MoM | low | 17.8% | 14.8% | -12.1%* | |
| 09:00 | EUR | French Retail Sales YoY | low | -12.0% | -20.0% | -30.1%* | |
| 09:00 | EUR | French Retail Sales MoM | low | 25.6% | 15.5% | -19.0%* | |
| 13:45 | USD | Markit Services PMI Final | med | 47.9 | 46.7 | 37.5 | |
| 13:45 | USD | Markit Composite PMI Final | med | 47.9 | 46.8 | 37.0 | |
| 14:00 | USD | ISM Non-Manufacturing Business Activity | med | 66.0 | 50.6 | 41.0 | |
| 14:00 | USD | ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices | med | 62.4 | 52.9 | 55.6 | |
| 14:00 | USD | ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders | med | 61.6 | 45.0 | 41.9 | |
| 14:00 | USD | ISM Non-Manufacturing Employment | med | 43.1 | 42.0 | 31.8 | |
| 14:00 | USD | ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI | med | 57.1 | 49.0 | 45.4 | |
| 14:30 | CAD | BoC Business Outlook Survey | low | ||||
| 22:05 | NZD | NZIER Capacity Utilization | low | 92.8% | 90.0% | 92.1% | |
| 22:05 | NZD | NZIER Business Confidence | low | -63.0% | -60.0% | -70.0% | |
| 22:30 | AUD | Ai Group Services Index | med | 31.5 | 36.0 | 31.6 | |
| 23:30 | JPY | Household Spending YoY | low | -16.2% | -13.0% | -11.1% | |
| 23:30 | JPY | Household Spending MoM | low | -0.1% | 1.5% | -6.2% | |
| 23:30 | JPY | Average Cash Earnings YoY | low | -2.1% | -0.5% | -0.7%* | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Foreign Exchange Reserves | low | 1,383.2B | 1,378.2B | ||
Jul 7 | Tuesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 04:30 | AUD | RBA Interest Rate Decision | high | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | |
| 05:00 | JPY | Leading Economic Index Prel | low | 79.3 | 80.0 | 77.7 | |
| 05:00 | JPY | Coincident Index Prel | low | 74.6 | 77.0 | 80.1 | |
| 06:00 | EUR | German Industrial Production MoM | med | 7.8% | 11.6% | -17.5%* | |
| 06:45 | EUR | French Current Account | low | -8.5B | -1.0B | -5.8B* | |
| 06:45 | EUR | French Balance of Trade | med | -7.1B | -3.8B | -5.1B* | |
| 07:00 | CHF | Foreign Exchange Reserves | low | 850.1B | 816.5B* | ||
| 07:30 | GBP | Halifax House Price Index | med | -0.1% | -0.6% | -0.2% | |
| 07:30 | GBP | Halifax House Price Index | med | 2.5% | 2.0% | 2.6% | |
| 08:00 | CNY | Chinese Foreign Exchange Reserves | low | 3.11 | 3.1 | 3.1* | |
| 08:30 | GBP | Labour Productivity QoQ Final | low | -1.3% | -1.1% | 0.2%* | |
| 12:55 | USD | Redbook MoM | low | -0.6% | -0.7% | ||
| 12:55 | USD | Redbook YoY | low | -6.9% | -5.7% | ||
| 13:00 | USD | Fed Bostic Speech | med | ||||
| 14:00 | CAD | Ivey PMI s.a | high | 58.2 | 43.0 | 39.1 | |
| 14:00 | USD | IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism | med | 44.0 | 46.0 | 47.0 | |
| 14:00 | USD | JOLTs Job Openings | med | 5.4M | 4.5M | 5.0M* | |
| 15:00 | NZD | Global Dairy Trade Price Index | low | 8.3% | 1.9% | ||
| 17:00 | USD | Fed Quarles Speech | med | ||||
| 18:00 | USD | Fed Daly Speech | med | ||||
| 18:00 | USD | Fed Barkin Speech | med | ||||
| 20:30 | USD | API Crude Oil Stock Change | med | 2.0M | -8.16M* | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Bank Lending YoY | low | 6.2% | 4.3% | 4.8% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Current Account | med | 1,176.8B | 1,000.0B | 262.7B | |
Jul 8 | Wednesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 00:00 | USD | Total Vehicle Sales | med | 13.1M | 12.2M | ||
| 01:30 | AUD | RBA Chart Pack | low | ||||
| 05:00 | JPY | Eco Watchers Survey Current | low | 38.8 | 20.0 | 15.5 | |
| 05:00 | JPY | Eco Watchers Survey Outlook | low | 44.0 | 36.5 | ||
| 05:45 | CHF | Unemployment Rate | med | 3.2% | 3.6% | 3.4% | |
| 08:45 | EUR | ECB Guindos Speech | med | ||||
| 11:00 | USD | MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate | low | 3.26% | 3.29% | ||
| 11:00 | USD | MBA Mortgage Applications | low | 2.2% | -1.8% | ||
| 11:30 | GBP | Supplementary Budget | high | ||||
| 14:00 | EUR | ECB Guindos Speech | med | ||||
| 14:30 | USD | EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change | med | 5.65M | 3.0M | -7.2M* | |
| 14:30 | USD | EIA Crude Oil Imports Change | low | 2.13M | -0.51M* | ||
| 14:30 | USD | EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change | med | 2.21M | -0.26M* | ||
| 16:15 | USD | Fed Bostic Speech | med | ||||
| 17:45 | EUR | German Bundesbank Buch Speech | med | ||||
| 19:00 | USD | Consumer Credit Change | low | -18.2B | -17.0B | -70.2B* | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Foreign Bond Investment | low | -522.8B | 150.0B | 196.2B* | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Stock Investment by Foreigners | low | -77.0B | 200.0B | -494.3B* | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Machinery Orders MoM | med | 1.7% | -5.5% | -12.0% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Machinery Orders YoY | med | -16.3% | -15.0% | -17.7% | |
Jul 9 | Thursday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| All Day | EUR | Eurogroup Meeting | high | ||||
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese Inflation Rate MoM | med | -0.1% | 0.0% | -0.8% | |
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese PPI YoY | med | -3.0% | -3.1% | -3.7% | |
| 01:30 | CNY | Chinese Inflation Rate YoY | med | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.4% | |
| 01:30 | AUD | Home Loans MoM | low | -10.2% | 3.0% | -5.0% | |
| 01:30 | AUD | Investment Lending for Homes | low | -15.6% | 2.5% | -4.2% | |
| 06:00 | EUR | German Current Account | low | 6.5B | 14.9B | 9.1B* | |
| 06:00 | EUR | German Balance of Trade s.a | low | 7.6B | 3.4B* | ||
| 06:00 | EUR | German Exports MoM s.a | low | 9.0% | -24.0% | ||
| 06:00 | EUR | German Imports MoM s.a | low | 3.5% | -16.6%* | ||
| 06:00 | EUR | German Balance of Trade | high | 7.1B | 21.1B | 3.6B* | |
| 06:00 | JPY | Machine Tool Orders YoY | low | -32.0% | -43.0% | -52.8% | |
| 12:00 | EUR | German Bundesbank Buch Speech | med | ||||
| 12:15 | CAD | Housing Starts | med | 211.7k | 210.0k | 195.5k* | |
| 12:30 | USD | Jobless Claims 4-Week Average | med | 1,437.25k | 1,457.0k | 1,500.25k* | |
| 12:30 | USD | Initial Jobless Claims | med | 1,314.0k | 1,380.0k | 1,413.0k* | |
| 12:30 | USD | Continuing Jobless Claims | low | 18,062.0k | 19,200.0k | 18,760.0k* | |
| 14:00 | USD | Wholesale Inventories MoM | med | -1.2% | -1.2% | 0.2%* | |
| 14:30 | USD | EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change | low | 56.0Bcf | 65.0Bcf | ||
| 16:00 | USD | Fed Bostic Speech | med | ||||
| 22:45 | NZD | Electronic Card Retail Sales | low | 78.9% | |||
| 22:45 | NZD | Electronic Retail Card Spending YoY | low | -6.0% | |||
| 23:50 | JPY | PPI YoY | low | -2.0% | -2.7% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | PPI MoM | low | 0.2% | -0.4% | ||
Jul 10 | Friday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
| 06:45 | EUR | French Industrial Production MoM | med | 15.2% | -20.1% | ||
| 08:00 | EUR | French IEA Oil Market Report | med | ||||
| 12:30 | CAD | Average Hourly Wages YoY | low | 10.0% | |||
| 12:30 | CAD | Part Time Employment Chg | med | 200.0k | 70.3k | ||
| 12:30 | CAD | Full Time Employment Chg | med | 400.0k | 219.4k | ||
| 12:30 | CAD | Participation Rate | med | 61.6% | 61.4% | ||
| 12:30 | CAD | Employment Change | med | 600.0k | 289.6k | ||
| 12:30 | CAD | Unemployment Rate | med | 11.9% | 13.7% | ||
| 12:30 | USD | Core PPI YoY | low | 0.5% | 0.3% | ||
| 12:30 | USD | Core PPI | med | 0.2% | -0.1% | ||
| 12:30 | USD | PPI YoY | low | -0.3% | -0.8% | ||
| 12:30 | USD | PPI MoM | high | 0.3% | 0.4% | ||
| 16:00 | USD | WASDE Report | low | ||||
| 17:00 | USD | Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count | low | 185.0 | |||
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.
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