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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Dec 6	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:00	AUD	TD-MI Inflation Gauge MoM	low	0.3%	0.3%	0.2%
All Day	EUR	Eurogroup Meeting	med
00:00	NZD	ANZ Commodity Prices YoY	low	26.1%		23.8%*
00:30	AUD	ANZ Job Advertisements MoM	low	7.4%	1.1%	6.2%
07:00	EUR	German Factory Orders MoM	med	-6.9%	-0.4%	1.8%*
08:30	EUR	Construction PMI	low	53.3	51.5	51.2
08:30	EUR	French Construction PMI	low	51.6		50.3
08:30	EUR	German Construction PMI	med	47.9	48.5	47.7
09:00	GBP	New Car Sales YoY	low	1.7%	-12.0%	-24.6%
09:30	GBP	Construction PMI	med	55.5	54.2	54.6
10:30	EUR	German New Car Registrations YoY	low			-34.9%
11:30	GBP	BoE Broadbent Speech	med
14:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.82%		-0.86%*
14:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.89%		-0.95%*
14:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.79%		-0.77%*
15:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases TIPS 1 to 7.5 yrs	low
16:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	0.11%		0.09%
16:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	0.06%		0.05%
21:30	AUD	Ai Group Services Index	med	49.6	53.0	47.6
23:30	JPY	Household Spending MoM	med		2.9%	5.0%*
23:30	JPY	Household Spending YoY	low		-0.4%	-1.9%
23:30	JPY	Average Cash Earnings YoY	low		0.5%	0.2%
23:50	JPY	Foreign Exchange Reserves	low			1,404.5B

Dec 7	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:00	USD	Total Vehicle Sales	med			12.99M
00:01	GBP	BRC Retail Sales Monitor YoY	med		1.1%	-0.2%
00:30	AUD	Building Permits MoM Final	med		-12.9%	-3.9%*
00:30	AUD	House Price Index YoY	low		17.5%	16.8%
00:30	AUD	House Price Index QoQ	low		4.9%	6.7%
03:00	CNY	Chinese Balance of Trade	med		79.0B	84.54B
03:00	CNY	Chinese Exports YoY	high		16.0%	27.1%
03:00	CNY	Chinese Imports YoY	high		21.0%	20.6%
03:30	AUD	RBA Interest Rate Decision	high		0.1%	0.1%
03:45	JPY	30-Year JGB Auction	low			0.68%
05:00	JPY	Leading Economic Index Prel	low		100.7	100.9
05:00	JPY	Coincident Index Prel	low		89.0	88.7
06:45	CHF	Unemployment Rate	med		2.6%	2.5%
07:00	EUR	German Industrial Production MoM	med		1.2%	-1.1%
07:00	GBP	Halifax House Price Index MoM	med		1.0%	0.9%
07:00	GBP	Halifax House Price Index	med		7.8%	8.1%
07:45	EUR	French Current Account	low			-2.7B
07:45	EUR	French Balance of Trade	med			-6.78B
08:00	CNY	Chinese Foreign Exchange Reserves	low		3.2	3.22*
08:00	CHF	Foreign Exchange Reserves	low			922.97B
10:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate QoQ 3rd Est	med		2.2%	2.1%*
10:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate YoY 3rd Est	med		3.7%	14.2%*
10:00	EUR	Employment Change YoY Final	low		2.0%	1.9%*
10:00	EUR	Employment Change QoQ Final	low		0.9%	0.7%*
10:00	EUR	ZEW Economic Sentiment Index	med		23.2	25.9
10:00	EUR	German ZEW Current Conditions	med		5.1	12.5
10:00	EUR	German ZEW Economic Sentiment Index	med		26.5	31.7
10:00	GBP	30-Year Treasury Gilt Auction	low			1.33%*
10:30	USD	LMI Logistics Managers Index Current	low			72.6
10:40	EUR	German 2-Year Schatz Auction	low			-0.71%
11:00	GBP	BBA Mortgage Rate	low		3.61%	3.61%
13:30	CAD	Exports	low		54.0B	53.0B
13:30	CAD	Imports	low		51.0B	51.14B
13:30	CAD	Balance of Trade	high		3.0B	1.86B
13:30	USD	Exports	low		224.0B	207.6B
13:30	USD	Imports	low		290.0B	288.5B
13:30	USD	Balance of Trade	high		-66.0B	-80.9B
13:30	USD	Nonfarm Productivity QoQ Final	low		-5.0%	2.4%*
13:30	USD	Unit Labor Costs	low		8.3%	1.1%
13:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low			16.9%
14:30	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low			1.9%
15:00	CAD	Ivey PMI s.a	high		58.7	59.3
15:00	USD	IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism	med		45.0	43.9
15:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 22.5 to 30 yrs	low
18:00	USD	3-Year Note Auction	low			0.7%
20:00	USD	Consumer Credit Change	low		33.0B	29.91B
21:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med			-0.75M*
23:00	JPY	Reuters Tankan Index	low		14.0	13.0
23:50	JPY	Bank Lending YoY	low		1.0%	0.9%
23:50	JPY	GDP Price Index YoY Final	low		-1.1%	-1.1%
23:50	JPY	GDP Private Consumption QoQ Final	low		-1.1%	0.9%
23:50	JPY	GDP Capital Expenditure QoQ Final	low		-3.8%	2.2%*
23:50	JPY	GDP External Demand QoQ Final	low		0.1%	-0.3%
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Final	med		-0.8%	0.4%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Annualized Final	low		-3.0%	1.5%*
23:50	JPY	Current Account	med		1,500.0B	1,033.7B

Dec 8	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:30	AUD	RBA Chart Pack	low
05:00	JPY	Eco Watchers Survey Current	low		56.0	55.5
05:00	JPY	Eco Watchers Survey Outlook	low		58.0	57.5*
06:30	EUR	French Private Non Farm Payrolls QoQ Final	low		0.5%	1.4%
06:30	EUR	French Non Farm Payrolls QoQ	low		0.3%	1.1%
08:15	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
08:30	EUR	ECB De Guindos Speech	low
10:40	EUR	German 10-Year Bund Auction	low			-0.29%
11:30	EUR	ECB De Guindos Speech	low
12:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low			3.31%
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low			-7.2%
12:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low			310.7
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low			2,304.5
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low			604.2
13:10	EUR	ECB Schnabel Speech	low
13:10	EUR	ECB Enria Speech	low
15:00	CAD	BoC Interest Rate Decision	high		0.25%	0.25%
15:00	USD	JOLTs Job Openings	high		10.4M	10.44M*
15:00	USD	JOLTs Job Quits	low		4.4M	4.43M*
15:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low			1.16M*
15:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low			0.09M*
15:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low			2.16M
15:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low			-0.05M*
15:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low			-0.45M
15:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med			4.03M*
15:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low			-0.01M*
15:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med			-0.91M
15:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low			0.07M*
15:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 2.25 to 4.5 yrs	low
18:00	USD	10-Year Note Auction	med			1.44%*
21:45	NZD	Manufacturing Sales YoY	low			18.8%
21:45	NZD	Manufacturing Sales YoY	low			18.8%
22:00	AUD	RBA Gov Lowe Speech	med
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low			-309.6B
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low			-1,343.2B
23:50	JPY	BSI Large Manufacturing QoQ	low		10.0%	7.0%

Dec 9	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:30	AUD	RBA Bulletin	med
01:30	CNY	Chinese Inflation Rate MoM	med		0.4%	0.7%
01:30	CNY	Chinese PPI YoY	med		13.2%	13.5%
01:30	CNY	Chinese Inflation Rate YoY	med		2.6%	1.5%
06:00	JPY	Machine Tool Orders YoY	low		83.0%	81.5%
07:00	EUR	German Current Account	low		21.5B	19.6B
07:00	EUR	German Balance of Trade s.a	low			13.2B
07:00	EUR	German Exports MoM s.a	low			-0.7%
07:00	EUR	German Imports MoM s.a	low			0.1%
07:00	EUR	German Balance of Trade	high		18.4B	16.2B
08:00	CHF	SECO Economic Forecasts	med
13:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	med		227.75k	238.75k
13:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low		1,880.0k	1,956.0k
13:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med		225.0k	222.0k
15:00	USD	Wholesale Inventories MoM	med		2.2%	1.4%
15:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low			-59.0Bcf
15:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 0 to 2.25 yrs	low
16:20	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 10 to 22.5 yrs	low
16:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low			0.05%*
16:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low			0.04%
17:00	USD	WASDE Report	low
18:00	USD	30-Year Bond Auction	med			1.94%
19:00	CAD	BoC Gov Gravelle Speech	med
21:30	NZD	Business NZ PMI	med		57.1	54.3
21:45	NZD	Electronic Card Retail Sales	low		12.1%	10.1%
21:45	NZD	Electronic Retail Card Spending YoY	low		4.9%	-7.6%
23:50	JPY	PPI YoY	low		8.7%	8.0%
23:50	JPY	PPI MoM	low		0.5%	1.2%

Dec 10	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
07:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate YoY Final	low		6.0%	4.6%
07:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate MoM Final	low		0.3%	0.5%
07:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate MoM Final	med		-0.2%	0.5%
07:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate YoY Final	med		5.2%	4.5%
07:00	GBP	GDP YoY	high		5.1%	5.3%
07:00	GBP	Goods Trade Balance	med		-14.0B	-14.74B*
07:00	GBP	GDP MoM	high		0.4%	0.6%
07:00	GBP	GDP 3-Month Avg	med		1.1%	1.3%
07:00	GBP	Balance of Trade	high		-3.2B	-2.8B
07:00	GBP	Construction Output	low		5.5%	7.2%
07:00	GBP	Industrial Production YoY	low		2.1%	2.9%
07:00	GBP	Industrial Production MoM	med		0.1%	-0.4%*
07:00	GBP	Manufacturing Production YoY	high		1.2%	2.8%
07:00	GBP	Manufacturing Production MoM	high		0.0%	-0.1%
07:00	GBP	Goods Trade Balance Non-EU	med		-8.9B	-9.1B*
09:05	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
10:00	EUR	ECB Panetta Speech	low
10:10	EUR	ECB McCaul Speech	low
13:00	GBP	NIESR Monthly GDP Tracker	low		1.0%	1.0%
13:30	CAD	Capacity Utilization Rate	low		82.3%	82.0%
13:30	USD	Inflation Rate MoM	med		0.8%	0.9%
13:30	USD	Core Inflation Rate MoM	med		0.5%	0.6%
13:30	USD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	high		4.9%	4.6%
13:30	USD	Inflation Rate YoY	high		6.9%	6.2%
14:40	EUR	ECB Elderson Speech	low
15:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Sentiment Prel	high		67.0	67.4
15:00	USD	Michigan 5 Year Inflation Expectations Prel	low		3.1%	3.0%
15:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Expectations Prel	low		63.0	63.5
15:00	USD	Michigan Inflation Expectations Prel	low		5.0%	4.9%
15:00	USD	Michigan Current Conditions Prel	low		73.0	73.6
15:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 7 to 10 yrs	low
18:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rig Count	low			569.0
18:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low			467.0
19:00	USD	Monthly Budget Statement	med		-190.0B	-165.0B

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.