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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May 15	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
22:30	NZD	Services NZ PSI	low	51.4	52.1	51.5*
23:50	JPY	PPI YoY	low	10.0%	9.5%	9.7%*
23:50	JPY	PPI MoM	low	1.2%	0.6%	0.9%*

May 16	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	EUR	European Commission Spring Forecasts	high
02:00	CNY	Chinese Unemployment Rate	low	6.1%	6.0%	5.8%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Retail Sales YoY	med	-11.1%	-6.0%	-3.5%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Industrial Production YoY	med	-2.9%	0.4%	5.0%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Fixed Asset Investment (YTD) YoY	med	6.8%	6.0%	9.3%
02:00	CNY	Chinese NBS Press Conference	low
06:00	EUR	German Wholesale Prices MoM	med	2.1%	1.9%	6.9%
06:00	EUR	German Wholesale Prices YoY	med	23.8%	23.5%	22.6%
06:00	JPY	Machine Tool Orders YoY	low	25.0%	26.0%	30.2%
09:00	EUR	Trade Balance	med	-16.4B	19.8B	-8.8B*
09:30	EUR	German 12-Month Bubill Auction	low	-0.11%		-0.54%
12:15	CAD	Housing Starts	med	267.3k		248.4k*
12:30	CAD	Manufacturing Sales MoM Final	low	2.5%	1.7%	5.1%*
12:30	CAD	Wholesale Sales MoM Final	low	0.3%	-0.3%	-0.4%
12:30	USD	NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	med	-11.6	15.0	24.6
12:55	USD	Fed Williams Speech	med
13:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.15%		-0.12%
13:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.47%		-0.48%*
13:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.63%		-0.63%*
14:00	GBP	BoE Monetary Policy Report Hearings	med
15:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	1.05%		0.9%
15:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	1.49%		1.39%*
20:00	USD	Foreign Bond Investment	low	48.8B		75.3B
20:00	USD	Overall Net Capital Flows	low	149.2B		160.3B*
20:00	USD	Net Long-term TIC Flows	med	23.1B		141.7B

May 17	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
01:30	AUD	RBA Meeting Minutes	high
04:30	JPY	Tertiary Industry Activity Index	low	1.3%	0.1%	-1.8%*
05:30	EUR	French Unemployment Rate	low	7.3%	7.2%	7.4%
06:00	GBP	Average Earnings excl. Bonus	low	4.2%	4.2%	4.1%*
06:00	GBP	Average Earnings Index	med	7.0%	5.4%	5.6%*
06:00	GBP	Unemployment Rate	high	3.7%	3.8%	3.8%
06:00	GBP	Claimant Count Change	high	-56.9k	-42.0k	-81.6k*
06:00	GBP	Employment Change	med	83.0k	7.0k	10.0k
06:00	GBP	Labour Productivity QoQ Prel	low	-0.7%	0.4%	1.3%
09:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate YoY 2nd Est	med	5.1%	5.0%	4.7%
09:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate QoQ 2nd Est	med	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%
09:00	EUR	Employment Change QoQ Prel	med	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%*
09:00	EUR	Employment Change YoY Prel	med	2.6%	2.6%	2.1%*
09:00	GBP	30-Year Treasury Gilt Auction	low	2.04%		1.58%
09:30	EUR	German 2-Year Schatz Auction	low	0.29%		0.16%
12:00	USD	Fed Bullard Speech	med
12:30	CAD	Foreign Securities Purchases by Canadians	low	-23.98B		-9.91B*
12:30	CAD	Foreign Securities Purchases	low	46.94B		7.49B*
12:30	USD	Retail Sales YoY	low	8.2%	4.2%	7.3%*
12:30	USD	Retail Sales Ex Autos MoM	med	0.6%	0.3%	2.1%*
12:30	USD	Retail Sales MoM	high	0.9%	0.6%	1.4%*
12:30	USD	Retail Sales Ex Gas/Autos MoM	low	1.0%	-0.2%	1.2%*
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	12.7%		13.1%
13:15	USD	Manufacturing Production MoM	low	0.8%	0.3%	0.8%*
13:15	USD	Industrial Production	med	1.1%	0.4%	0.9%
13:15	USD	Industrial Production YoY	med	6.4%	2.0%	5.4%*
13:15	USD	Manufacturing Production YoY	low	5.8%	1.7%	4.8%*
13:15	USD	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	79.0%	78.3%	78.2%*
13:15	USD	Fed Harker Speech	med
14:00	USD	Business Inventories MoM	med	2.0%	1.7%	1.8%*
14:00	USD	NAHB Housing Market Index	med	69.0	75.0	77.0
14:00	USD	Retail Inventories Ex Autos MoM	low	2.5%	2.3%	1.6%*
15:00	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low	-2.9%		-8.5%
17:00	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
18:00	USD	Fed Chair Powell Speech	high
18:30	USD	Fed Mester Speech	med
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	-2.45M		1.62M*
22:45	USD	Fed Evans Speech	med
23:00	JPY	Reuters Tankan Index	med	5.0	10.0	11.0
23:50	JPY	GDP Price Index YoY Prel	low	-0.4%		-1.3%
23:50	JPY	GDP Capital Expenditure QoQ Prel	low	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%
23:50	JPY	GDP External Demand QoQ Prel	low	-0.4%	-0.4%	0.1%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Private Consumption QoQ Prel	low	0.0%	-0.4%	2.5%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Prel	high	-0.2%	-0.3%	0.9%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Annualized Prel	med	-1.0%	-1.9%	3.8%*

May 18	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	EUR	German G7 Finance Ministers' and CB Governors' meeting	low
01:30	AUD	Westpac Leading Index MoM	low	-0.2%	0.2%	0.3%
01:30	CNY	Chinese House Price Index YoY	med	0.7%	1.7%	1.5%
01:30	AUD	Wage Price Index QoQ	high	0.7%	0.6%	0.7%
01:30	AUD	Wage Price Index YoY	low	2.4%	2.5%	2.3%
03:35	JPY	5-Year JGB Auction	low	0.02%		0.01%*
04:30	JPY	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	-1.6%	0.2%	1.5%
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production MoM Final	med	0.3%	0.3%	2.0%
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production YoY Final	low	-1.7%	-1.7%	0.5%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.7%	1.0%	0.9%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output YoY	low	14.0%	12.2%	11.9%
06:00	GBP	PPI Input YoY	low	18.6%	19.9%	18.6%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Input MoM	low	1.1%	1.5%	4.6%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Output MoM	low	2.3%	0.9%	1.9%*
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate MoM	med	2.5%	2.5%	1.1%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	6.2%	6.1%	5.7%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate YoY	high	9.0%	8.9%	7.0%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output	low	13.0%	11.8%	11.8%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Core Output MoM	low	1.6%	0.9%	1.8%*
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index YoY	low	11.1%	10.8%	9.0%
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index MoM	low	3.4%	2.9%	1.0%
07:00	EUR	ECB Non-Monetary Policy Meeting	med
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	0.6%	0.6%	2.4%
09:00	EUR	Core Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	3.5%	3.5%	2.9%
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	7.4%	7.5%	7.4%
09:00	EUR	CPI Final	low	115.11	115.17	114.46
09:30	EUR	German 30-Year Bund Auction	low	1.16%		0.95%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low	-11.0%		2.0%
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	5.49%		5.53%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low	826.9		913.6
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low	319.4		358.9
11:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low	225.0		255.4
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	5.7%	5.5%	5.5%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.6%	0.5%	1.4%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate YoY	high	6.8%	6.6%	6.7%
12:30	CAD	CPI Trimmed-Mean YoY	low	5.1%	4.6%	4.8%*
12:30	CAD	CPI Median YoY	low	4.4%	3.8%	4.0%*
12:30	USD	Housing Starts	high	1.72M	1.78M	1.73M*
12:30	USD	Building Permits	high	1.82M	1.82M	1.88M*
12:30	USD	Housing Starts MoM	med	-0.2%	-0.7%	-2.8%*
12:30	USD	Building Permits MoM	med	-3.2%	-2.6%	1.2%*
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.7%	0.4%	1.0%
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low	0.24M		0.23M
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low	-0.14M		0.03M*
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low	0.57M		-0.72M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low	1.24M		-0.91M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low	0.0M		0.16M*
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low	-2.4M		-0.59M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	-3.39M		8.49M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low	-0.34M		0.63M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med	-4.78M		-3.61M*
15:30	USD	52-Week Bill Auction	low	2.1%		1.87%
17:00	USD	20-Year Bond Auction	low	3.29%		3.1%*
20:00	USD	Fed Harker Speech	med
22:45	NZD	PPI Input QoQ	low	3.6%		1.2%*
22:45	NZD	PPI Output QoQ	low	2.6%		1.5%*
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low	-342.9B		78.8B*
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low	370.8B		-820.3B*
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders YoY	med	7.6%	3.5%	4.3%
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders MoM	med	7.1%	3.3%	-9.8%
23:50	JPY	Imports YoY	low	28.2%	33.0%	31.2%
23:50	JPY	Exports YoY	med	12.5%	12.0%	14.7%
23:50	JPY	Balance of Trade	high	-839.2B	-1,000.0B	-414.1B*

May 19	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	NZD	Budget Day 2022	low
All Day	EUR	German G7 Finance Ministers' and CB Governors' meeting	low
01:30	AUD	Part Time Employment Chg	low	-88.4k	7.0k	0.4k*
01:30	AUD	Participation Rate	low	66.3%	66.4%	66.4%
01:30	AUD	Full Time Employment Chg	med	92.4k	15.0k	20.0k*
01:30	AUD	Unemployment Rate	high	3.9%	4.0%	3.9%*
01:30	AUD	Employment Change	med	4.0k	22.0k	20.0k*
08:00	EUR	Current Account	low	8.66B	23.0B	6.5B*
09:00	EUR	Construction Output YoY	med	3.3%	2.2%	8.9%*
09:00	EUR	French 5-Year BTAN Auction	low	1.06%		0.88%
09:00	EUR	French 3-Year BTAN Auction	low	0.63%		0.58%
10:00	GBP	CBI Industrial Trends Orders	med	26.0	17.0	14.0
11:30	EUR	ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts	med
12:30	CAD	Raw Materials Prices YoY	low	38.4%	31.0%	42.6%*
12:30	CAD	Raw Materials Prices MoM	low	-2.0%	8.0%	11.8%*
12:30	CAD	PPI YoY	low	16.4%	17.0%	17.9%*
12:30	CAD	PPI MoM	low	0.8%	1.9%	3.4%*
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	low	199.5k	198.0k	191.25k*
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low	1,317.0k	1,340.0k	1,342.0k*
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med	218.0k	207.0k	197.0k*
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Business Conditions	low	2.5	8.0	8.2
12:30	USD	Philly Fed CAPEX Index	low	9.6	19.0	19.9
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Employment	low	25.5	43.0	41.4
12:30	USD	Philly Fed New Orders	low	22.1	17.2	17.8
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Prices Paid	low	78.9	84.2	84.6
12:30	USD	Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	med	2.6	17.0	17.6
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index YoY	low	9.4%	11.1%	11.0%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index MoM	low	0.3%	0.9%	1.2%
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales MoM	low	-2.4%	-2.5%	-3.0%*
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales	high	5.61M	5.6M	5.75M*
14:00	USD	CB Leading Index MoM	low	-0.3%	0.2%	0.3%
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low	89.0Bcf		76.0Bcf
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low	0.9%		0.76%*
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low	0.64%		0.6%
16:00	CAD	2-Year Bond Auction	low	2.75%		2.69%*
17:00	USD	10-Year TIPS Auction	low	0.0%		-0.59%*
22:45	NZD	Balance of Trade	med	584.0M	-410.0M	-581.0M*
22:45	NZD	Exports	low	6.31B		6.48B*
22:45	NZD	Imports	low	5.73B		7.06B
23:01	GBP	Gfk Consumer Confidence	high	-40.0	-40.0	-38.0
23:30	JPY	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	2.1%	1.8%	0.8%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.4%	0.2%	0.4%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate YoY	high	2.5%	1.5%	1.2%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate Ex-Food and Energy YoY	low	0.8%	-0.4%	-0.7%

May 20	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	EUR	German G7 Finance Ministers' and CB Governors' meeting	low
All Day	CAD	ADP Employment Change	low		210.0k	475.0k
All Day	CAD	ADP Employment Change	low
01:15	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 5Y	med	4.45%	4.6%	4.6%
01:15	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 1Y	med	3.7%	3.7%	3.7%
03:00	NZD	Credit Card Spending YoY	low	1.1%	1.8%	3.4%
03:35	JPY	20-Year JGB Auction	low			0.64%*
06:00	EUR	German PPI YoY	low		31.5%	30.9%
06:00	EUR	German PPI MoM	med		1.3%	4.9%
06:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	med		-0.3%	-1.1%
06:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	low		-9.1%	-0.6%
06:00	GBP	Retail Sales YoY	med		-8.4%	0.9%
06:00	GBP	Retail Sales MoM	high		-0.2%	-1.4%
06:30	CHF	Industrial Production YoY	med		6.2%	7.3%
07:30	GBP	BoE Pill Speech	low
14:00	EUR	Consumer Confidence Flash	med		-21.3	-22.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rig Count	low			714.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low			563.0

May 21	Saturday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	AUD	Federal Elections	med

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.