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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Aug 7	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
02:40	CNY	Chinese Foreign Exchange Reserves	low	3.1	3.1	3.07*
03:00	CNY	Chinese Balance of Trade	high	101.26B	99.0B	97.94B
03:00	CNY	Chinese Exports YoY	med	18.0%	18.0%	17.9%
03:00	CNY	Chinese Imports YoY	med	2.3%	3.0%	1.0%
23:50	JPY	Bank Lending YoY	low	1.8%	0.9%	1.2%*
23:50	JPY	Current Account	med	-132.4B	-680.0B	128.4B

Aug 8	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
03:00	NZD	Business Inflation Expectations	low	3.1%		3.3%
05:00	JPY	Eco Watchers Survey Current	low	43.8	53.0	52.9
05:00	JPY	Eco Watchers Survey Outlook	low	42.8	48.0	47.6
05:45	CHF	Unemployment Rate	med	2.0%	2.1%	2.0%
13:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low	0.55%		0.45%*
13:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low	0.05%		0.0%*
13:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low	0.18%		0.18%
15:00	USD	Consumer Inflation Expectations	low	6.2%	6.7%	6.8%
15:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	2.58%		2.49%
15:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	3.04%		2.85%
22:45	NZD	Electronic Retail Card Spending YoY	low	-0.5%	0.8%	2.9%*
22:45	NZD	Electronic Card Retail Sales	low	-0.2%	0.2%	0.0%*
23:01	GBP	BRC Retail Sales Monitor YoY	med	1.6%	-1.1%	-1.3%

Aug 9	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:30	AUD	Westpac Consumer Confidence Change	high	-3.0%	1.4%	-3.0%
00:30	AUD	Westpac Consumer Confidence Index	high	81.2	85.0	83.8
01:30	AUD	NAB Business Confidence	high	7.0	2.0	2.0*
03:35	JPY	30-Year JGB Auction	low	1.12%		1.23%*
03:35	JPY	6-Month Bill Auction	low	-0.18%		-0.21%*
06:00	JPY	Machine Tool Orders YoY	low	5.5%	14.0%	17.1%
09:00	GBP	30-Year Treasury Gilt Auction	low	2.36%		2.53%*
09:30	EUR	German 2-Year Schatz Auction	low	0.58%		0.34%
10:00	USD	NFIB Business Optimism Index	low	89.9	88.0	89.5
12:30	USD	Unit Labour Costs QoQ Prel	med	10.8%	10.0%	12.7%*
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Productivity QoQ Prel	med	-4.6%	-5.0%	-7.4%*
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	10.4%		15.5%
14:00	USD	IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism	med	38.1	38.6	38.5
15:30	USD	52-Week Bill Auction	low	3.2%		2.96%
17:00	USD	3-Year Note Auction	low	3.2%		3.09%*
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	2.16M		2.17M*
23:50	JPY	PPI YoY	low	8.6%	8.7%	9.4%*
23:50	JPY	PPI MoM	low	0.4%	0.2%	0.9%*

Aug 10	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
01:30	AUD	Building Permits MoM Final	med
01:30	AUD	Private House Approvals MoM Final	low
01:30	CNY	Chinese Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.5%	0.1%	0.0%
01:30	CNY	Chinese PPI YoY	med	4.2%	5.9%	6.1%
01:30	CNY	Chinese Inflation Rate YoY	med	2.7%	2.5%	2.5%
06:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	8.5%	8.5%	8.2%
06:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	0.8%	0.8%	-0.1%
06:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate MoM Final	med	0.9%	0.9%	0.1%
06:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	7.5%	7.5%	7.6%
09:30	EUR	German 30-Year Bund Auction	low	1.1%		1.41%
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	5.47%		5.43%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low	662.9		640.6
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low	279.8		279.2
11:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low	205.4		208.4
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low	0.2%		1.2%
12:30	USD	Core Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.3%	0.4%	0.7%
12:30	USD	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.0%	0.4%	1.3%
12:30	USD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	high	5.9%	5.9%	5.9%
12:30	USD	Inflation Rate YoY	high	8.5%	9.1%	9.1%
12:30	USD	CPI	med	296.28	297.8	296.31*
14:00	USD	Wholesale Inventories MoM	med	1.8%	1.9%	1.9%
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med	-4.98M		0.16M*
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low	0.73M		-0.17M*
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low	0.04M		0.02M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low	0.86M		-0.37M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low	0.19M		-0.08M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low	2.17M		-2.4M
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low	0.72M		0.93M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	5.46M		4.47M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low	0.23M		2.21M*
17:00	USD	10-Year Note Auction	low	2.76%		2.96%
18:00	USD	Monthly Budget Statement	med	-211.0B	-101.0B	-89.0B
22:45	NZD	Visitor Arrivals YoY	low	83.5%	15.0%	26.3%
23:01	GBP	RICS House Price Balance	med	63.0%	61.0%	65.0%

Aug 11	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	JPY	Mountain Day	low
01:00	AUD	Consumer Inflation Expectations	low	5.9%	6.2%	6.3%
06:30	CNY	Chinese Vehicle Sales YoY	low	29.7%	15.0%	23.8%*
08:00	EUR	French IEA Oil Market Report	med
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med	262.0k	258.0k	248.0k*
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low	1,428.0k	1,363.0k	1,420.0k*
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	low	252.0k	246.0k	247.5k*
12:30	USD	PPI YoY	low	9.8%	10.9%	11.3%
12:30	USD	PPI MoM	high	-0.5%	0.4%	1.0%*
12:30	USD	Core PPI	med	0.2%	0.5%	0.4%
12:30	USD	Core PPI YoY	low	7.6%	8.1%	8.2%
14:00	EUR	German Current Account	low	16.2B	4.8B	2.5B
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low	44.0Bcf		41.0Bcf
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low			2.28%
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low			2.11%
16:00	CAD	2-Year Bond Auction	low			3.31%*
17:00	USD	30-Year Bond Auction	low			3.12%*
22:30	NZD	Business NZ PMI	med		49.2	49.7
22:45	NZD	Food Price Index	low		6.5%	6.6%
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low			37.1B
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low			-120.3B

Aug 12	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	AUD	HIA New Home Sales MoM	med		0.8%	1.9%
All Day	CNY	Chinese New Loans	low		2,700.0B	2,810.0B
All Day	CNY	Chinese Outstanding Loan Growth YoY	low		11.0%	11.2%
All Day	CNY	Chinese M2 Money Supply	low		11.3%	11.4%
All Day	CNY	Chinese Total Social Financing	low		4,900.0B	5,170.0B
03:35	JPY	3-Month Bill Auction	low			-0.13%*
05:30	EUR	French Unemployment Rate	low		7.3%	7.3%
06:00	GBP	GDP 3-Month Avg	med		-0.2%	0.4%
06:00	GBP	Goods Trade Balance Non-EU	med		-9.9B	-10.37B*
06:00	GBP	GDP MoM	high		-1.3%	0.5%
06:00	GBP	Construction Output	med		2.7%	4.8%
06:00	GBP	Industrial Production MoM	low		-1.0%	0.9%
06:00	GBP	Industrial Production YoY	med		1.7%	1.4%
06:00	GBP	Manufacturing Production YoY	high		1.5%	2.3%
06:00	GBP	Manufacturing Production MoM	high		-1.1%	1.4%
06:00	GBP	Balance of Trade	med		-9.6B	-9.75B*
06:00	GBP	Business Investment QoQ Prel	med		0.8%	-0.6%
06:00	GBP	Business Investment YoY Prel	low		1.2%	8.3%
06:00	GBP	GDP Growth Rate YoY Prel	high		2.8%	8.7%
06:00	GBP	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Prel	high		-0.2%	0.8%
06:00	GBP	GDP YoY	low		1.3%	3.5%
06:00	GBP	Goods Trade Balance	med		-21.1B	-21.45B*
06:00	GBP	Construction Orders YoY	low		-88.0%	13.4%
06:45	EUR	French Harmonised Inflation Rate MoM Final	low		0.3%	0.9%
06:45	EUR	French Inflation Rate YoY Final	low		6.1%	5.8%
06:45	EUR	French Inflation Rate MoM Final	low		0.3%	0.7%
06:45	EUR	French Harmonised Inflation Rate YoY Final	low		6.8%	6.5%
09:00	EUR	Industrial Production	low		0.8%	1.6%
09:00	EUR	Industrial Production	med		-0.1%	0.8%
12:00	GBP	NIESR Monthly GDP Tracker	low		0.2%	0.2%
12:30	USD	Export Prices YoY	low		17.1%	18.2%
12:30	USD	Import Prices YoY	low		8.8%	10.7%
12:30	USD	Import Prices MoM	med		-1.2%	0.2%
12:30	USD	Export Prices MoM	med		0.1%	0.7%
14:00	USD	Michigan Inflation Expectations Prel	low		5.1%	5.2%
14:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Sentiment Prel	high		51.3	51.5
14:00	USD	Michigan Current Conditions Prel	low		58.0	58.1
14:00	USD	Michigan 5 Year Inflation Expectations Prel	low		2.8%	2.9%
14:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Expectations Prel	low		47.5	47.3
16:00	USD	WASDE Report	low
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rig Count	low			764.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low			598.0

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.