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.

Aug 18	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:00	AUD	Westpac Leading Index MoM	low	-0.12%	0.2%	-0.06%*
01:30	AUD	Wage Price Index YoY	low	1.7%	2.0%	1.5%*
01:30	AUD	Wage Price Index QoQ	high	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%*
02:00	NZD	Interest Rate Decision	high	0.25%	0.5%	0.25%
03:00	NZD	RBNZ Press Conference	med
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index MoM	low	0.5%	0.3%	0.7%
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index YoY	low	3.8%	3.6%	3.9%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output	low	3.9%	3.1%	3.1%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Core Output MoM	low	0.7%	0.3%	0.6%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Output YoY	low	4.9%	4.4%	4.5%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Input MoM	low	0.8%		0.5%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Input YoY	low	9.9%		9.7%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Output MoM	low	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%*
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	1.8%	2.1%	2.3%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.0%	0.3%	0.5%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate YoY	high	2.0%	2.4%	2.5%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
09:00	EUR	Construction Output YoY	med	2.8%		12.2%*
09:00	EUR	Core Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	0.7%	0.7%	0.9%
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	-0.1%	-0.1%	0.3%
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	2.2%	2.2%	1.9%
09:40	EUR	German 30-Year Bund Auction	low	-0.04%		0.03%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low	-3.9%		2.8%
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	3.06%		2.99%
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	3.3%	2.7%	2.7%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.6%	0.2%	0.3%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate YoY	high	3.7%	3.3%	3.1%
12:30	USD	Housing Starts MoM	med	-7.0%	-2.6%	3.5%*
12:30	USD	Building Permits MoM	med	2.6%	1.0%	-5.3%*
12:30	USD	Building Permits	med	1.64M	1.61M	1.59M*
12:30	USD	Housing Starts	med	1.53M	1.6M	1.65M*
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low	-0.84M		1.21M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low	0.04M		-0.19M
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med	0.7M		-1.4M
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low	-0.19M		0.28M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low	-0.81M		-0.8M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	-3.23M		-0.45M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low	-2.7M		1.77M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low	-0.04M		0.01M*
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low	-0.98M		-0.33M*
14:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 2.25 to 4.5 yrs	low
15:30	USD	119-Day Bill Auction	low	0.05%		0.03%*
17:00	USD	20-Year Bond Auction	low	1.85%		1.89%
18:00	USD	FOMC Minutes	high
23:00	JPY	Reuters Tankan Index	low	33.0	26.0	25.0
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low	198.8B		105.0B*
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low	661.8B		-1,103.6B

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.