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 4	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
21:30	AUD	Ai Group Construction Index	low	48.2	45.1	43.3
22:00	AUD	S&P Global Services PMI Final	med	47.6	47.2	49.3
22:00	AUD	S&P Global Composite PMI Final	low	48.0	47.7	49.8

Dec 5	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:00	AUD	TD-MI Inflation Gauge MoM	low	1.0%	0.3%	0.4%
All Day	EUR	Eurogroup Meeting	med
00:30	AUD	Business Inventories QoQ	low	1.7%	1.5%	0.5%*
00:30	AUD	Company Gross Profits QoQ	med	-12.4%	0.2%	7.8%*
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Services PMI Final	med	50.3	50.0	53.2
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Composite PMI Final	low	48.9	48.9	51.8
01:45	CNY	Chinese Caixin Composite PMI	low	47.0	47.0	48.3
01:45	CNY	Chinese Caixin Services PMI	med	46.7	47.0	48.4
01:45	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
08:50	EUR	French S&P Global Services PMI Final	med	49.3	49.4	51.7
08:50	EUR	French S&P Global Composite PMI Final	low	48.7	48.8	50.2
08:55	EUR	German S&P Global Composite PMI Final	low	46.3	46.4	45.1
08:55	EUR	German S&P Global Services PMI Final	med	46.1	46.4	46.5
09:00	EUR	S&P Global Composite PMI Final	low	47.8	47.8	47.3
09:00	EUR	S&P Global Services PMI Final	med	48.5	48.6	48.6
09:00	GBP	New Car Sales YoY	low	23.5%	4.2%	26.4%
09:30	GBP	S&P Global/CIPS UK Services PMI Final	med	48.8	48.8	48.8
09:30	GBP	S&P Global/CIPS Composite PMI Final	low	48.2	48.3	48.2
10:00	EUR	Retail Sales YoY	med	-2.7%	-2.2%	0.0%*
10:00	EUR	Retail Sales MoM	low	-1.8%	-1.9%	0.8%*
10:00	EUR	French Retail Sales MoM	low	-2.7%	0.5%	1.4%*
10:00	EUR	French Retail Sales YoY	low	-0.2%	0.3%	2.9%*
13:30	CAD	Building Permits MoM	low	-1.4%	0.9%	-18.2%*
14:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low	2.4%		2.35%*
14:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low	1.45%		1.5%
14:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low	1.93%		1.93%*
14:45	USD	S&P Global Composite PMI Final	med	46.4	46.3	48.2
14:45	USD	S&P Global Services PMI Final	med	46.2	46.1	47.8
15:00	USD	ISM Non-Manufacturing Business Activity	low	64.7	54.0	55.7
15:00	USD	ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices	low	70.0	70.2	70.7
15:00	USD	ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders	low	56.0	54.0	56.5
15:00	USD	ISM Non-Manufacturing Employment	med	51.5	49.5	49.1
15:00	USD	ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI	high	56.5	53.0	54.4
15:00	USD	Factory Orders ex Transportation	low	0.8%	0.1%	-0.2%*
15:00	USD	Factory Orders MoM	med	1.0%	0.4%	0.3%
16:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	4.27%		4.29%*
16:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	4.57%		4.55%
17:00	EUR	German Bundesbank Wuermeling Speech	low
23:30	JPY	Overtime Pay YoY	low	7.9%		6.7%
23:30	JPY	Average Cash Earnings YoY	low	1.8%	2.2%	2.1%
23:30	JPY	Household Spending YoY	low	1.2%	1.4%	2.3%
23:30	JPY	Household Spending MoM	low	1.1%	0.9%	1.8%

Dec 6	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:01	GBP	BRC Retail Sales Monitor YoY	med	4.1%	0.6%	1.2%
00:30	AUD	Current Account	low	-2.3B	11.1B	14.7B*
03:30	AUD	RBA Interest Rate Decision	med	3.1%	3.1%	2.85%
03:35	JPY	30-Year JGB Auction	low	1.48%		1.56%*
07:00	EUR	German Factory Orders MoM	med	0.8%	0.6%	-2.9%*
08:30	EUR	S&P Global Construction PMI	low	43.6	46.0	44.9
08:30	EUR	French S&P Global Construction PMI	low	40.7	49.9	44.3
08:30	EUR	German S&P Global Construction PMI	med	41.5	45.1	43.8
09:00	EUR	German New Car Registrations YoY	low	31.4%	12.0%	17.0%
09:30	GBP	S&P Global/CIPS Construction PMI	med	50.4	51.9	53.2
10:00	GBP	5-Year Treasury Gilt Auction	low	3.47%		3.63%*
10:10	EUR	ECB af Jochnick Speech	low
10:30	EUR	German 2-Year Schatz Auction	low	2.11%		2.28%
13:30	CAD	Exports	low	67.04B	65.0B	66.04B*
13:30	CAD	Imports	low	65.82B	62.0B	65.44B*
13:30	CAD	Balance of Trade	high	1.21B	3.4B	0.61B*
13:30	USD	Exports	med	256.6B	257.0B	258.5B*
13:30	USD	Imports	med	334.8B	330.0B	332.6B*
13:30	USD	Balance of Trade	high	-78.2B	-73.0B	-74.1B*
13:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	5.7%		10.4%
14:30	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low	0.6%	0.1%	2.4%
15:00	USD	LMI Logistics Managers Index Current	low	53.6		57.5
15:00	CAD	Ivey PMI s.a	high	51.4	49.0	50.1
21:30	AUD	Ai Group Services Index	med	45.6	48.6	47.7
21:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	-6.43M		-7.85M
23:00	JPY	Reuters Tankan Index	med	8.0	3.0	2.0
23:50	JPY	Foreign Exchange Reserves	low	1,226.3B		1,194.6B

Dec 7	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:00	USD	Total Vehicle Sales	low	14.1M		14.9M
00:30	AUD	GDP Final Consumption QoQ	low	0.8%		1.2%*
00:30	AUD	GDP Capital Expenditure QoQ	low	-0.2%		0.5%*
00:30	AUD	GDP Growth Rate YoY	med	5.9%	6.4%	3.4%*
00:30	AUD	GDP Growth Rate QoQ	med	0.6%	0.8%	0.9%
00:30	AUD	Building Permits MoM Final	med	-6.0%	-6.0%	-8.1%*
00:30	AUD	GDP Deflator QoQ	low	0.2%		3.2%*
00:30	AUD	RBA Chart Pack	low
00:30	AUD	Private House Approvals MoM Final	low	-2.2%	-2.2%	-8.5%*
00:30	AUD	Building Permits YoY Final	low	-6.4%	-6.4%	-12.9%*
01:30	JPY	BoJ Nakamura Speech	med
03:00	CNY	Chinese Balance of Trade	high	69.84B	81.0B	85.15B
03:00	CNY	Chinese Exports YoY	med	-8.7%	-3.5%	-0.3%
03:00	CNY	Chinese Imports YoY	med	-10.6%	-4.7%	-0.7%
05:00	JPY	Leading Economic Index Prel	low	99.0	97.0	98.2*
05:00	JPY	Coincident Index Prel	low	99.9	100.9	100.8*
06:45	CHF	Unemployment Rate	med	2.0%	1.9%	1.9%
07:00	EUR	German Industrial Production MoM	med	-0.1%	-0.8%	1.1%*
07:00	GBP	Halifax House Price Index	med	4.7%	7.1%	8.2%*
07:00	GBP	Halifax House Price Index MoM	med	-2.3%	-0.1%	-0.4%
07:10	EUR	ECB Lane Speech	low
07:45	EUR	French Imports	low	63.59B		69.34B*
07:45	EUR	French Current Account	low	-3.8B	-6.8B	-7.3B
07:45	EUR	French Balance of Trade	med	-12.15B	-16.5B	-17.17B*
07:45	EUR	French Foreign Exchange Reserves	low	238.63B		238.28B
07:45	EUR	French Exports	low	51.45B		52.18B*
08:00	CNY	Chinese Foreign Exchange Reserves	low	3.12	3.04	3.05*
08:00	CHF	Foreign Exchange Reserves	low	789.96B	820.0B	816.88B*
10:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate QoQ 3rd Est	med	0.3%	0.2%	0.8%
10:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate YoY 3rd Est	med	2.3%	2.1%	4.2%*
10:00	EUR	Employment Change YoY Final	med	1.8%	1.7%	2.6%*
10:00	EUR	Employment Change QoQ Final	med	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%*
10:00	GBP	BBA Mortgage Rate	low	5.88%	5.5%	5.41%*
11:00	GBP	BoE Evans Speech	low
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low	-1.9%		-0.8%
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low	340.8		325.5
12:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low	175.5		181.0
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low	204.2		208.1
12:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	6.41%		6.49%
12:00	EUR	ECB McCaul Speech	low
13:30	USD	Nonfarm Productivity QoQ Final	med	0.8%	0.3%	-4.1%
13:30	USD	Unit Labor Costs	med	2.4%	3.5%	8.9%*
14:30	EUR	ECB Panetta Speech	low
15:00	CAD	BoC Interest Rate Decision	med	4.25%	4.0%	3.75%
15:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low	1.49M		-1.73M*
15:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	-5.19M		-12.58M
15:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low	-0.3M		0.2M*
15:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low	-0.71M		-0.73M*
15:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low	-0.37M		-0.42M*
15:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low	0.02M		0.2M
15:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low	6.16M		3.55M*
15:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low	-0.05M		0.23M*
15:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med	5.32M		2.77M*
16:30	USD	17-Week Bill Auction	low			4.43%
16:30	USD	17-Week Bill Auction	low	4.4%		4.43%
20:00	USD	Consumer Credit Change	low	27.08B	28.0B	25.82B*
21:45	AUD	RBA Jones Speech	med
23:50	JPY	Bank Lending YoY	low	2.7%	2.5%	2.6%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Price Index YoY Final	low	-0.3%		-0.2%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Private Consumption QoQ Final	low	0.1%	0.3%	1.7%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Capital Expenditure QoQ Final	low	1.5%	1.5%	2.4%*
23:50	JPY	GDP External Demand QoQ Final	low	-0.6%	-0.7%	0.1%
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Final	med	-0.2%	-0.3%	1.1%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Annualized Final	med	-0.8%	-1.2%	4.5%*
23:50	JPY	Current Account	med	-64.1B	800.0B	909.3B
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low	-349.3B		443.2B*
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low	522.2B		-46.7B*

Dec 8	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
00:30	AUD	Exports MoM	low	-1.0%		7.0%
00:30	AUD	Imports MoM	low	-1.0%		0.3%*
00:30	AUD	Balance of Trade	high	12.22B	11.9B	12.44B*
00:30	AUD	RBA Bulletin	high
03:35	JPY	5-Year JGB Auction	low	0.12%		0.06%
03:35	JPY	6-Month Bill Auction	low	-0.13%		-0.11%*
05:00	JPY	Eco Watchers Survey Current	low	48.1	49.0	49.9
05:00	JPY	Eco Watchers Survey Outlook	low	45.1	47.0	46.4
08:00	EUR	German Bundesbank Wuermeling Speech	low
10:00	EUR	French New Car Registrations YoY	low	9.8%	4.3%	5.5%*
12:00	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
13:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med	230.0k	240.0k	226.0k*
13:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	low	230.0k	231.0k	229.0k*
13:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low	1,671.0k	1,620.0k	1,609.0k*
14:30	CHF	SNB Maechler Speech	med
15:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low	-21.0Bcf		-81.0Bcf
16:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low	3.65%		3.95%
16:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low	3.94%		4.08%
17:45	CAD	BoC Kozicki Speech	low
18:00	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
21:45	NZD	Manufacturing Sales YoY	low	3.1%	4.5%	-4.9%*
21:45	NZD	Electronic Card Retail Sales	low	0.3%	0.5%	1.0%
21:45	NZD	Electronic Retail Card Spending YoY	low	7.1%	5.1%	16.6%

Dec 9	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
01:30	CNY	Chinese Inflation Rate MoM	med	-0.2%	-0.1%	0.1%
01:30	CNY	Chinese PPI YoY	med	-1.3%	-1.6%	-1.3%
01:30	CNY	Chinese Inflation Rate YoY	med	1.6%	1.8%	2.1%
03:35	JPY	3-Month Bill Auction	low	-0.17%		-0.17%*
06:40	CNY	Chinese Vehicle Sales YoY	low	-7.9%	4.0%	6.9%
07:45	EUR	ECB Enria Speech	low
13:30	CAD	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	82.6%	82.2%	82.8%*
13:30	USD	Core PPI	med	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%*
13:30	USD	Core PPI YoY	low	6.2%	6.1%	6.7%
13:30	USD	PPI YoY	low	7.4%	7.3%	8.1%*
13:30	USD	PPI MoM	high	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%*
15:00	USD	Wholesale Inventories MoM	med	0.5%	0.8%	0.6%
15:00	USD	Michigan Inflation Expectations Prel	low	4.6%	4.8%	4.9%
15:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Sentiment Prel	high	59.1	56.4	56.8
15:00	USD	Michigan Current Conditions Prel	low	60.2	58.0	58.8
15:00	USD	Michigan 5 Year Inflation Expectations Prel	low	3.0%	2.9%	3.0%
15:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Expectations Prel	low	58.4	55.0	55.6
17:00	USD	WASDE Report	low
17:00	USD	Fed Quarterly Financial Accounts	med
18:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rig Count	low	780.0		784.0
18:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low	625.0		627.0
20:10	EUR	ECB McCaul Speech	low

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.