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 4	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:30	AUD	RBA Statement on Monetary Policy	med
03:35	JPY	3-Month Bill Auction	low	-0.1%		-0.12%*
06:00	EUR	German Factory Orders MoM	med	7.0%	-2.0%	6.2%*
06:45	EUR	French Industrial Production MoM	med	-0.9%	-0.5%	1.1%*
06:45	EUR	French Private Non Farm Payrolls QoQ Prel	low	0.1%	0.2%	0.4%
06:50	EUR	German New Car Registrations YoY	low	18.1%	19.5%	24.8%
07:30	EUR	HCOB Construction PMI	low	43.5	44.5	44.2
07:30	EUR	French HCOB Construction PMI	low	42.9	44.8	43.7
07:30	EUR	German HCOB Construction PMI	low	41.0	42.6	41.4
08:00	GBP	New Car Sales YoY	low	28.3%		25.8%
08:30	GBP	S&P Global/CIPS Construction PMI	med	51.7	48.4	48.9
08:40	CNY	Chinese Current Account Prel	med	65.3B	85.0B	81.5B
09:00	EUR	Retail Sales MoM	low	-0.3%	0.4%	0.6%*
09:00	EUR	Retail Sales YoY	low	-1.4%	-2.3%	-2.4%*
12:30	CAD	Average Hourly Wages YoY	low	5.0%	4.1%	3.9%
12:30	CAD	Participation Rate	med	65.6%	65.8%	65.7%
12:30	CAD	Unemployment Rate	high	5.5%	5.4%	5.4%
12:30	CAD	Employment Change	med	-6.4k	20.0k	59.9k
12:30	CAD	Full Time Employment Chg	med	1.7k	40.0k	109.6k
12:30	CAD	Part Time Employment Chg	med	-8.1k	10.0k	-49.8k
12:30	USD	Average Weekly Hours	low	34.3	34.4	34.4
12:30	USD	Average Hourly Earnings MoM	high	0.4%	0.3%	0.4%
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Payrolls Private	low	172.0k	165.0k	128.0k*
12:30	USD	Unemployment Rate	high	3.5%	3.6%	3.6%
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Payrolls	high	187.0k	190.0k	185.0k*
12:30	USD	Manufacturing Payrolls	low	-2.0k	5.0k	6.0k*
12:30	USD	Participation Rate	med	62.6%	62.6%	62.6%
12:30	USD	Government Payrolls	low	15.0k	50.0k	57.0k*
12:30	USD	Average Hourly Earnings YoY	med	4.4%	4.2%	4.4%
12:30	USD	U-6 Unemployment Rate	low	6.7%	6.9%	6.9%
14:00	CAD	Ivey PMI s.a	high	48.6	49.7	50.2
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low	525.0		529.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rig Count	low	659.0		664.0

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.