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.

Jan 17	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CHF	World Economic Forum Annual Meeting	med
02:00	CNY	Chinese Industrial Production YoY	med	1.3%	0.8%	2.2%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Unemployment Rate	med	5.5%	5.9%	5.7%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Retail Sales YoY	med	-1.8%	-8.3%	-5.9%
02:00	CNY	Chinese GDP Growth Rate YoY	high	2.9%	1.5%	3.9%
02:00	CNY	Chinese GDP Growth Rate QoQ	med	0.0%	-0.8%	3.9%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Fixed Asset Investment (YTD) YoY	med	5.1%	5.5%	5.3%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Industrial Capacity Utilization	low	75.7%	73.0%	75.6%
04:30	JPY	Tertiary Industry Activity Index	low	-0.2%	0.1%	0.5%*
07:00	GBP	Employment Change	med	27.0k	15.0k	27.0k
07:00	GBP	Average Earnings excl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	low	6.4%	6.2%	6.1%
07:00	GBP	Average Earnings incl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	med	6.4%	6.1%	6.2%*
07:00	GBP	Claimant Count Change	high	19.7k	16.0k	16.1k*
07:00	GBP	Unemployment Rate	high	3.7%	3.7%	3.7%
07:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate MoM Final	med	-0.8%	-0.8%	-0.5%
07:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	9.6%	9.6%	11.3%
07:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	-1.2%	-1.2%	0.0%
07:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	8.6%	8.6%	10.0%
07:00	EUR	German CPI	low	120.6	120.6	121.6
07:00	GBP	HMRC Payrolls Change	low	28.0k	129.0k	70.0k*
08:00	EUR	ECB Fernandez-Bollo Speech	low
10:00	EUR	ZEW Economic Sentiment Index	med	16.7	-17.0	-23.6
10:00	EUR	German ZEW Economic Sentiment Index	med	16.9	-16.0	-23.3
10:00	EUR	German ZEW Current Conditions	med	-58.6	-60.0	-61.4
10:00	GBP	3-Year Treasury Gilt Auction	low	3.63%		3.81%*
10:30	EUR	German 5-Year Bobl Auction	low	2.22%		1.99%
13:15	CAD	Housing Starts	med	248.6k	244.0k	263.0k*
13:30	CAD	Foreign Securities Purchases	low	12.76B		9.09B*
13:30	CAD	Foreign Securities Purchases by Canadians	low	14.13B		-1.67B
13:30	USD	NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	med	-32.9	-5.2	-11.2
13:30	CAD	Inflation Rate YoY	high	6.3%	6.4%	6.8%
13:30	CAD	Inflation Rate MoM	med	-0.6%	-0.3%	0.1%
13:30	CAD	CPI Trimmed-Mean YoY	low	5.3%	5.2%	5.4%*
13:30	CAD	CPI Median YoY	low	5.0%	4.8%	5.1%*
13:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	5.4%	5.9%	5.8%
13:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	-0.3%	0.1%	0.0%
15:00	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low	-0.1%		-2.8%
16:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	4.56%		4.56%
16:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	4.69%		4.71%
20:00	USD	Fed Williams Speech	med
21:45	NZD	Electronic Retail Card Spending YoY	low	4.8%	7.5%	7.1%
21:45	NZD	Electronic Card Retail Sales	low	-2.5%	0.8%	0.3%
23:00	JPY	Reuters Tankan Index	med	-6.0	6.0	8.0
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders MoM	med	-8.3%	-3.0%	5.4%
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders YoY	med	-3.7%	-1.1%	0.4%

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.