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 3	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Composite PMI Final	low	52.2	52.1	52.1
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Services PMI Final	med	53.8	53.9	54.0
01:30	AUD	Retail Sales MoM Final	low	-0.8%	-0.8%	0.8%*
01:30	AUD	Imports MoM	low	-4.0%		3.5%*
01:30	AUD	Exports MoM	low	-2.0%		3.2%*
01:30	AUD	Balance of Trade	high	11.32B	10.8B	10.5B*
01:45	CNY	Chinese Caixin Composite PMI	low	51.9	51.0	52.5
01:45	CNY	Chinese Caixin Services PMI	med	54.1	52.0	53.9
06:00	EUR	German Balance of Trade	high	18.7B	16.0B	14.6B*
06:00	EUR	German Exports MoM	med	0.1%		0.1%*
06:00	EUR	German Imports MoM	low	-3.4%		1.4%*
06:30	CHF	Inflation Rate MoM	low	-0.1%	-0.1%	0.1%
06:30	CHF	Inflation Rate YoY	med	1.6%	1.6%	1.7%
06:30	CHF	CPI	low	106.2	106.2	106.3
06:45	EUR	French Budget Balance	low	-116.18B	-100.0B	-107.22B
07:50	EUR	French HCOB Services PMI Final	med	47.1	47.4	48.0
07:50	EUR	French HCOB Composite PMI Final	low	46.6	46.6	47.2
07:55	EUR	German HCOB Services PMI Final	med	52.3	52.0	54.1
07:55	EUR	German HCOB Composite PMI Final	low	48.5	48.3	50.6
08:00	EUR	HCOB Composite PMI Final	low	48.6	48.9	49.9
08:00	EUR	HCOB Services PMI Final	med	50.9	51.1	52.0
08:30	GBP	S&P Global/CIPS Services PMI Final	med	51.5	51.5	53.7
08:30	GBP	S&P Global/CIPS Composite PMI Final	low	50.8	50.7	52.8
09:00	EUR	PPI YoY	low	-3.4%	-3.2%	-1.6%*
09:00	EUR	PPI MoM	low	-0.4%	-0.3%	-1.9%
09:00	EUR	French 10-Year OAT Auction	low	3.09%		3.04%
09:00	EUR	ECB Panetta Speech	low
11:00	GBP	Official Bank Rate	high	5.25%	5.25%	5.0%*
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Cut	med	0.0		0.0
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Unchanged	med	1.0		2.0
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Hike	med	8.0		7.0
11:00	GBP	MPC Meeting Minutes	high
11:00	GBP	BoE Monetary Policy Report	med
11:30	USD	Challenger Job Cuts	low	23.7k	45.0k	40.71k*
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	high	227.0k	225.0k	221.0k
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	med	228.25k	227.75k	233.75k
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	med	1,700.0k	1,680.0k	1,679.0k*
12:30	USD	Unit Labour Costs QoQ Prel	med	1.6%	3.1%	3.3%*
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Productivity QoQ Prel	med	3.7%	1.5%	-1.2%*
13:45	USD	S&P Global Services PMI Final	med	52.3	52.4	54.4
13:45	USD	S&P Global Composite PMI Final	med	52.0	52.0	53.2
14:00	USD	ISM Services Business Activity	low	57.1	57.0	59.2
14:00	USD	ISM Services Prices	low	56.8	53.0	54.1
14:00	USD	ISM Services New Orders	low	55.0	54.0	55.5
14:00	USD	ISM Services Employment	med	50.7	52.0	53.1
14:00	USD	ISM Services PMI	high	52.7	52.0	53.9
14:00	USD	Factory Orders MoM	med	2.3%	1.5%	0.4%*
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low	14.0Bcf		16.0Bcf
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low	5.29%		5.29%*
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low	5.28%		5.28%*
16:00	USD	15-Year Mortgage Rate	low	6.25%		6.11%
16:00	USD	30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	6.9%		6.81%
16:00	CAD	10-Year Bond Auction	low	3.73%		3.48%*

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.