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.

Oct 18	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:00	AUD	Westpac Leading Index MoM	low	0.07%	-0.2%	-0.04%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Unemployment Rate	med	5.0%	5.2%	5.2%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Fixed Asset Investment (YTD) YoY	med	3.1%	3.1%	3.2%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Industrial Production YoY	med	4.5%	4.3%	4.5%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Retail Sales YoY	med	5.5%	4.7%	4.6%
02:00	CNY	Chinese GDP Growth Rate YoY	high	4.9%	4.6%	6.3%
02:00	CNY	Chinese GDP Growth Rate QoQ	med	1.3%	0.9%	0.5%*
02:00	CNY	Chinese Industrial Capacity Utilization	low	75.6%	74.6%	74.5%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output	low	0.7%	1.0%	1.5%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Core Output MoM	low	0.0%	0.2%	-0.1%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output MoM	low	0.4%	-0.2%	0.2%
06:00	GBP	PPI Input MoM	low	0.4%	0.3%	0.8%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Input YoY	low	-2.6%	-2.9%	-2.0%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Output YoY	low	-0.1%	-0.6%	-0.5%*
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.5%	0.3%	0.3%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	6.1%	5.9%	6.2%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate YoY	high	6.7%	6.5%	6.7%
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index MoM	low	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index YoY	low	8.9%	8.9%	9.1%
07:30	EUR	ECB Elderson Speech	low
08:20	EUR	German Bundesbank Wuermeling Speech	low
09:00	EUR	Construction Output YoY	low	-0.1%	1.2%	1.2%*
09:00	EUR	Core Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	4.5%	4.5%	5.3%
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	0.3%	0.3%	0.5%
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	4.3%	4.3%	5.2%
09:00	EUR	CPI Final	low	124.4	124.4	124.03
09:00	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
09:30	EUR	German 10-Year Bund Auction	med	2.9%		2.78%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low	-6.9%		0.6%
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	med	7.7%		7.67%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low	166.9		179.3
11:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low	129.8		137.5
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low	347.6		385.8
12:15	CAD	Housing Starts	med	270.5k	203.0k	250.4k*
12:30	USD	Housing Starts	med	1.36M	1.4M	1.27M*
12:30	USD	Building Permits Prel	high	1.47M	1.46M	1.54M*
12:30	USD	Building Permits MoM Prel	med	-4.4%	-5.2%	6.8%
12:30	USD	Housing Starts MoM	med	7.0%	9.1%	-12.5%*
14:00	GBP	BoE Stheeman Speech	low
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low	0.14M		-0.43M*
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low	0.19M		-0.4M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low	0.08M		0.86M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low	-3.19M		-1.84M*
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low	-0.76M		-0.32M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low	-0.03M		0.04M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	-4.49M		10.18M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med	-2.37M		-1.31M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low	-2.62M		2.0M*
15:30	USD	17-Week Bill Auction	low	5.36%		5.36%*
16:00	USD	Fed Waller Speech	med
16:30	USD	Fed Williams Speech	med
17:00	USD	20-Year Bond Auction	low	5.25%		4.59%*
17:00	USD	Fed Bowman Speech	med
18:00	USD	Fed Beige Book	low
19:15	USD	Fed Harker Speech	med
20:00	USD	Foreign Bond Investment	low	22.1B		-4.4B*
20:00	USD	TIC Net Long-Term Transactions	med	63.5B		9.5B*
20:00	USD	Overall Net Capital Flows	low	134.4B		141.4B*
22:55	USD	Fed Cook Speech	med
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low	794.0B		185.4B*
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low	1,259.9B		1,437.5B*
23:50	JPY	Imports YoY	low	-16.3%	-11.0%	-17.7%*
23:50	JPY	Exports YoY	med	4.3%	2.9%	-0.8%
23:50	JPY	Balance of Trade	high	62.4B	-500.0B	-937.8B*

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.