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.

Mar 21	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:10	AUD	RBA Woods Speech	med
00:30	AUD	Part Time Employment Chg	med	38.3k		-4.6k*
00:30	AUD	Participation Rate	low	66.7%	66.8%	66.6%*
00:30	AUD	Full Time Employment Chg	med	78.2k		19.9k*
00:30	AUD	Unemployment Rate	med	3.7%	4.0%	4.1%
00:30	AUD	Employment Change	med	116.5k	40.0k	15.3k*
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Services PMI Flash	med	54.9	53.4	52.9
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Composite PMI Flash	low	52.3	50.9	50.6
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	48.2	48.2	47.2
02:10	NZD	Credit Card Spending YoY	low	2.2%	0.8%	0.0%*
07:00	GBP	GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing	low	-7.48B	-1.8B	17.04B*
07:00	GBP	Public Sector Net Borrowing Ex Banks	low	-8.4B	-2.7B	16.11B*
07:45	EUR	French Business Climate Indicator	low	100.0	97.0	98.0
07:45	EUR	French Business Confidence	med	102.0	99.0	101.0*
08:00	EUR	ECB General Council Meeting	med
08:00	EUR	ECB Buch Speech	low
08:15	EUR	French HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med	47.7	48.3	48.1
08:15	EUR	French HCOB Services PMI Flash	med	47.8	48.5	48.4
08:15	EUR	French HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	45.8	47.6	47.1
08:30	EUR	German HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med	47.4	47.5	46.3
08:30	EUR	German HCOB Services PMI Flash	med	49.8	49.1	48.3
08:30	EUR	German HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	high	41.6	44.0	42.5
08:30	CHF	SNB Interest Rate Decision	med	1.5%	1.75%	1.75%
09:00	EUR	Current Account	low	24.87B	15.0B	42.66B
09:00	EUR	Current Account s.a	low	39.35B		31.95B
09:00	EUR	HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med	49.9	49.9	49.2
09:00	EUR	HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	45.7	47.0	46.5
09:00	EUR	HCOB Services PMI Flash	med	51.1	50.8	50.2
09:30	GBP	S&P Global Composite PMI Flash	med	52.9	53.5	53.0
09:30	GBP	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	49.9	48.0	47.5
09:30	GBP	S&P Global Services PMI Flash	med	53.4	54.0	53.8
10:00	EUR	French 3-Year OAT Auction	low	2.71%		2.67%
10:00	EUR	French 5-Year OAT Auction	low	2.64%		2.62%
10:00	EUR	French 7-Year OAT Auction	low	2.65%		3.05%
12:00	GBP	Official Bank Rate	high	5.25%	5.25%	5.25%
12:00	GBP	MPC Meeting Minutes	high
12:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Hike	med	0.0		2.0
12:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Unchanged	med	8.0		6.0
12:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Cut	med	1.0		1.0
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	med	1,807.0k	1,815.0k	1,803.0k*
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	high	210.0k	216.0k	212.0k*
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	med	211.25k	212.0k	208.75k*
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Business Conditions	low	38.6		7.2
12:30	USD	Philly Fed CAPEX Index	low	23.6		12.7
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Employment	low	-9.6		-10.3
12:30	USD	Philly Fed New Orders	low	5.4		-5.2
12:30	USD	Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	med	3.2	-4.0	5.2
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Prices Paid	low	3.7		16.6
12:30	USD	Current Account	med	-194.8B	-205.0B	-196.4B*
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index MoM	med	0.1%	0.0%	-0.1%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index YoY	med	-0.4%	-0.5%	-0.7%
13:45	USD	S&P Global Composite PMI Flash	med	52.2	51.5	52.5
13:45	USD	S&P Global Services PMI Flash	med	51.7	52.2	52.3
13:45	USD	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	52.5	52.0	52.2
13:50	CAD	BoC Gravelle Speech	med
14:00	USD	CB Leading Index MoM	low	0.1%	-0.3%	-0.4%
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales MoM	med	9.5%	-2.5%	3.1%
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales	med	4.38M	3.89M	4.0M
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low	7.0Bcf		-9.0Bcf
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low	5.27%		5.28%
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low	5.27%		5.28%*
16:00	USD	30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	6.87%		6.74%
16:00	USD	15-Year Mortgage Rate	low	6.21%		6.16%
16:00	USD	Fed Barr Speech	med
17:00	USD	10-Year TIPS Auction	low	1.93%		1.81%
21:45	NZD	Exports	low	5.89B	4.7B	4.82B*
21:45	NZD	Imports	low	6.11B	5.5B	5.9B*
21:45	NZD	Balance of Trade	med	-0.22B	-0.8B	-1.09B*
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate Ex-Food and Energy YoY	low	3.2%	3.3%	3.5%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate YoY	high	2.8%	3.0%	2.2%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
23:30	JPY	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	2.8%	2.7%	2.0%
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low	-1,461.6B		374.3B*
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low	-803.9B		1,582.9B*

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.