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.

May 21	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:00	JPY	Reuters Tankan Index	low	8.0	3.0	9.0
01:00	AUD	Westpac Leading Index MoM	low	0.0%	0.0%	-0.2%*
01:30	AUD	RBA Chart Pack	low
03:00	NZD	Credit Card Spending YoY	low	0.5%	0.2%	0.7%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Output YoY	low
06:00	GBP	PPI Input YoY	low
06:00	GBP	PPI Input MoM	low
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	3.8%	3.5%	3.4%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output MoM	low
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index MoM	low	1.7%	1.3%	0.3%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate MoM	med	1.2%	1.0%	0.3%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate YoY	high	3.5%	3.3%	2.6%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output	low
06:00	GBP	PPI Core Output MoM	low
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index YoY	low	4.5%	4.1%	3.2%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	1.4%	1.0%	0.5%
07:00	EUR	ECB Non-Monetary Policy Meeting	low
08:00	EUR	ECB Financial Stability Review	low
09:00	GBP	6-Year Treasury Gilt Auction	low	4.4%
09:30	EUR	German 10-Year Bund Auction	low	2.66%		2.47%
11:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low	157.8		166.5
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low	682.5		718.1
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low	-5.1%		1.1%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low	238.5		251.2
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index YoY	med	-0.6%	0.2%	0.1%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index MoM	med	-0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low	0.58M		-3.16M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	1.33M		3.45M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low	0.13M		-0.07M*
15:30	USD	17-Week Bill Auction	low	4.23%		4.24%
16:00	CAD	30-Year Bond Auction	low	3.7%		3.55%*
16:00	EUR	ECB Lane Speech	low
16:00	USD	Fed Barkin Speech	med
17:00	USD	20-Year Bond Auction	low	5.05%		4.81%
23:00	AUD	S&P Global Composite PMI Flash	low		50.7	51.0
23:00	AUD	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		51.4	51.7
23:00	AUD	S&P Global Services PMI Flash	med		50.7	51.0
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low	714.9B		439.4B
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low	2,824.6B		1,928.7B
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders YoY	med	8.4%	-0.3%	1.5%
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders MoM	med	13.0%	-2.0%	4.3%

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.