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 20	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:15	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 1Y	med	3.0%	3.0%	3.1%
01:15	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 5Y	med	3.5%	3.5%	3.6%
02:35	NZD	1-Year Bill Auction	low	3.19%		3.11%*
02:35	NZD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	3.2%		3.21%*
02:35	NZD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	3.29%		3.32%*
03:35	JPY	20-Year JGB Auction	low	2.45%		2.35%*
04:30	AUD	RBA Interest Rate Decision	high	3.85%	3.85%	4.1%
05:30	AUD	RBA Press Conference	med
06:00	EUR	German PPI YoY	med	-0.9%	-0.7%	-0.2%
06:00	EUR	German PPI MoM	low	-0.6%	-0.3%	-0.7%
08:00	EUR	Current Account s.a	low	50.9B	30.6B	40.6B*
08:00	EUR	Current Account	low	60.1B	27.0B	38.6B*
08:00	GBP	BoE Pill Speech	low
09:00	EUR	Construction Output YoY	low	-1.1%	1.1%	-0.6%*
09:00	EUR	Labour Cost Index YoY Flash	low	3.2%		3.7%
09:30	EUR	German 30-Year Bund/g Auction	low	3.01%		2.73%
09:30	EUR	German 10-Year Bund/g Auction	low	2.13%		2.62%
09:55	EUR	ECB Donnery Speech	low
10:00	EUR	ECB Cipollone Speech	low
11:50	EUR	ECB Buch Speech	low
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate MoM	med	-0.1%	-0.2%	0.3%
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	2.5%	2.1%	2.2%
12:30	CAD	CPI Trimmed-Mean YoY	low	3.1%	2.8%	2.9%*
12:30	CAD	CPI Median YoY	low	3.2%	2.9%	2.8%*
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate YoY	high	1.7%	1.7%	2.3%
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.5%	0.1%	0.1%
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	5.4%		5.8%
13:00	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med
13:00	USD	Fed Barkin Speech	med
13:30	USD	Fed Collins Speech	med
14:00	EUR	Consumer Confidence Flash	med	-15.2	-16.0	-16.6*
14:15	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low	-0.9%		4.6%
17:00	USD	Fed Musalem Speech	med
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	2.5M		4.29M*
21:00	USD	Fed Kugler Speech	med
22:45	NZD	Balance of Trade	med	1.43B	0.5B	0.79B*
22:45	NZD	Exports	low	7.84B	7.7B	7.41B*
22:45	NZD	Imports	low	6.42B	7.2B	6.61B*
23:00	USD	Fed Daly Speech	med
23:00	USD	Fed Hammack Speech	med
23:50	JPY	Exports YoY	med	2.0%	1.8%	4.0%*
23:50	JPY	Imports YoY	low	-2.2%	-4.4%	1.8%*
23:50	JPY	Balance of Trade	high	-115.8B	200.0B	559.4B*

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.