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 8	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	EUR	French Victory in Europe Day	low
00:30	JPY	S&P Global Composite PMI Final	low		52.4	53.0
00:30	JPY	S&P Global Services PMI Final	low		51.2	53.4
03:35	JPY	3-Month Bill Auction	low	0.84%		0.83%*
06:00	EUR	German Balance of Trade	high	14.3B	17.8B	19.6B*
06:00	EUR	German Industrial Production MoM	med	-0.7%	0.3%	-0.5%*
06:00	EUR	German Imports MoM	low	5.1%		4.9%*
06:00	EUR	German Exports MoM	med	0.5%		3.6%
06:00	GBP	Halifax House Price Index	med	0.4%	0.8%	0.8%
06:00	GBP	Halifax House Price Index MoM	med	-0.1%	-0.2%	-0.5%
07:00	CHF	Consumer Confidence	med	-40.0	-46.0	-43.0
07:00	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
07:05	EUR	ECB de Guindos Speech	med
09:00	GBP	BBA Mortgage Rate	low	6.6%	6.7%	6.6%
09:45	USD	Fed Cook Speech	med
12:00	EUR	ECB Cipollone Speech	med
12:30	CAD	Employment Change	med	-17.7k	20.0k	14.1k
12:30	CAD	Part Time Employment Chg	med	29.0k	2.0k	15.2k
12:30	CAD	Unemployment Rate	high	6.9%	6.7%	6.7%
12:30	CAD	Full Time Employment Chg	med	-46.7k	18.0k	-1.1k
12:30	CAD	Participation Rate	med	65.0%	64.7%	64.9%
12:30	CAD	Average Hourly Wages YoY	low	4.8%	4.9%	5.1%
12:30	USD	Manufacturing Payrolls	low	-2.0k	8.0k	15.0k
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Payrolls	high	115.0k	95.0k	185.0k*
12:30	USD	Average Hourly Earnings MoM	high	0.2%	0.2%	0.2%
12:30	USD	Unemployment Rate	high	4.3%	4.3%	4.3%
12:30	USD	Average Hourly Earnings YoY	med	3.6%	3.6%	3.4%*
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Payrolls Private	low	123.0k	83.0k	190.0k*
12:30	USD	Government Payrolls	low	-8.0k	-12.0k	-5.0k*
12:30	USD	U-6 Unemployment Rate	low	8.2%	8.0%	8.0%
12:30	USD	Participation Rate	med	61.8%	61.7%	61.9%
12:30	USD	Average Weekly Hours	low	34.3	34.2	34.2
14:00	USD	University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index	high	48.2	50.0	49.8
14:00	USD	Michigan Current Conditions Prel	low	47.8	52.0	52.5
14:00	USD	Michigan Inflation Expectations Prel	med	4.5%	4.9%	4.7%
14:00	USD	Michigan 5 Year Inflation Expectations Prel	low	3.4%	3.5%	3.5%
14:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Expectations Prel	low	48.5	49.0	48.1
14:00	USD	Wholesale Inventories MoM	low	1.3%	1.4%	0.9%*
15:05	USD	Fed Goolsbee Speech	med
16:00	EUR	ECB Schnabel Speech	med
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low	410.0		408.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rigs Count	low	548.0		547.0
18:20	USD	Fed Goolsbee Speech	med
23:30	USD	Fed Goolsbee Speech	med
23:30	USD	Fed Daly Speech	med
23:30	USD	Fed Waller Speech	med
23:30	USD	Fed Bowman Speech	med

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.