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 5	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CNY	Chinese May Day	low
All Day	JPY	International Children’s Day	low
All Day	EUR	ECB de Guindos Speech	med
01:30	AUD	Household Spending YoY	low	6.3%	5.1%	4.7%*
01:30	AUD	Household Spending MoM	low	1.6%	2.0%	0.3%
02:35	NZD	1-Year Bill Auction	low	3.12%		3.15%*
02:35	NZD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	2.48%		2.53%*
02:35	NZD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	2.66%		2.73%*
04:30	AUD	RBA Interest Rate Decision	high	4.35%	4.35%	4.1%
05:30	AUD	RBA Press Conference	med
06:30	CHF	Inflation Rate YoY	med	0.6%	0.8%	0.3%
06:30	CHF	Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.3%	0.5%	0.2%
08:00	GBP	New Car Sales YoY	low	24.0%	5.1%	6.6%
09:30	EUR	German Green Bond Auction	low
09:30	EUR	German 10-Year Bund/g Auction	low	3.0%		2.93%
09:30	EUR	German 5-Year Bund/g Auction	low	2.68%
10:00	USD	LMI Logistics Managers Index	low	69.9		65.7
12:30	USD	Building Permits MoM Final	low	11.0%		-4.7%
12:30	USD	Building Permits Final	low	1.54M		1.39M*
12:30	USD	Building Permits MoM Final	low	-11.4%		11.0%
12:30	USD	Building Permits Final	low	1.36M	1.35M	1.54M*
12:30	CAD	Exports	low	72.77B	65.5B	67.06B*
12:30	CAD	Balance of Trade	med	1.78B	-3.4B	-5.11B*
12:30	CAD	Imports	low	70.99B	68.9B	72.17B*
12:30	USD	Imports	med	381.2B	380.5B	372.4B*
12:30	USD	Balance of Trade	med	-60.3B	-61.4B	-57.8B*
12:30	USD	Exports	med	320.9B	319.1B	314.7B*
12:30	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	7.8%		7.7%
13:30	CAD	S&P Global Services PMI	low		47.6	47.2
13:30	CAD	S&P Global Composite PMI	low		48.0	47.6
13:40	EUR	French Budget Balance	low	-42.9B	-36.0B	-32.1B
13:45	USD	S&P Global Composite PMI Final	low		52.0	50.3
13:45	USD	S&P Global Services PMI Final	low		51.3	49.8
14:00	USD	New Home Sales	med	0.64M	0.61M	0.58M*
14:00	USD	New Home Sales MoM	med	8.9%	3.9%	-19.9%*
14:00	USD	New Home Sales MoM	med	7.4%	4.9%	8.9%*
14:00	USD	New Home Sales	med	0.68M	0.64M	0.64M*
14:00	USD	JOLTs Job Openings	high	6.87M	6.9M	6.92M*
14:00	USD	JOLTs Job Quits	low	3.17M	2.95M	3.05M*
14:00	USD	ISM Services PMI	high	53.6	53.7	54.0
14:00	USD	ISM Services Employment	low	48.0	45.0	45.2
14:00	USD	ISM Services Prices	low	70.7	71.0	70.7
14:00	USD	ISM Services Business Activity	low	55.9	53.5	53.9
14:00	USD	ISM Services New Orders	low	53.5	60.0	60.6
14:00	USD	RCM/TIPP Economic Optimism Index	low	42.6	45.0	42.8
14:00	USD	Fed Bowman Speech	med
14:20	USD	NY Fed Bill Purchases 1 to 4 months	low
15:30	USD	6-Week Bill Auction	low			3.59%
15:40	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low	1.5%		-2.7%
15:40	EUR	ECB Lane Speech	med
16:30	USD	Fed Barr Speech	med
16:30	GBP	BoE Woods Speech	med
21:00	NZD	RBNZ Financial Stability Report	med
21:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	-8.1M		-1.79M
22:45	NZD	Labour Costs Index YoY	low	2.0%	1.8%	2.0%
22:45	NZD	Labour Costs Index QoQ	low	0.5%	0.5%	0.4%
22:45	NZD	Employment Change QoQ	med	0.2%	0.3%	0.5%
22:45	NZD	Participation Rate	low	70.4%	70.9%	70.5%
22:45	NZD	Unemployment Rate	med	5.3%	5.3%	5.4%
23:00	AUD	Ai Group Industry Index	med	-24.4	-27.0	-34.2*
23:00	AUD	AIG Manufacturing Index	low	-27.9	-30.0	-28.6*
23:00	AUD	Ai Group Construction Index	low	-19.3	-35.0	-57.1*

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.