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.

Apr 30	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CNY	Chinese National People's Congress Standing Committee	med
01:00	NZD	ANZ Business Confidence	med	-10.6	27.0	32.5
01:30	AUD	Import Prices QoQ	low	0.1%	0.7%	0.9%
01:30	AUD	Private Sector Credit MoM	low	0.7%	0.5%	0.6%
01:30	AUD	Housing Credit MoM	low	0.6%	0.5%	0.6%
01:30	AUD	Export Prices QoQ	low	0.5%	1.0%	3.2%
01:30	AUD	Private Sector Credit YoY	low	8.1%	7.8%	7.8%
01:30	CNY	Chinese NBS Non Manufacturing PMI	med	49.4	50.4	50.1
01:30	CNY	Chinese NBS General PMI	low	50.1	50.7	50.5
01:30	CNY	Chinese NBS Manufacturing PMI	high	50.3	50.6	50.4
01:45	CNY	Chinese RatingDog Manufacturing PMI	high		50.7	50.8
03:35	JPY	2-Year JGB Auction	low	1.41%		1.37%
05:00	JPY	Housing Starts YoY	med	-29.3%	-26.0%	-4.9%
05:00	JPY	Construction Orders YoY	low	-14.4%	33.0%	42.7%
05:00	JPY	Consumer Confidence	high	32.2	31.0	33.3
05:30	EUR	French Household Consumption MoM	low	0.7%	0.6%	-1.4%
05:30	EUR	French GDP Growth Rate YoY Prel	high	1.1%	1.0%	1.3%*
05:30	EUR	French GDP Growth Rate QoQ Prel	med	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
06:00	EUR	German Retail Sales MoM	med	-2.0%	-0.3%	-0.3%*
06:00	EUR	German Germany Import Price Index	low	2.3%	1.4%	-2.3%
06:00	EUR	German Import Prices MoM	low	3.6%	2.7%	0.3%
06:00	EUR	German Retail Sales YoY	med	-2.0%	0.4%	0.9%*
06:45	EUR	French Inflation Rate MoM Prel	med	1.0%	0.8%	1.0%
06:45	EUR	French Inflation Rate YoY Prel	high	2.2%	1.9%	1.7%
06:45	EUR	French Harmonised Inflation Rate YoY Prel	low	2.5%	2.1%	2.0%
06:45	EUR	French PPI MoM	low	2.0%	0.8%	-0.3%*
06:45	EUR	French Harmonised Inflation Rate MoM Prel	low	1.2%	0.8%	1.1%
06:45	EUR	French PPI YoY	low	0.2%	-1.0%	-2.4%
06:45	EUR	French Private Non Farm Payrolls QoQ Prel	low	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%
07:00	CHF	KOF Leading Indicators	med	97.9	95.3	95.6*
07:55	EUR	German Unemployed Persons	med	3.01M	2.98M	2.99M*
07:55	EUR	German Unemployment Change	med	20.0k	2.0k	3.0k*
07:55	EUR	German Unemployment Rate	med	6.4%	6.3%	6.4%*
08:00	EUR	German GDP Growth Rate YoY Flash	high	0.3%	0.2%	0.4%
08:00	EUR	German GDP Growth Rate QoQ Flash	med	0.3%	0.1%	0.2%*
09:00	EUR	Unemployment Rate	med	6.2%	6.2%	6.3%*
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate MoM Flash	med	1.0%	1.0%	1.3%
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate YoY Flash	high	3.0%	2.9%	2.6%
09:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate YoY Flash	med	0.8%	0.8%	1.2%
09:00	EUR	CPI Flash	low	103.05	103.0	101.99
09:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Flash	med	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
09:00	EUR	Core Inflation Rate YoY Flash	med	2.2%	2.2%	2.3%
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Unchanged	med	8.0	9.0	9.0
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Hike	med	1.0	0.0	0.0
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Cut	med	0.0	0.0	0.0
11:00	GBP	BoE Monetary Policy Report	med
11:00	GBP	MPC Meeting Minutes	high
11:00	GBP	Official Bank Rate	high	3.75%	3.75%	3.75%
12:15	EUR	ECB Interest Rate Decision	high	2.15%	2.15%	2.15%
12:15	EUR	Deposit Facility Rate	high	2.0%	2.0%	2.0%
12:15	EUR	Marginal Lending Rate	low	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%
12:30	CAD	Average Weekly Earnings YoY	low	3.4%	2.1%	1.93%*
12:30	CAD	GDP MoM	med	0.2%	0.2%	0.1%
12:30	CAD	GDP MoM Prel	med	0.0%	-0.1%	0.2%
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	high	189.0k	219.0k	215.0k*
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	med	207.5k	220.0k	211.0k*
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	med	1,785.0k	1,826.0k	1,808.0k*
12:30	USD	Core PCE Price Index MoM	high	0.3%	0.3%	0.4%
12:30	USD	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure	high	3.5%	3.3%	2.8%
12:30	USD	GDP Price Index QoQ Adv	med	4.5%	3.7%	3.7%
12:30	USD	Employment Cost Index QoQ	high	0.9%	0.5%	0.7%
12:30	USD	GDP Sales QoQ Adv	low	1.6%	0.7%	0.3%
12:30	USD	Core PCE Price Index YoY	low	3.2%	3.1%	3.0%
12:30	USD	Personal Spending MoM	high	0.9%	0.7%	0.6%*
12:30	USD	Personal Income	high	0.6%	0.4%	0.0%*
12:30	USD	Employment Cost - Wages QoQ	high	0.8%	0.5%	0.7%
12:30	USD	Employment Cost - Benefits QoQ	low	1.2%	0.4%	0.8%*
12:30	USD	PCE Prices QoQ Adv	low	4.5%	3.1%	2.9%
12:30	USD	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Adv	high	2.0%	1.8%	0.5%
12:30	USD	Core PCE Prices QoQ Adv	low	4.3%	3.1%	2.7%
12:30	USD	Real Consumer Spending QoQ Adv	low	1.6%	2.6%	1.9%
12:30	USD	PCE Price Index MoM	med	0.7%	0.6%	0.4%
12:30	USD	Real Personal Spending MoM	low	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%*
12:45	EUR	ECB Press Conference	high
13:45	USD	Chicago PMI	med	49.2	51.0	52.8
14:00	USD	CB Leading Index MoM	low	0.3%	-0.1%	0.0%*
14:00	USD	CB Leading Index MoM	low	-0.6%		0.3%
14:01	AUD	Cotality Dwelling Prices MoM	low	0.3%	0.5%	0.6%
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low	79.0Bcf		103.0Bcf
15:15	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low	3.6%		3.6%*
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low	3.62%		3.61%*
16:00	USD	15-Year Mortgage Rate	low	5.64%		5.58%
16:00	USD	30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	6.3%		6.23%
16:00	CAD	5-Year Bond Auction	low	3.25%		3.09%*
20:30	USD	Fed Balance Sheet	low	6.7		6.71*
22:00	NZD	ANZ Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence	low	80.3	87.0	91.3
22:45	NZD	Building Permits MoM	low	-1.3%	-0.4%	2.8%*
23:00	AUD	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Final	low		51.0	49.8
23:30	JPY	Tokyo CPI YoY	low	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%
23:30	JPY	Core CPI	low	1.5%	1.7%	1.7%
23:30	JPY	Tokyo CPI Ex Food and Energy YoY	low	1.5%	2.3%	1.7%*
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low	-887.7B		-8.8B*
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low	807.9B		2,380.6B*

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.