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 7	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	GBP	Local Elections	high
01:30	AUD	Exports MoM	low	-2.7%		4.2%*
01:30	AUD	Balance of Trade	high	-1.84B	4.0B	5.03B*
01:30	AUD	Imports MoM	low	14.1%		-2.7%*
03:35	JPY	6-Month Bill Auction	low	0.92%		0.95%*
06:00	EUR	German Factory Orders MoM	med	5.0%	1.1%	1.4%*
06:45	EUR	French Exports	low	52.5B	52.9B	52.0B
06:45	EUR	French Balance of Trade	med	-6.9B	-5.7B	-5.5B*
06:45	EUR	French Imports	low	59.3B	58.6B	57.5B*
06:45	EUR	French Current Account	low	-1.2B	-3.4B	-1.5B*
07:00	CHF	Foreign Exchange Reserves	low	715.7B	722.0B	721.0B*
07:00	CHF	Unemployment Rate	med	3.0%	3.1%	3.1%
07:15	EUR	ECB de Guindos Speech	med
07:30	EUR	S&P Global Construction PMI	low		45.5	44.6
07:30	EUR	French S&P Global Construction PMI	low		40.0	38.4
07:30	EUR	German S&P Global Construction PMI	low		49.0	48.0
08:00	CNY	Chinese Foreign Exchange Reserves	low	3.41	3.4	3.34*
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Construction PMI	med		46.0	45.6
09:00	EUR	Retail Sales MoM	low	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.3%*
09:00	EUR	Retail Sales YoY	low	1.2%	1.1%	1.3%*
09:00	EUR	French 2057 OAT Auction	low	4.48%
09:00	EUR	French 2035 OAT Auction	low	3.61%		3.73%
09:00	EUR	French 2042 OAT Auction	low	4.09%		3.98%
09:00	EUR	French 2046 OAT Auction	low	4.22%
09:30	USD	Challenger Job Cuts	low	83.39k	56.0k	60.62k
10:00	EUR	German New Car Registrations YoY	low	2.7%	7.5%	16.0%
12:00	EUR	ECB Elderson Speech	med
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	med	1,766.0k	1,822.0k	1,776.0k*
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	med	203.25k	209.0k	207.75k*
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	high	200.0k	205.0k	190.0k*
12:30	USD	Unit Labour Costs QoQ Prel	med	2.3%	3.0%	4.6%*
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Productivity QoQ Prel	med	0.8%	2.0%	1.6%*
12:40	EUR	ECB Lane Speech	med
13:00	USD	Used Car Prices MoM	low	-1.6%		1.4%
13:00	USD	Used Car Prices YoY	low	1.8%		6.2%
14:00	USD	Construction Spending MoM	low	-0.2%	0.2%	-1.9%
14:00	USD	Construction Spending MoM	low	0.6%	0.4%	-0.2%*
14:20	USD	NY Fed Bill Purchases 1 to 4 months	low
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low	63.0Bcf		79.0Bcf
15:00	USD	Consumer Inflation Expectations	low	3.6%	3.6%	3.4%
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low	3.61%		3.6%
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low	3.6%		3.62%
16:00	USD	15-Year Mortgage Rate	low	5.72%		5.64%
16:00	USD	30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	6.37%		6.3%
17:00	EUR	ECB Schnabel Speech	med
18:05	USD	Fed Hammack Speech	med
19:00	USD	Consumer Credit Change	low	24.86B	11.9B	8.85B*
19:30	USD	Fed Williams Speech	med
20:50	USD	Fed Balance Sheet	low	6.71		6.7
23:30	JPY	Overtime Pay YoY	low	1.9%	3.5%	3.4%*
23:30	JPY	Average Cash Earnings YoY	low	2.7%	3.4%	3.4%*

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.