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 19	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:30	AUD	Westpac Consumer Confidence Index	med	83.0	79.2	80.1
00:30	AUD	Westpac Consumer Confidence Change	high	3.5%	-1.1%	-12.5%
00:30	AUD	RBA Hunter Speech	med
01:30	AUD	RBA Meeting Minutes	high
02:35	NZD	1-Year Bill Auction	low	3.06%		3.15%
02:35	NZD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	2.46%		2.52%
02:35	NZD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	2.64%		2.72%*
03:35	JPY	52-Week Bill Auction	low	1.14%		1.11%*
04:30	JPY	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	-1.2%	0.3%	-0.1%
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production MoM Final	low	-0.4%	-0.5%	-2.0%
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production YoY Final	low	2.4%	2.3%	0.4%
04:30	JPY	Tertiary Industry Activity Index	low	-0.2%	0.2%	-0.7%*
06:00	GBP	Average Earnings incl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	med	4.1%	3.8%	3.9%*
06:00	GBP	HMRC Payrolls Change	low	-100.0k	-26.0k	-28.0k*
06:00	GBP	Claimant Count Change	low	26.5k	32.0k	4.9k*
06:00	GBP	Average Earnings excl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	low	3.4%	3.6%	3.6%
06:00	GBP	Employment Change	med	148.0k	95.0k	24.0k*
06:00	GBP	Unemployment Rate	high	5.0%	4.9%	4.9%
09:00	EUR	Trade Balance	med	7.8B	35.0B	11.1B*
09:00	GBP	Index-linked Treasury Gilt 2031 Auction	low	0.65%		0.95%*
09:10	GBP	BoE Breeden Speech	med
09:30	EUR	German 5-Year Bobl Auction	low	2.85%		2.74%
12:00	EUR	ECB Lane Speech	low
12:10	EUR	ECB Buch Speech	low
12:15	USD	ADP Employment Change Weekly	med	42.25k		33.0k
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.4%	0.7%	0.9%
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	2.1%	2.6%	2.5%
12:30	CAD	CPI Median YoY	low	2.1%	2.3%	2.3%
12:30	CAD	CPI Trimmed-Mean YoY	low	2.0%	2.3%	2.2%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate YoY	high	2.8%	3.0%	2.4%
12:30	CAD	Building Permits MoM	low	10.3%	3.8%	-7.8%*
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%
12:30	CAD	CPI Common YoY	low	2.5%	2.6%	2.6%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index MoM	med	-0.4%	-0.1%	-0.2%
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	8.1%		9.6%
13:00	USD	Fed Waller Speech	med
14:00	USD	Pending Home Sales MoM	med	1.4%	1.8%	1.7%*
14:00	USD	Pending Home Sales YoY	med	3.2%	-0.5%	-1.1%
15:30	USD	6-Week Bill Auction	low	3.58%		3.62%*
16:00	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low	0.6%		1.5%
20:55	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	-9.1M		-2.19M*
23:00	USD	Fed Paulson Speech	med
23:30	USD	Fed Venable 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.