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.

Jan 22	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	JPY	BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting	high
09:30	GBP	Total Business Investment (q/q)	med			0.5%
13:30	CAD	Wholesale Sales (m/m)	low	0.7%	1.2%	1.6%*

Jan 23	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:00	JPY	BoJ 10yr Yield Target	med	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
04:30	JPY	All Industry Activity Index (m/m)	low	1.0%	0.8%	0.3%
05:30	JPY	Tokyo Department Store Sales (y/y)	med	0.9%		3.8%
09:30	GBP	Public Finances (PSNCR)	med	25.1B		13.2B*
09:30	GBP	GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing	med	2.6B	5.0B	8.7B
09:30	GBP	Public Sector Net Borrowing	med	1.0k	4.3k	6.6k*
10:00	EUR	ZEW (Economic Sentiment)	high	31.8		29.0
10:00	EUR	Zew (Current Conditions)	med			50.7
10:00	EUR	German ZEW (Economic Sentiment)	med	20.4	17.7	17.4
10:00	EUR	German ZEW (Current Conditions)	med	95.2	89.6	89.3
11:00	GBP	CBI Industrial Trends Orders	med	14.0%	12.0%	17.0%
15:00	EUR	Consumer Confidence	med	1.3	0.6	0.5
23:30	AUD	Westpac-MI Leading Index (m/m)	low	0.27%		0.05%*
23:50	JPY	Imports	med	14.9%	12.4%	17.2%
23:50	JPY	Exports	med	9.3%	10.0%	16.2%
23:50	JPY	Trade Balance	med	359.0B	535.0B	112.2B*
23:50	JPY	Trade Balance	med	86.8B	267.7B	364.1B*

Jan 24	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:00	AUD	Internet Vacancy Index (m/m)	low	0.2%		0.5%*
05:00	JPY	Leading Indicators Index	low	108.3		108.6
08:00	EUR	French Manufacturing PMI	low	58.1	58.6	58.8
08:00	EUR	French Services PMI (Prelim)	low	59.3	58.9	59.1
08:30	EUR	German Services PMI	med	57.0	55.5	55.8
08:30	EUR	German Manufacturing PMI	med	61.2	63.0	63.3
09:00	EUR	Composite PMI	low	58.6	57.9	58.1
09:00	EUR	Manufacturing PMI	med	59.6	60.3	60.6
09:00	EUR	Services PMI	med	57.6	56.4	56.6
09:30	GBP	Claimant Count Change Rate	med	2.4%		2.3%
09:30	GBP	Unemployment Rate	med	4.3%	4.3%	4.3%
09:30	GBP	Average Earnings Index (3m y/y)	med	2.5%	2.5%	2.5%
09:30	GBP	Claimant Count Change	med	8.6k		5.9k
14:00	USD	FHFA House Price Index (m/m)	med	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%*
14:45	USD	Manufacturing PMI	low	55.5	55.0	55.1
15:00	USD	Existing Home Sales MoM	med	5.57M	5.7M	5.78M*
21:45	NZD	CPI (q/q)	med	0.1%	0.4%	0.5%

Jan 25	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	EUR	ECB's Draghi Press Conference Post Rate Meeting	high
07:00	EUR	German GFK Consumer Sentiment	med	11.0	10.8	10.8
09:00	EUR	German IFO Expectations	high	108.4	109.3	109.5
09:00	EUR	German IFO Current Conditions	high	127.7	125.3	125.5*
09:00	EUR	German IFO Business Climate	high	117.6	117.0	117.2
11:00	GBP	CBI Distributive Trades	med		13.0%	20.0%
12:45	EUR	ECB Deposit Rate	med	-0.4%	-0.4%	-0.4%
13:30	CAD	Retail Sales (m/m)	high	0.2%	0.8%	1.6%*
13:30	CAD	Core Retail Sales (m/m)	high	1.6%	0.9%	0.8%
13:30	USD	Unemployment Claims	med	231.0k	235.0k	216.0k*
15:00	USD	New Home Sales	med	625.0k	675.0k	689.0k*
23:30	JPY	CPI Core (Nation) (y/y)	med	1.0%	1.1%	0.6%
23:30	JPY	Core CPI (y/y)	med	1.3%	1.1%	1.0%
23:50	JPY	BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	high

Jan 26	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
07:45	EUR	French Business Survey	med	113.0	112.0	112.0
07:45	EUR	French Consumer Confidence	low	104.0	106.0	105.0
09:00	EUR	M3 Money Supply (y/y)	med	4.6%	4.9%	4.9%
09:30	GBP	GDP (q/q)	high	0.5%	0.4%	0.4%
09:30	GBP	GDP (y/y)	high	1.5%	1.4%	1.7%
09:30	GBP	Index of Services (m/m)	med	0.4%	0.2%	0.2%
09:30	GBP	Index of Services (q/q)	med	0.4%	0.4%	0.3%
13:30	CAD	CPI (m/m)	high	-0.4%	-0.3%	0.3%
13:30	CAD	CPI (y/y)	high	1.9%	1.9%	2.1%
13:30	USD	Durables Ex Transportation	med	0.6%	0.6%	0.3%*
13:30	USD	Durable Goods Orders	med	2.9%	0.8%	1.7%*
13:30	USD	Wholesale Inventories (m/m)	low	0.2%	0.4%	0.7%*
13:30	USD	Advance Goods Trade Balance	med	-71.6B	-68.9B	-70.0B*
13:30	USD	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (q/q ann)	high	1.9%	1.9%	1.3%
13:30	USD	GDP Annualized (3rd Est.) (q/q ann)	med	2.6%	3.0%	3.2%

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.