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.

Aug 15	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	EUR	French Assumption of Mary	low
22:30	NZD	Services NZ PSI	low	57.9	58.0	58.4*
23:50	JPY	GDP Price Index YoY Prel	low	-0.7%		-0.1%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Capital Expenditure QoQ Prel	low	1.7%	1.5%	-1.3%*
23:50	JPY	GDP External Demand QoQ Prel	low	-0.3%	-0.1%	-0.2%
23:50	JPY	GDP Private Consumption QoQ Prel	low	0.8%	0.0%	-1.0%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Annualized Prel	med	1.3%	0.8%	-3.7%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Prel	high	0.3%	0.4%	-0.9%*

Aug 16	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:30	CNY	Chinese House Price Index YoY	med	4.6%	4.5%	4.7%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Retail Sales YoY	med	8.5%	12.3%	12.1%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Industrial Production YoY	med	6.4%	8.2%	8.3%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Fixed Asset Investment (YTD) YoY	med	10.3%	12.3%	12.6%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Unemployment Rate	med	5.1%	5.0%	5.0%
02:00	CNY	Chinese NBS Press Conference	med
04:30	JPY	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	6.2%	-1.7%	-6.8%
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production YoY Final	low	23.0%	22.6%	21.1%
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production MoM Final	med	6.5%	6.2%	-6.5%
12:30	CAD	Manufacturing Sales MoM Final	low	2.1%	1.0%	-0.3%*
12:30	CAD	New Motor Vehicle Sales	low	169.0k	160.0k	152.0k
12:30	CAD	Wholesale Sales MoM Final	low	-0.8%	-0.7%	0.5%
12:30	USD	NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	med	18.3	32.0	43.0
13:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.65%		-0.65%*
13:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.67%		-0.67%*
13:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low	-0.65%		-0.65%*
14:30	CAD	BoC Senior Loan Officer Survey	med
14:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 10 to 22.5 yrs	low
15:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	0.07%		0.05%
15:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	0.05%		0.05%
20:00	USD	Foreign Bond Investment	med	10.9B		-93.4B
20:00	USD	TIC Net Long-Term Transactions	med	110.9B		-30.0B*
20:00	USD	Overall Net Capital Flows	med	31.5B		98.2B*

Aug 17	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:30	AUD	RBA Meeting Minutes	med
04:30	JPY	Tertiary Industry Activity Index	low	2.3%	0.1%	-2.7%
06:00	GBP	Labour Productivity QoQ Prel	low	-0.5%	0.3%	0.4%*
06:00	GBP	Employment Change	med	95.0k	75.0k	25.0k
06:00	GBP	Average Earnings excl. Bonus	low	7.4%	7.6%	6.6%
06:00	GBP	Average Earnings Index	med	8.8%	8.5%	7.4%*
06:00	GBP	Unemployment Rate	med	4.7%	4.7%	4.8%
06:00	GBP	Claimant Count Change	high	-7.8k	-180.0k	-114.8k
09:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate YoY 2nd Est	med	13.6%	13.7%	-1.3%
09:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate QoQ 2nd Est	med	2.0%	2.0%	-0.3%
09:00	EUR	Employment Change YoY Prel	med	1.8%		-1.8%
09:00	EUR	Employment Change QoQ Prel	med	0.5%		-0.2%*
09:40	EUR	German 2-Year Schatz Auction	low	-0.75%		-0.67%
12:15	CAD	Housing Starts	med	272.2k	270.0k	281.2k*
12:30	CAD	Foreign Securities Purchases by Canadians	low	28.1B		10.53B*
12:30	CAD	Foreign Securities Purchases	low	19.63B		20.81B*
12:30	USD	Retail Sales MoM	high	-1.1%	-0.3%	0.7%*
12:30	USD	Retail Sales YoY	low	15.8%	11.5%	18.7%*
12:30	USD	Retail Sales Ex Autos MoM	high	-0.4%	0.1%	1.6%*
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	15.0%		16.2%
13:15	USD	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	76.1%	75.6%	75.4%
13:15	USD	Manufacturing Production YoY	low	7.4%	7.5%	10.2%*
13:15	USD	Industrial Production YoY	med	6.6%	7.2%	9.9%*
13:15	USD	Industrial Production	med	0.9%	0.3%	0.2%*
13:15	USD	Manufacturing Production MoM	low	1.4%	0.4%	-0.3%*
14:00	USD	NAHB Housing Market Index	med	75.0	79.0	80.0
14:00	USD	Business Inventories MoM	med	0.8%	0.7%	0.6%*
14:30	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low	0.3%		-1.0%
14:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases TIPS 7.5 to 30 yrs	low
15:30	USD	42-Day Bill Auction	low	0.04%		0.04%
15:30	USD	57-Day Bill Auction	low	0.07%
17:30	USD	Fed Chair Powell Speech	med
19:45	USD	Fed Kashkari Speech	med
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	-1.16M		-0.82M*
22:45	NZD	PPI Output QoQ	low	2.6%		1.2%
22:45	NZD	PPI Input QoQ	low	3.0%		2.1%
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders YoY	med	18.6%	15.5%	12.2%
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders MoM	med	-1.5%	-3.0%	7.8%
23:50	JPY	Imports YoY	low	28.5%	32.0%	32.7%
23:50	JPY	Exports YoY	med	37.0%	45.0%	48.6%
23:50	JPY	Balance of Trade	high	441.0B	300.0B	384.0B*

Aug 18	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:00	AUD	Westpac Leading Index MoM	low	-0.12%	0.2%	-0.06%*
01:30	AUD	Wage Price Index YoY	low	1.7%	2.0%	1.5%*
01:30	AUD	Wage Price Index QoQ	high	0.4%	0.5%	0.6%*
02:00	NZD	Interest Rate Decision	high	0.25%	0.5%	0.25%
03:00	NZD	RBNZ Press Conference	med
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index MoM	low	0.5%	0.3%	0.7%
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index YoY	low	3.8%	3.6%	3.9%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output	low	3.9%	3.1%	3.1%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Core Output MoM	low	0.7%	0.3%	0.6%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Output YoY	low	4.9%	4.4%	4.5%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Input MoM	low	0.8%		0.5%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Input YoY	low	9.9%		9.7%*
06:00	GBP	PPI Output MoM	low	0.6%	0.4%	0.6%*
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	1.8%	2.1%	2.3%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.0%	0.3%	0.5%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate YoY	high	2.0%	2.4%	2.5%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.0%	0.2%	0.5%
09:00	EUR	Construction Output YoY	med	2.8%		12.2%*
09:00	EUR	Core Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	0.7%	0.7%	0.9%
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	-0.1%	-0.1%	0.3%
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	2.2%	2.2%	1.9%
09:40	EUR	German 30-Year Bund Auction	low	-0.04%		0.03%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low	-3.9%		2.8%
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	3.06%		2.99%
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	3.3%	2.7%	2.7%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.6%	0.2%	0.3%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate YoY	high	3.7%	3.3%	3.1%
12:30	USD	Housing Starts MoM	med	-7.0%	-2.6%	3.5%*
12:30	USD	Building Permits MoM	med	2.6%	1.0%	-5.3%*
12:30	USD	Building Permits	med	1.64M	1.61M	1.59M*
12:30	USD	Housing Starts	med	1.53M	1.6M	1.65M*
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low	-0.84M		1.21M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low	0.04M		-0.19M
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med	0.7M		-1.4M
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low	-0.19M		0.28M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low	-0.81M		-0.8M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	-3.23M		-0.45M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low	-2.7M		1.77M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low	-0.04M		0.01M*
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low	-0.98M		-0.33M*
14:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 2.25 to 4.5 yrs	low
15:30	USD	119-Day Bill Auction	low	0.05%		0.03%*
17:00	USD	20-Year Bond Auction	low	1.85%		1.89%
18:00	USD	FOMC Minutes	high
23:00	JPY	Reuters Tankan Index	low	33.0	26.0	25.0
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low	198.8B		105.0B*
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low	661.8B		-1,103.6B

Aug 19	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:30	AUD	Part Time Employment Chg	med	6.4k	-16.0k	-22.6k*
01:30	AUD	Participation Rate	low	66.0%	66.0%	66.2%
01:30	AUD	Full Time Employment Chg	med	-4.2k	-34.0k	51.6k
01:30	AUD	Unemployment Rate	med	4.6%	5.0%	4.9%
01:30	AUD	Employment Change	med	2.2k	-50.0k	29.1k
06:00	CHF	Balance of Trade	med	4.1B	4.0B	4.4B*
06:30	CHF	Industrial Production YoY	med	15.7%	10.5%	4.7%*
08:00	EUR	Current Account	low	24.0B	24.4B	6.5B*
09:00	EUR	French 5-Year BTAN Auction	low	-0.62%		-0.52%
09:00	EUR	French 3-Year BTAN Auction	low	-0.71%		-0.63%
12:30	CAD	ADP Employment Change	med	221.3k	100.0k	-106.2k*
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med	348.0k	360.0k	377.0k*
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	med	377.75k	380.25k	396.75k*
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low	2,820.0k	2,750.0k	2,899.0k*
12:30	USD	Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	med	19.4		21.9
14:00	USD	CB Leading Index MoM	low	0.9%	0.8%	0.5%*
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low	46.0Bcf		49.0Bcf
14:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 4.5 to 7 yrs	low
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low	0.06%		0.06%*
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low	0.04%		0.05%*
16:00	CAD	2-Year Bond Auction	low	0.52%		0.55%*
17:00	USD	30-Year TIPS Auction	low	-0.29%		-0.04%
23:01	GBP	Gfk Consumer Confidence	high	-8.0	-6.0	-7.0
23:05	AUD	RBA Kent Speech	med
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate Ex-Food and Energy YoY	low	-0.6%	-0.6%	-0.9%*
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.2%	-0.2%	0.1%*
23:30	JPY	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	-0.2%	-0.3%	-0.5%*
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate YoY	high	-0.3%	-0.1%	-0.5%*

Aug 20	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:30	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 1Y	high	3.85%	3.85%	3.85%
01:30	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 5Y	med	4.65%	4.65%	4.65%
06:00	EUR	German PPI YoY	low	10.4%	9.1%	8.5%
06:00	EUR	German PPI MoM	med	1.9%	0.7%	1.3%
06:00	GBP	GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing	low	-10.4B	-12.4B	-21.5B*
06:00	GBP	Retail Sales MoM	med	-2.5%	0.6%	0.2%*
06:00	GBP	Retail Sales YoY	med	2.4%	6.5%	9.2%*
06:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	low	-2.4%	0.5%	0.0%*
06:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	low	1.8%	5.9%	6.8%*
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales Ex Autos MoM	low	4.7%	3.5%	-2.0%
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales YoY	low	6.2%	14.0%	24.8%*
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales MoM	med	4.2%	4.4%	-2.1%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index MoM	med	0.4%	0.4%	0.6%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index YoY	med	11.9%	12.0%	11.9%
14:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 22.5 to 30 yrs	low
15:00	USD	Fed Kaplan Speech	med
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low	405.0		397.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rig Count	low	503.0		500.0

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.