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.

Feb 18	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
23:50	JPY	Imports	med	7.9%	7.7%	14.9%
23:50	JPY	Exports	med	12.2%	9.4%	9.3%
23:50	JPY	Trade Balance	med	373.3B	143.9B	90.7B*
23:50	JPY	Trade Balance	med	-943.4B	-1,003.6B	358.7B*

Feb 19	Monday		Impact	Actual	Previous
00:01	GBP	House Price Index (m/m)	med	0.8%	0.7%
00:01	GBP	House Price Index (y/y)	med	1.5%	1.1%
09:00	EUR	Current Account (nsa)	low	45.8B	40.1B*
09:00	EUR	Current Account	low	29.9B	35.0B*

Feb 20	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
07:00	EUR	German PPI (m/m)	low	0.5%	0.5%	0.2%
07:00	EUR	German PPI (y/y)	low	2.1%	1.8%	2.3%
10:00	EUR	ZEW (Economic Sentiment)	high	29.3		31.8
10:00	EUR	German ZEW (Current Conditions)	med	92.3	93.9	95.2
10:00	EUR	German ZEW (Economic Sentiment)	med	17.8	16.0	20.4
13:30	CAD	Wholesale Sales (m/m)	low	-0.5%	0.4%	0.3%*
15:00	EUR	Consumer Confidence	med	0.1	1.0	1.4*
23:30	AUD	Westpac-MI Leading Index (m/m)	low	-0.24%		0.21%*

Feb 21	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:00	AUD	Internet Vacancy Index (m/m)	low	1.2%		1.2%*
00:30	AUD	Construction Work Done (q/q)	high	-19.4%	-10.0%	15.7%
00:30	AUD	Wage Price Index (q/q)	med	0.6%		0.5%
00:30	AUD	Wage Price Index (y/y)	high	2.1%		2.0%
04:30	JPY	All Industry Activity Index (m/m)	low	0.5%	0.4%	1.0%
05:30	JPY	Tokyo Department Store Sales (y/y)	med	-0.2%		0.9%
08:00	EUR	French Manufacturing PMI	low	56.1	58.0	58.4
08:00	EUR	French Services PMI	low	57.9	59.0	59.2
08:30	EUR	German Services PMI	med	55.3	57.0	57.3
08:30	EUR	German Manufacturing PMI	med	60.3	60.5	61.1
09:00	EUR	Manufacturing PMI	med	58.5	59.2	59.6
09:00	EUR	Services PMI	med	56.7	57.6	58.0
09:00	EUR	Composite PMI	low	57.5	58.4	58.8
09:30	GBP	Claimant Count Change Rate	med	2.3%		2.4%
09:30	GBP	Unemployment Rate	med	4.4%	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	-7.2k		6.2k*
09:30	GBP	GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing	med	-10.0B	-9.6B	1.9B*
09:30	GBP	Public Finances (PSNCR)	med	-26.4B		25.3B*
09:30	GBP	Public Sector Net Borrowing	med	-11.6k	-11.4k	0.3k*
14:45	USD	Manufacturing PMI	low	55.9	55.5	55.5
15:00	USD	Existing Home Sales MoM	med	5.38M	5.6M	5.56M*

Feb 22	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
07:45	EUR	French Business Survey	med	112.0	113.0	114.0*
07:45	EUR	French HICP (m/m)	low	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%
07:45	EUR	French CPI (m/m)	low	-0.1%	-0.1%	-0.1%
07:45	EUR	French HICP (y/y)	low	1.5%	1.5%	1.5%
07:45	EUR	French CPI (y/y)	low	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%
08:15	CHF	Industrial Production (y/y)	med	8.7%		9.2%*
09:00	EUR	German IFO Business Climate	high	115.4	117.0	117.6
09:00	EUR	German IFO Expectations	high	105.4	107.9	108.3*
09:00	EUR	German IFO Current Conditions	high	126.3	127.0	127.8*
09:30	GBP	GDP (q/q)	high	0.4%	0.5%	0.5%
09:30	GBP	GDP (y/y)	high	1.4%	1.5%	1.5%
09:30	GBP	Total Business Investment (q/q)	med	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%
09:30	GBP	Index of Services (q/q)	med	0.6%	0.0%	0.4%
09:30	GBP	Index of Services (m/m)	med	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%
11:00	GBP	CBI Distributive Trades	med	25.0%		40.0%
11:00	GBP	CBI Industrial Trends Orders	med	10.0%	11.0%	14.0%
13:30	CAD	Retail Sales (m/m)	high	-0.8%	0.0%	0.3%*
13:30	CAD	Core Retail Sales (m/m)	high	-1.8%	0.3%	1.7%*
13:30	USD	Unemployment Claims	med	220.0k	230.0k	229.0k*
15:00	USD	CB Leading Index (m/m)	low	1.0%	0.7%	0.6%*
23:30	JPY	CPI Core (Nation) (y/y)	med	1.4%	1.3%	1.0%

Feb 23	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
07:00	EUR	German GDP (sa) (q/q)	med	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%
07:00	EUR	German GDP w.d.a. (y/y)	med	2.9%	2.9%	2.9%
10:00	EUR	Core CPI (y/y)	med	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%
10:00	EUR	CPI (m/m)	med	-0.9%	-0.9%	0.4%
10:00	EUR	CPI (y/y)	med	1.3%	1.3%	1.4%
13:30	CAD	CPI (m/m)	high	0.7%	0.5%	-0.4%
13:30	CAD	CPI (y/y)	high	1.7%	1.5%	1.9%

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.