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.

Dec 19	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
21:00	NZD	Westpac Consumer Confidence	low	99.1	102.0	102.7
21:45	NZD	Imports	low	6.73B		6.66B*
21:45	NZD	Exports	low	5.86B		5.36B*
21:45	NZD	Balance of Trade	med	-864.0M	-680.0M	-1,302.0M*

Dec 20	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:30	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 1Y	high	3.8%	3.85%	3.85%
01:30	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 5Y	med	4.65%	4.65%	4.65%
09:00	EUR	Current Account	low	20.5B	21.7B	26.9B
11:00	GBP	CBI Industrial Trends Orders	med	24.0	19.0	26.0
11:00	EUR	German Bundesbank Monthly Report	low
14:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low			-0.68%*
14:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low			-0.76%*
14:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low			-0.64%*
15:00	USD	CB Leading Index MoM	low	1.1%	0.9%	0.9%
15:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 4.5 to 7 yrs	low
16:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	0.16%		0.13%
16:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	0.08%		0.06%*
17:00	CAD	10-Year Bond Auction	low	1.5%		1.68%*
18:00	USD	78-Day Bill Auction	low	0.07%
23:30	AUD	Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook	med

Dec 21	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:30	AUD	RBA Meeting Minutes	med
02:00	NZD	Credit Card Spending YoY	low	-0.1%	-2.4%	-5.2%*
07:00	EUR	German GfK Consumer Confidence	high	-6.8	-2.7	-1.8*
07:00	CHF	Balance of Trade	med	4.2B	4.2B	4.3B*
07:00	GBP	GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing	low	-17.4B	-15.6B	-12.4B*
08:00	CHF	Current Account	med	24.0B	12.0B	11.0B
11:00	GBP	CBI Distributive Trades	med	8.0	15.0	39.0
13:30	CAD	Retail Sales Ex Autos MoM	med	1.3%	1.0%	-0.2%
13:30	CAD	Retail Sales YoY	low	5.3%	0.8%	5.0%*
13:30	CAD	Retail Sales MoM	med	1.6%	1.0%	-0.3%*
13:30	USD	Current Account	med	-214.8B	-210.0B	-198.3B*
13:30	CAD	Wholesale Sales MoM Prel	low	2.7%		1.4%
13:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	16.4%		16.0%
14:30	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low	-1.5%		1.4%
15:00	EUR	Consumer Confidence Flash	med	-8.3	-8.0	-6.8
15:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases TIPS 7.5 to 30 yrs	low
18:00	USD	20-Year Bond Auction	low	1.94%		2.07%*
21:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	-3.67M		-0.82M*
23:50	JPY	BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	med

Dec 22	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:00	AUD	Westpac Leading Index MoM	low	0.1%	0.3%	0.3%*
00:30	AUD	Retail Sales MoM Prel	med
07:00	GBP	Business Investment QoQ Final	low	-2.5%	0.4%	8.3%*
07:00	GBP	Business Investment YoY Final	low	2.6%	0.8%	14.2%*
07:00	GBP	Current Account	med	-24.44B	-20.0B	-13.46B*
07:00	GBP	GDP Growth Rate YoY Final	med	6.8%	6.6%	24.2%*
07:00	GBP	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Final	med	1.1%	1.3%	5.4%*
07:45	EUR	French PPI MoM	low	3.5%	2.6%	2.9%
07:45	EUR	French PPI YoY	low	17.4%	14.4%	15.2%*
12:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	3.27%		3.3%
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low	-0.6%		-4.0%
12:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low	287.5		297.2
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low	2,402.7		2,350.5
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low	588.4		591.7
13:30	USD	Chicago Fed National Activity Index	med	0.37	0.51	0.75*
13:30	USD	GDP Price Index QoQ Final	med	5.9%	5.9%	6.2%
13:30	USD	Corporate Profits QoQ Final	low	3.4%	4.2%	10.5%
13:30	USD	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Final	med	2.3%	2.1%	6.7%
13:30	USD	Core PCE Prices QoQ Final	low	4.6%	4.5%	6.1%
13:30	USD	PCE Prices QoQ Final	low	5.3%	5.3%	6.5%
13:30	USD	GDP Sales QoQ Final	low	0.1%	0.0%	8.1%
13:30	USD	Real Consumer Spending QoQ Final	low	2.0%	1.7%	12.0%
13:30	CAD	Manufacturing Sales MoM Prel	low	3.1%		4.3%
14:00	CHF	SNB Quarterly Bulletin	low
15:00	USD	Existing Home Sales MoM	med	1.9%	2.7%	0.8%
15:00	USD	Existing Home Sales	med	6.46M	6.51M	6.34M
15:00	USD	CB Consumer Confidence	high	115.8	110.5	111.9*
15:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low	1.46M		1.29M*
15:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low	0.04M		-0.11M*
15:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low	0.4M		-2.85M*
15:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low	-0.03M		0.18M*
15:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low	-0.1M		0.48M*
15:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med	5.53M		-0.72M*
15:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low	0.15M		-0.12M*
15:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	-4.72M		-4.58M*
15:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low	0.49M		-1.4M*
15:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 10 to 22.5 yrs	low
18:00	USD	5-Year TIPS Auction	low	-1.51%		-1.69%*
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low	-1,588.5B		458.9B*
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low	-841.3B		-604.3B*

Dec 23	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	JPY	BoJ Gov Kuroda Speech	med
00:30	AUD	Private Sector Credit YoY	low	6.6%	5.9%	5.7%
00:30	AUD	Private Sector Credit MoM	low	0.9%	0.4%	0.5%
05:00	JPY	Leading Indicators Index	low	101.5	102.1	100.2*
05:00	JPY	Coincident Index Final	low	89.8	89.9	88.7
07:00	EUR	German Import Prices MoM	low	3.0%	1.7%	3.8%
07:00	EUR	German Germany Import Price Index	low	24.7%	23.2%	21.7%
09:00	GBP	Car Production YoY	low	-28.7%	-6.2%	-41.4%
13:30	CAD	Average Weekly Earnings YoY	low	2.7%		2.6%
13:30	CAD	GDP MoM	med	0.8%	0.8%	0.2%*
13:30	USD	Core PCE Price Index YoY	low	4.7%	4.3%	4.2%*
13:30	USD	Core PCE Price Index MoM	low	0.5%	0.2%	0.5%*
13:30	USD	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure	high	5.7%	5.5%	5.1%*
13:30	USD	PCE Price Index MoM	med	0.6%	0.4%	0.7%*
13:30	USD	Personal Income	high	0.4%	0.3%	0.5%
13:30	USD	Personal Spending MoM	high	0.6%	0.5%	1.4%*
13:30	USD	Durable Goods Orders	high	2.5%	1.1%	0.1%*
13:30	USD	Core Durable Goods Orders	med	0.8%	0.7%	0.3%*
13:30	USD	Durable Goods Orders ex Defense MoM	low	2.0%	1.2%	1.3%*
13:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	med	206.25k		203.5k*
13:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	high	205.0k	207.0k	205.0k*
13:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	med	1,859.0k	1,782.0k	1,867.0k*
13:30	USD	Non Defense Goods Orders Ex Air	low	-0.1%		0.9%*
15:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Expectations Final	low	68.3	67.8	63.5
15:00	USD	Michigan Current Conditions Final	low	74.2	74.6	73.6
15:00	USD	Michigan Inflation Expectations Final	low	4.8%	4.9%	4.9%
15:00	USD	UoM Consumer Sentiment Index	high	70.6	70.4	67.4
15:00	USD	Michigan 5 Year Inflation Expectations Final	low	2.9%	3.0%	3.0%
15:00	USD	New Home Sales MoM	med	12.4%	3.4%	-8.4%*
15:00	USD	New Home Sales	high	0.74M	0.77M	0.66M*
15:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low	-55.0Bcf		-88.0Bcf
16:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low	0.05%		0.05%
16:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low	0.04%		0.03%
18:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low	480.0		475.0
18:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rig Count	low	586.0		579.0
23:30	JPY	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	0.5%	0.3%	0.1%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate YoY	high	0.6%	0.4%	0.1%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.3%	0.2%	-0.3%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate Ex-Food and Energy YoY	low	-0.6%	-0.4%	-0.7%

Dec 24	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CAD	Christmas Day	low
All Day	EUR	German Christmas Eve	low
All Day	CHF	Christmas Eve	low
All Day	USD	Christmas Day	low
05:00	JPY	Construction Orders YoY	low	0.0%	5.1%	2.1%
05:00	JPY	Housing Starts YoY	med	3.7%	4.5%	10.4%

Dec 25	Saturday		Impact
All Day	EUR	French Christmas Day	low
All Day	EUR	German Christmas Day	low
All Day	CHF	Christmas Day	low

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.