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Mar 5 | Sunday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Day | CNY | Chinese National People’s Congress | med | ||||
Mar 6 | Monday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | AUD | low | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.9% | ||
| All Day | CNY | Chinese National People's Congres | med | ||||
| All Day | EUR | German New Car Registrations YoY | low | 2.8% | -2.6% | ||
| 07:30 | CHF | med | 3.4% | 3.0% | 3.3% | ||
| 07:30 | CHF | low | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.6% | ||
| 07:30 | CHF | CPI | low | 105.8 | 105.4 | 105.0 | |
| 08:30 | EUR | S&P Global Construction PMI | low | 47.6 | 48.2 | 46.1 | |
| 08:30 | EUR | French S&P Global Construction PMI | low | 45.2 | 49.0 | 48.4 | |
| 08:30 | EUR | German S&P Global Construction PMI | med | 48.6 | 45.1 | 43.3 | |
| 09:15 | GBP | New Car Sales YoY | low | 26.2% | 11.0% | 14.7% | |
| 09:30 | GBP | S&P Global/CIPS Construction PMI | med | 54.6 | 49.5 | 48.4 | |
| 10:00 | EUR | med | -2.3% | -1.2% | -2.8% | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | low | 0.3% | 1.3% | -1.7%* | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | low | -2.9% | -3.2% | -2.0%* | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | low | 0.1% | 0.5% | -1.6%* | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | ECB Lane Speech | low | ||||
| 10:30 | EUR | German 3-Month Bubill Auction | low | 2.86% | 2.44%* | ||
| 14:00 | EUR | French 3-Month BTF Auction | low | 2.83% | 2.69% | ||
| 14:00 | EUR | French 12-Month BTF Auction | low | 3.36% | 3.24% | ||
| 14:00 | EUR | French 6-Month BTF Auction | low | 3.02% | 2.93%* | ||
| 15:00 | CAD | high | 51.6 | 55.0 | 60.1 | ||
| 15:00 | USD | Factory Orders ex Transportation | low | 1.2% | 0.6% | -1.2% | |
| 15:00 | USD | med | -1.6% | -3.7% | 1.7%* | ||
| 16:00 | EUR | German Bundesbank Balz Speech | low | ||||
| 16:30 | USD | 3-Month Bill Auction | low | 4.77% | 4.75% | ||
| 16:30 | USD | 6-Month Bill Auction | low | 4.97% | 4.94% | ||
| 21:30 | AUD | med | |||||
| 23:30 | JPY | Overtime Pay YoY | low | 1.1% | 3.0% | ||
| 23:30 | JPY | Average Cash Earnings YoY | low | 0.8% | 1.2% | 4.1%* | |
| 23:50 | JPY | Foreign Exchange Reserves | low | 1,226.0B | 1,250.2B | ||
Mar 7 | Tuesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Day | CNY | Chinese National People's Congres | med | ||||
| 00:01 | GBP | BRC Retail Sales Monitor YoY | med | 4.9% | 2.1% | 3.9% | |
| 00:30 | AUD | Retail Sales MoM Final | low | 1.9% | 1.9% | -4.0%* | |
| 00:30 | AUD | high | 11.69B | 12.5B | 12.99B* | ||
| 00:30 | AUD | Exports MoM | low | 1.4% | -0.4%* | ||
| 00:30 | AUD | Imports MoM | low | 5.0% | 0.6%* | ||
| 01:30 | AUD | low | |||||
| 03:30 | AUD | RBA Interest Rate Decision | high | 3.6% | 3.6% | 3.35% | |
| 03:35 | JPY | 30-Year JGB Auction | low | 1.42% | 1.54%* | ||
| 04:30 | CNY | high | 116.88B | 78.2B | 78.0B | ||
| 04:30 | CNY | med | -6.8% | -12.0% | -9.9% | ||
| 04:30 | CNY | med | -10.2% | -5.6% | -7.5% | ||
| 06:45 | CHF | med | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.2% | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | med | 1.0% | -0.8% | 3.4%* | ||
| 07:00 | GBP | med | 1.1% | -0.3% | 0.2%* | ||
| 07:00 | GBP | med | 2.1% | 0.7% | 2.1%* | ||
| 08:00 | CNY | Chinese Foreign Exchange Reserves | low | 3.13 | 3.18 | 3.18* | |
| 08:00 | EUR | French Foreign Exchange Reserves | low | 209.15B | 228.7B | ||
| 08:00 | CHF | Foreign Exchange Reserves | low | 770.6B | 781.0B | 785.28B* | |
| 08:45 | USD | LMI Logistics Managers Index Current | low | 54.7 | 57.6 | ||
| 09:00 | EUR | ECB Consumer Expectations Survey | med | ||||
| 10:00 | GBP | 3-Year Treasury Gilt Auction | low | 4.15% | 3.63%* | ||
| 10:20 | GBP | BBA Mortgage Rate | low | 7.02% | 6.8% | 6.66% | |
| 10:30 | EUR | German 10-Year Bund/€i Auction | low | 0.13% | 0.19% | ||
| 13:55 | USD | Redbook YoY | low | 3.0% | 5.3% | ||
| 14:20 | NZD | Global Dairy Trade Price Index | low | -0.7% | -1.5% | ||
| 14:25 | USD | Used Car Prices YoY | low | -7.0% | -12.8% | ||
| 14:25 | USD | Used Car Prices MoM | low | 4.3% | 2.5% | ||
| 15:00 | USD | low | -0.4% | -0.4% | 0.1% | ||
| 15:00 | USD | IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism | med | 46.9 | 46.0 | 45.1 | |
| 15:00 | USD | Fed Chair Powell Testimony | high | ||||
| 15:30 | USD | NY Fed Treasury Purchases 4.5 to 7 yrs | low | ||||
| 18:00 | USD | 3-Year Note Auction | low | 4.64% | 4.07%* | ||
| 20:00 | USD | low | 14.8B | 20.0B | 11.69B* | ||
| 21:30 | USD | API Crude Oil Stock Change | med | -3.84M | 6.2M* | ||
| 21:55 | AUD | RBA Gov Lowe Speech | med | ||||
| 23:50 | JPY | low | 3.3% | 2.9% | 3.1% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | med | -1,976.6B | -760.0B | 33.4B | ||
Mar 8 | Wednesday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Day | CNY | Chinese National People's Congres | med | ||||
| 00:30 | AUD | RBA Chart Pack | low | ||||
| 03:35 | JPY | 6-Month Bill Auction | low | -0.16% | -0.13%* | ||
| 05:00 | JPY | Coincident Index Prel | low | 96.1 | 99.0 | 99.1 | |
| 05:00 | JPY | Leading Economic Index Prel | low | 96.5 | 97.0 | 96.9* | |
| 06:00 | JPY | low | 52.0 | 48.6 | 48.5 | ||
| 06:00 | JPY | Eco Watchers Survey Outlook | low | 50.8 | 49.5 | 49.3 | |
| 07:00 | EUR | med | -0.3% | 2.5% | -5.3% | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | med | -6.9% | -4.2% | -6.4% | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | med | 3.5% | 1.5% | -2.4%* | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | med | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.4%* | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | med | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.4%* | ||
| 10:00 | EUR | Employment Change QoQ Final | med | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |
| 10:00 | EUR | Employment Change YoY Final | med | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.8% | |
| 10:00 | EUR | ECB President Lagarde Speech | med | ||||
| 10:00 | EUR | ECB Panetta Speech | low | ||||
| 10:30 | EUR | German 7-Year Bund Auction | low | 2.79% | 2.34% | ||
| 12:00 | USD | MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate | med | 6.79% | 6.71% | ||
| 12:00 | USD | MBA Mortgage Applications | low | 7.4% | -5.7% | ||
| 12:00 | USD | MBA Mortgage Refinance Index | low | 437.9 | 400.4* | ||
| 12:00 | USD | MBA Mortgage Market Index | low | 201.5 | 187.6* | ||
| 12:00 | USD | MBA Purchase Index | low | 154.4 | 144.8* | ||
| 13:15 | USD | high | 242.0k | 191.0k | 119.0k* | ||
| 13:30 | CAD | Exports | low | 67.02B | 64.9B | 64.32B* | |
| 13:30 | CAD | Imports | low | 65.1B | 64.8B | 63.13B | |
| 13:30 | CAD | high | 1.92B | 0.1B | 1.19B* | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Exports | med | 257.5B | 260.2B | 249.0B* | |
| 13:30 | USD | Imports | med | 325.8B | 329.2B | 316.2B* | |
| 13:30 | USD | high | -68.3B | -69.0B | -67.2B* | ||
| 15:00 | USD | JOLTs Job Openings | high | 10.82M | 10.6M | 11.23M* | |
| 15:00 | USD | JOLTs Job Quits | low | 3.88M | 4.0M | 4.09M* | |
| 15:00 | CAD | BoC Interest Rate Decision | high | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | |
| 15:00 | USD | Fed Chair Powell Testimony | high | ||||
| 15:30 | USD | EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change | low | -0.01M | -0.03M* | ||
| 15:30 | USD | EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change | med | -1.69M | 1.17M* | ||
| 15:30 | USD | EIA Distillate Stocks Change | low | 0.14M | 0.18M* | ||
| 15:30 | USD | EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change | low | -0.65M | 0.55M* | ||
| 15:30 | USD | EIA Gasoline Production Change | low | -0.17M | 0.3M* | ||
| 15:30 | USD | EIA Crude Oil Imports Change | low | 2.33M | -1.15M | ||
| 15:30 | USD | EIA Gasoline Stocks Change | med | -1.13M | -0.87M* | ||
| 15:30 | USD | EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change | low | -0.89M | 0.31M* | ||
| 15:30 | USD | EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change | low | -0.08M | -0.09M* | ||
| 16:30 | USD | 17-Week Bill Auction | low | 5.05% | 4.89%* | ||
| 17:00 | USD | WASDE Report | low | ||||
| 18:00 | USD | 10-Year Note Auction | low | 3.99% | 3.61%* | ||
| 19:00 | USD | Fed Beige Book | low | ||||
| 21:45 | NZD | Electronic Retail Card Spending YoY | low | 11.7% | 1.9% | 2.7% | |
| 21:45 | NZD | low | 0.0% | -1.2% | 2.6% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Foreign Bond Investment | low | -168.6B | 219.7B* | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | Stock Investment by Foreigners | low | -595.4B | -403.4B* | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | med | 0.0% | 0.2% | -0.3%* | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | GDP Growth Annualized Final | med | 0.1% | 0.6% | -1.1%* | |
| 23:50 | JPY | GDP External Demand QoQ Final | low | 0.4% | 0.3% | -0.6% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | GDP Capital Expenditure QoQ Final | low | -0.5% | -0.5% | 1.5% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | GDP Private Consumption QoQ Final | low | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.0%* | |
| 23:50 | JPY | GDP Price Index YoY Final | low | 1.2% | 1.1% | -0.4% | |
Mar 9 | Thursday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Day | CNY | Chinese National People's Congres | med | ||||
| 00:01 | GBP | RICS House Price Balance | low | -48.0% | -53.0% | -46.0%* | |
| 00:30 | AUD | Building Permits MoM Final | low | -27.6% | -27.6% | 15.3%* | |
| 00:30 | AUD | Private House Approvals MoM Final | low | -13.8% | -13.8% | -2.1%* | |
| 00:30 | AUD | Building Permits YoY Final | low | -8.4% | -8.4% | -3.7%* | |
| 01:30 | CNY | med | -1.4% | -0.5% | -0.8% | ||
| 01:30 | CNY | med | -0.5% | 0.6% | 0.8% | ||
| 01:30 | CNY | med | 1.0% | 2.3% | 2.1% | ||
| 03:35 | JPY | 3-Month Bill Auction | low | -0.2% | -0.18%* | ||
| 06:00 | JPY | Machine Tool Orders YoY | low | -10.7% | 2.3% | -9.7% | |
| 06:30 | EUR | French Private Non Farm Payrolls QoQ Final | low | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.4% | |
| 06:30 | EUR | French Non Farm Payrolls QoQ | low | 0.2% | 25,690.0% | 0.3%* | |
| 12:30 | USD | Challenger Job Cuts | low | 77.77k | 130.0k | 102.94k* | |
| 13:30 | USD | med | 197.0k | 195.0k | 193.0k | ||
| 13:30 | USD | med | 1,718.0k | 1,650.0k | 1,649.0k* | ||
| 13:30 | USD | high | 211.0k | 192.0k | 190.0k | ||
| 15:00 | USD | Fed Barr Speech | med | ||||
| 15:30 | USD | EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change | low | -84.0Bcf | -81.0Bcf | ||
| 16:30 | USD | 8-Week Bill Auction | low | 4.82% | 4.66%* | ||
| 16:30 | USD | 4-Week Bill Auction | low | 4.64% | 4.59% | ||
| 18:00 | USD | 30-Year Bond Auction | low | 3.88% | 3.69%* | ||
| 18:45 | CAD | BoC Gov Rogers Speech | med | ||||
| 21:30 | NZD | Business NZ PMI | med | 52.0 | 51.5 | 50.8 | |
| 21:45 | NZD | Manufacturing Sales YoY | low | -9.9% | 2.6% | 1.5%* | |
| 23:30 | JPY | Household Spending YoY | low | -0.3% | -0.7% | -1.3% | |
| 23:30 | JPY | Household Spending MoM | low | 2.7% | 0.9% | -2.1% | |
| 23:50 | JPY | low | 8.2% | 9.1% | 9.5% | ||
| 23:50 | JPY | low | -0.4% | -0.2% | 0.0% | ||
Mar 10 | Friday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Day | CNY | Chinese National People's Congres | med | ||||
| 03:00 | JPY | high | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | low | 9.3% | 9.3% | 9.2% | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | low | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.5% | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | med | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.0% | ||
| 07:00 | EUR | med | 8.7% | 8.7% | 8.7% | ||
| 07:00 | GBP | Goods Trade Balance Non-EU | med | -7.81B | -6.6B | -7.48B* | |
| 07:00 | GBP | high | 0.3% | 0.0% | -0.5% | ||
| 07:00 | GBP | med | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.0% | ||
| 07:00 | GBP | low | 0.6% | 1.5% | 3.7% | ||
| 07:00 | GBP | med | -0.3% | -0.3% | 0.3% | ||
| 07:00 | GBP | low | -4.3% | -4.8% | -4.0% | ||
| 07:00 | GBP | high | -0.4% | -0.3% | 0.0% | ||
| 07:00 | GBP | high | -5.2% | -5.2% | -5.7% | ||
| 07:00 | GBP | low | -5.86B | -6.1B | -7.15B | ||
| 07:00 | GBP | Goods Trade Balance | med | -17.86B | -18.6B | -19.27B* | |
| 07:00 | GBP | GDP YoY | low | 0.0% | -0.2% | -0.1% | |
| 07:00 | EUR | German CPI | low | 115.2 | 115.2 | 114.3 | |
| 07:45 | EUR | French Exports | low | 49.43B | 50.56B* | ||
| 07:45 | EUR | French Imports | low | 62.36B | 65.28B* | ||
| 07:45 | EUR | low | -3.6B | -7.9B | -7.6B* | ||
| 07:45 | EUR | med | -12.94B | -13.6B | -14.93B | ||
| 08:25 | CNY | Chinese Vehicle Sales YoY | low | 13.5% | -2.0% | -35.0% | |
| 08:30 | CNY | low | 12.9% | 12.5% | 12.6% | ||
| 08:30 | CNY | Chinese Outstanding Loan Growth YoY | low | 11.6% | 11.2% | 11.3% | |
| 08:30 | CNY | Chinese Total Social Financing | low | 3,160.0B | 1,410.0B | 5,980.0B | |
| 08:30 | CNY | low | 1,810.0B | 1,510.0B | 4,900.0B | ||
| 09:00 | EUR | ECB Panetta Speech | low | ||||
| 11:00 | EUR | ECB McCaul Speech | low | ||||
| 12:00 | GBP | NIESR Monthly GDP Tracker | low | -0.1% | -0.2% | 0.0%* | |
| 13:30 | USD | Average Hourly Earnings YoY | med | 4.6% | 4.7% | 4.4% | |
| 13:30 | USD | Average Weekly Hours | low | 34.5 | 34.6 | 34.6* | |
| 13:30 | USD | high | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Manufacturing Payrolls | low | -4.0k | 5.0k | 13.0k* | |
| 13:30 | USD | low | 265.0k | 180.0k | 386.0k* | ||
| 13:30 | USD | high | 311.0k | 210.0k | 504.0k* | ||
| 13:30 | USD | high | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.4% | ||
| 13:30 | USD | Government Payrolls | low | 46.0k | 30.0k | 118.0k* | |
| 13:30 | USD | Participation Rate | med | 62.5% | 62.4% | 62.4% | |
| 13:30 | CAD | Full Time Employment Chg | med | 31.1k | 15.0k | 121.1k | |
| 13:30 | CAD | Part Time Employment Chg | med | -9.3k | 5.0k | 28.9k | |
| 13:30 | CAD | Participation Rate | med | 65.7% | 64.9% | 65.7% | |
| 13:30 | CAD | high | 5.0% | 5.2% | 5.0% | ||
| 13:30 | CAD | med | 21.8k | 20.0k | 150.0k | ||
| 13:30 | CAD | Average Hourly Wages YoY | low | 5.4% | 4.4% | 4.5% | |
| 13:30 | CAD | low | 81.7% | 82.3% | 82.2%* | ||
| 15:00 | EUR | ECB President Lagarde Speech | med | ||||
| 18:00 | USD | Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count | low | 590.0 | 592.0 | ||
| 18:00 | USD | Baker Hughes Total Rigs Count | low | ||||
| 18:00 | USD | Baker Hughes Total Rig Count | low | 746.0 | 749.0 | ||
| 19:00 | USD | Monthly Budget Statement | med | -262.0B | -245.0B | -39.0B | |
Mar 11 | Saturday | Impact | Actual | Forecast | Previous | Details | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Day | CNY | Chinese National People's Congres | med | ||||
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.
Everyone has his burden. What counts is how you carry it.Merle Miller