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.

Mar 17	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
21:30	NZD	Composite NZ PCI	low	51.3	51.1	50.2*
21:30	NZD	Services NZ PSI	low	53.0	52.9	52.2*
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders YoY	med	-10.9%	-10.2%	-0.7%
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders MoM	med	-1.7%	-0.9%	1.9%*

Mar 18	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
02:00	CNY	Chinese Retail Sales YoY	med	5.5%	5.6%	7.4%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Industrial Production YoY	med	7.0%	5.4%	6.8%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Fixed Asset Investment (YTD) YoY	med	4.2%	3.1%	3.0%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Unemployment Rate	med	5.3%	5.1%	5.2%*
02:00	CNY	Chinese NBS Press Conference	low
03:35	JPY	52-Week Bill Auction	low	0.11%		0.01%*
10:00	EUR	Trade Balance	med	11.4B	20.0B	16.8B
10:00	EUR	CPI Final	low	124.4	124.4	123.6
10:00	EUR	Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	2.6%	2.6%	2.8%
10:00	EUR	Core Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	3.1%	3.1%	3.3%
10:00	EUR	Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	0.6%	0.6%	-0.4%
10:15	EUR	ECB Buch Speech	low
10:30	EUR	German 12-Month Bubill Auction	low	3.43%		3.36%*
12:30	CAD	PPI YoY	low	-1.7%	-2.0%	-2.9%
12:30	CAD	PPI MoM	low	0.7%	0.3%	-0.1%
12:30	CAD	Raw Materials Prices YoY	low	-4.7%	-3.8%	-6.5%*
12:30	CAD	Raw Materials Prices MoM	low	2.1%	1.4%	1.2%
14:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low	3.8%		3.81%*
14:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low	3.78%		3.75%*
14:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low	3.53%		3.45%
14:00	USD	NAHB Housing Market Index	med	51.0	49.0	48.0
15:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	5.13%		5.1%
15:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	5.25%		5.25%
16:00	CAD	2-Year Bond Auction	low	4.17%		4.08%*

Mar 19	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
03:00	JPY	BoJ Interest Rate Decision	high	0.0%	0.0%	-0.1%
03:30	AUD	RBA Interest Rate Decision	high	4.35%	4.35%	4.35%
04:30	AUD	RBA Press Conference	med
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production MoM Final	low	-6.7%	-7.5%	1.2%*
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production YoY Final	low	-1.5%	-1.5%	-1.0%
04:30	JPY	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	-7.9%	-0.2%	0.2%*
07:00	CHF	Balance of Trade	med	2.2B	2.2B	2.7B*
08:00	CHF	SECO Economic Forecasts	low
08:30	EUR	ECB Guindos Speech	low
10:00	EUR	Labour Cost Index YoY	low	3.4%	4.6%	5.2%*
10:00	EUR	Wage Growth YoY	low	3.1%	4.6%	5.2%*
10:00	EUR	ZEW Economic Sentiment Index	med	33.5	28.0	25.0
10:00	EUR	German ZEW Economic Sentiment Index	med	31.7	21.0	19.9
10:00	EUR	German ZEW Current Conditions	med	-80.5	-83.0	-81.7
12:30	USD	Building Permits MoM Prel	med	1.9%	-0.2%	-0.3%
12:30	USD	Housing Starts MoM	med	10.7%	7.0%	-12.3%*
12:30	USD	Building Permits Prel	high	1.52M	1.48M	1.49M*
12:30	USD	Housing Starts	med	1.52M	1.43M	1.37M*
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate YoY	high	2.8%	3.0%	2.9%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%
12:30	CAD	CPI Trimmed-Mean YoY	low	3.2%	3.3%	3.4%
12:30	CAD	CPI Median YoY	low	3.1%	3.2%	3.3%
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	2.1%	2.3%	2.4%
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	3.4%		3.0%
14:10	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low	-2.8%		-2.3%
15:30	USD	52-Week Bill Auction	low	4.81%		4.7%*
17:00	USD	20-Year Bond Auction	low	4.54%		4.6%*
20:00	USD	Foreign Bond Investment	low	67.8B		33.8B
20:00	USD	Overall Net Capital Flows	low	-8.8B		137.4B*
20:00	USD	TIC Net Long-Term Transactions	med	36.1B		158.6B*
20:00	NZD	Westpac Consumer Confidence	low	93.2	91.0	88.9
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	-1.52M		-5.52M*
21:45	NZD	Current Account	med	-7.84B	-7.7B	-11.47B*

Mar 20	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	USD	International Monetary Market (IMM) Date	low
All Day	JPY	Vernal Equinox Day	low
00:30	AUD	RBA Chart Pack	low
01:15	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 1Y	med	3.45%	3.45%	3.45%
01:15	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 5Y	med	3.95%	3.95%	3.95%
07:00	EUR	German PPI YoY	low	-4.1%	-3.8%	-4.4%
07:00	EUR	German PPI MoM	med	-0.4%	-0.1%	0.2%
07:00	GBP	PPI Output	low	0.3%	0.1%	-0.3%*
07:00	GBP	PPI Core Output MoM	low	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%*
07:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.6%	0.7%	-0.9%
07:00	GBP	PPI Output MoM	low	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%*
07:00	GBP	PPI Input MoM	low	-0.4%	0.6%	-0.1%*
07:00	GBP	PPI Output YoY	low	0.4%	0.0%	-0.3%*
07:00	GBP	PPI Input YoY	low	-2.7%	-2.1%	-2.8%*
07:00	GBP	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.6%	0.7%	-0.6%
07:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	4.5%	4.5%	5.1%
07:00	GBP	Inflation Rate YoY	high	3.4%	3.5%	4.0%
07:00	GBP	Retail Price Index YoY	low	4.5%	4.2%	4.9%
07:00	GBP	Retail Price Index MoM	low	0.8%	0.6%	-0.3%
08:45	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
09:30	EUR	ECB Lane Speech	low
10:00	EUR	Construction Output YoY	low	0.8%	2.0%	2.8%*
10:55	EUR	German 30-Year Bund Auction	low	2.52%		2.42%*
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	6.97%		6.84%
11:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low	146.0		147.7
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low	-1.6%		7.1%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low	198.2		201.5
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low	468.4		480.3
13:45	EUR	ECB Schnabel Speech	low
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	-1.95M		-1.54M*
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low	0.13M		0.39M
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low	0.13M		0.22M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med	-3.31M		-5.66M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low	0.62M		0.89M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low	-0.26M		0.29M*
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low	0.49M		0.87M*
15:00	EUR	Consumer Confidence Flash	med	-14.9	-14.3	-15.5
15:30	USD	17-Week Bill Auction	low	5.22%		5.21%
17:30	CAD	BoC Summary of Deliberations	med
18:00	USD	Federal Funds Rate	high	5.5%	5.5%	5.5%
18:00	USD	FOMC Economic Projections	high
18:30	USD	Fed Press Conference	high
21:45	NZD	GDP Growth Rate YoY	med	-0.3%	0.2%	-0.6%
21:45	NZD	GDP Growth Rate QoQ	med	-0.1%	0.1%	-0.3%
22:00	AUD	Judo Bank Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	46.8	48.9	47.8
22:00	AUD	Judo Bank Services PMI Flash	med	53.5	51.5	53.1
22:00	AUD	Judo Bank Composite PMI Flash	low	52.4	51.5	52.1
23:00	JPY	Reuters Tankan Index	med	10.0	3.0	-1.0
23:50	JPY	Imports YoY	low	0.5%		-9.8%*
23:50	JPY	Exports YoY	med	7.8%		11.9%
23:50	JPY	Balance of Trade	high	-379.4B	-950.0B	-1,760.3B*

Mar 21	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:10	AUD	RBA Woods Speech	med
00:30	AUD	Part Time Employment Chg	med	38.3k		-4.6k*
00:30	AUD	Participation Rate	low	66.7%	66.8%	66.6%*
00:30	AUD	Full Time Employment Chg	med	78.2k		19.9k*
00:30	AUD	Unemployment Rate	med	3.7%	4.0%	4.1%
00:30	AUD	Employment Change	med	116.5k	40.0k	15.3k*
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Services PMI Flash	med	54.9	53.4	52.9
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Composite PMI Flash	low	52.3	50.9	50.6
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	48.2	48.2	47.2
02:10	NZD	Credit Card Spending YoY	low	2.2%	0.8%	0.0%*
07:00	GBP	GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing	low	-7.48B	-1.8B	17.04B*
07:00	GBP	Public Sector Net Borrowing Ex Banks	low	-8.4B	-2.7B	16.11B*
07:45	EUR	French Business Climate Indicator	low	100.0	97.0	98.0
07:45	EUR	French Business Confidence	med	102.0	99.0	101.0*
08:00	EUR	ECB General Council Meeting	med
08:00	EUR	ECB Buch Speech	low
08:15	EUR	French HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med	47.7	48.3	48.1
08:15	EUR	French HCOB Services PMI Flash	med	47.8	48.5	48.4
08:15	EUR	French HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	45.8	47.6	47.1
08:30	EUR	German HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med	47.4	47.5	46.3
08:30	EUR	German HCOB Services PMI Flash	med	49.8	49.1	48.3
08:30	EUR	German HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	high	41.6	44.0	42.5
08:30	CHF	SNB Interest Rate Decision	med	1.5%	1.75%	1.75%
09:00	EUR	Current Account	low	24.87B	15.0B	42.66B
09:00	EUR	Current Account s.a	low	39.35B		31.95B
09:00	EUR	HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med	49.9	49.9	49.2
09:00	EUR	HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	45.7	47.0	46.5
09:00	EUR	HCOB Services PMI Flash	med	51.1	50.8	50.2
09:30	GBP	S&P Global Composite PMI Flash	med	52.9	53.5	53.0
09:30	GBP	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	49.9	48.0	47.5
09:30	GBP	S&P Global Services PMI Flash	med	53.4	54.0	53.8
10:00	EUR	French 3-Year OAT Auction	low	2.71%		2.67%
10:00	EUR	French 5-Year OAT Auction	low	2.64%		2.62%
10:00	EUR	French 7-Year OAT Auction	low	2.65%		3.05%
12:00	GBP	Official Bank Rate	high	5.25%	5.25%	5.25%
12:00	GBP	MPC Meeting Minutes	high
12:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Hike	med	0.0		2.0
12:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Unchanged	med	8.0		6.0
12:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Cut	med	1.0		1.0
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	med	1,807.0k	1,815.0k	1,803.0k*
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	high	210.0k	216.0k	212.0k*
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	med	211.25k	212.0k	208.75k*
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Business Conditions	low	38.6		7.2
12:30	USD	Philly Fed CAPEX Index	low	23.6		12.7
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Employment	low	-9.6		-10.3
12:30	USD	Philly Fed New Orders	low	5.4		-5.2
12:30	USD	Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	med	3.2	-4.0	5.2
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Prices Paid	low	3.7		16.6
12:30	USD	Current Account	med	-194.8B	-205.0B	-196.4B*
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index MoM	med	0.1%	0.0%	-0.1%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index YoY	med	-0.4%	-0.5%	-0.7%
13:45	USD	S&P Global Composite PMI Flash	med	52.2	51.5	52.5
13:45	USD	S&P Global Services PMI Flash	med	51.7	52.2	52.3
13:45	USD	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	52.5	52.0	52.2
13:50	CAD	BoC Gravelle Speech	med
14:00	USD	CB Leading Index MoM	low	0.1%	-0.3%	-0.4%
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales MoM	med	9.5%	-2.5%	3.1%
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales	med	4.38M	3.89M	4.0M
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low	7.0Bcf		-9.0Bcf
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low	5.27%		5.28%
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low	5.27%		5.28%*
16:00	USD	30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	6.87%		6.74%
16:00	USD	15-Year Mortgage Rate	low	6.21%		6.16%
16:00	USD	Fed Barr Speech	med
17:00	USD	10-Year TIPS Auction	low	1.93%		1.81%
21:45	NZD	Exports	low	5.89B	4.7B	4.82B*
21:45	NZD	Imports	low	6.11B	5.5B	5.9B*
21:45	NZD	Balance of Trade	med	-0.22B	-0.8B	-1.09B*
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate Ex-Food and Energy YoY	low	3.2%	3.3%	3.5%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate YoY	high	2.8%	3.0%	2.2%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.0%	0.2%	0.0%
23:30	JPY	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	2.8%	2.7%	2.0%
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low	-1,461.6B		374.3B*
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low	-803.9B		1,582.9B*

Mar 22	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	EUR	Euro Summit	low
00:01	GBP	Gfk Consumer Confidence	med	-21.0	-20.0	-21.0
00:30	AUD	RBA Financial Stability Review	med
03:35	JPY	3-Month Bill Auction	low	-0.01%		0.01%*
07:00	EUR	German Germany Import Price Index	low	-5.9%	-7.6%	-7.0%*
07:00	EUR	German Import Prices MoM	low	0.0%	-0.3%	-1.0%*
07:00	GBP	Retail Sales MoM	high	0.0%	-0.5%	3.6%*
07:00	GBP	Retail Sales YoY	med	-0.4%	-1.0%	0.5%*
07:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	med	0.2%	-0.3%	3.4%*
07:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	low	-0.5%	-1.0%	0.5%*
08:00	CHF	Current Account	med	15.4B	11.1B	17.8B*
08:00	EUR	ECB General Council Meeting	med
09:00	EUR	German Ifo Current Conditions	low	88.1	87.1	86.9
09:00	EUR	German Ifo Business Climate	high	87.8	86.0	85.7*
09:00	EUR	German Ifo Expectations	low	87.5	85.2	84.4*
10:20	CNY	Chinese FDI (YTD) YoY	med	-19.9%	-19.0%	-11.7%
11:00	GBP	CBI Industrial Trends Orders	med	-18.0	-17.0	-20.0
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales YoY	low	0.9%	2.5%	2.9%
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales MoM	med	-0.3%	-0.1%	0.9%
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales Ex Autos MoM	med	0.5%	-0.2%	0.6%
13:15	EUR	ECB Buch Speech	low
15:00	CAD	Budget Balance	low	-2.1B	-3.9B	-4.47B
16:00	USD	Fed Barr Speech	med
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low	509.0		510.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rigs Count	low	624.0		629.0
17:00	EUR	ECB Lane Speech	low
20:00	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med

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.