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.

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May 5	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	CNY	Chinese May Day	low
All Day	JPY	Children’s Day	low

May 6	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	GBP	Early May Bank Holiday	low
All Day	JPY	Children’s Day (Substitute Holiday)	low
01:30	AUD	TD-MI Inflation Gauge MoM	low	0.1%	0.3%	0.1%
01:30	AUD	ANZ-Indeed Job Ads MoM	low	2.8%	1.1%	-1.0%
01:45	CNY	Chinese Caixin Services PMI	med	52.5	52.6	52.7
01:45	CNY	Chinese Caixin Composite PMI	low	52.8	52.5	52.7
07:50	EUR	French HCOB Services PMI Final	med	51.3	50.5	48.3
07:50	EUR	French HCOB Composite PMI Final	low	50.5	49.9	48.3
07:55	EUR	German HCOB Services PMI Final	med	53.2	53.3	50.1
07:55	EUR	German HCOB Composite PMI Final	low	50.6	50.5	47.7
08:00	EUR	HCOB Composite PMI Final	low	51.7	51.4	50.3
08:00	EUR	HCOB Services PMI Final	med	53.3	52.9	51.5
09:00	EUR	PPI YoY	low	-7.8%	-7.8%	-8.5%*
09:00	EUR	PPI MoM	low	-0.4%	-0.6%	-1.1%*
09:50	EUR	German New Car Registrations YoY	low	19.8%	2.5%	-6.2%
11:30	EUR	German Bundesbank President Nagel Speech	low
12:25	CHF	SNB Jordan Speech	med
13:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low	3.67%		3.71%
13:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low	3.46%		3.49%*
13:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low	3.8%		3.8%
15:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	5.16%		5.17%*
15:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	5.25%		5.25%
16:50	USD	Fed Barkin Speech	med
17:00	USD	Fed Williams Speech	med
18:00	USD	Loan Officer Survey	low
23:01	GBP	BRC Retail Sales Monitor YoY	med	-4.4%	2.0%	3.2%

May 7	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Services PMI Final	med	54.3	54.6	54.1
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Composite PMI Final	low	52.3	52.6	51.7
01:30	AUD	Retail Sales MoM Final	low	-0.4%	-0.4%	0.2%*
04:30	AUD	RBA Interest Rate Decision	high	4.35%	4.35%	4.35%
05:30	AUD	RBA Press Conference	med
05:45	CHF	Unemployment Rate	med	2.3%	2.4%	2.4%
06:00	EUR	German Balance of Trade	high	22.3B	23.0B	21.4B
06:00	EUR	German Exports MoM	med	0.9%		-1.6%*
06:00	EUR	German Imports MoM	low	0.3%		3.0%*
06:00	EUR	German Factory Orders MoM	med	-0.4%	0.3%	-0.8%*
06:00	GBP	Halifax House Price Index MoM	med	0.1%	0.1%	-0.9%*
06:00	GBP	Halifax House Price Index	med	1.1%	0.8%	0.4%*
06:45	EUR	French Private Non Farm Payrolls QoQ Prel	low	0.2%	0.0%	-0.1%
06:45	EUR	French Current Account	low	1.3B	-1.9B	0.3B*
06:45	EUR	French Balance of Trade	med	-5.5B	-6.6B	-5.6B*
06:45	EUR	French Exports	low	52.2B	51.9B	50.8B*
06:45	EUR	French Imports	low	57.7B	58.5B	56.4B*
07:00	CHF	Foreign Exchange Reserves	low	720.37B		715.63B*
07:30	EUR	HCOB Construction PMI	low	41.9	43.8	42.4
07:30	EUR	French HCOB Construction PMI	low	41.5	43.0	41.0
07:30	EUR	German HCOB Construction PMI	low	37.5	40.0	38.3
08:00	GBP	New Car Sales YoY	low	1.0%	12.0%	10.4%
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Construction PMI	med	53.0	50.6	50.2
09:00	EUR	Retail Sales MoM	low	0.8%	0.4%	-0.3%*
09:00	EUR	Retail Sales YoY	low	0.7%	-0.3%	-0.5%*
09:30	CNY	Chinese Foreign Exchange Reserves	low	3.2	3.3	3.25*
12:30	GBP	BoE Hall Speech	low
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	6.0%		5.5%
13:00	USD	Used Car Prices YoY	low	-14.0%		-14.7%
13:00	USD	Used Car Prices MoM	low	-2.3%		-0.4%
14:00	CAD	Ivey PMI s.a	high	63.0	57.8	57.5
14:10	USD	RCM/TIPP Economic Optimism Index	med	41.8	44.0	43.2
14:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases 0 to 1 yrs	low
15:00	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low	1.8%		0.1%
15:30	USD	Fed Kashkari Speech	med
15:30	USD	42-Day Bill Auction	low	5.28%		5.29%*
17:00	USD	3-Year Note Auction	low	4.61%		4.55%*
17:00	EUR	German Bundesbank President Nagel Speech	med
18:00	USD	LMI Logistics Managers Index	low	52.9		58.3
19:00	USD	Consumer Credit Change	low	6.27B	17.0B	14.12B
19:30	CAD	BoC Rogers Speech	med
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	0.51M		4.91M*

May 8	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	EUR	French Victory in Europe Day	low
03:35	JPY	10-Year JGB Auction	low	0.86%		0.75%*
06:00	EUR	German Industrial Production MoM	med	-0.4%	-1.0%	1.7%*
07:00	EUR	ECB Non-Monetary Policy Meeting	low
09:00	GBP	BBA Mortgage Rate	low	7.92%	7.9%	7.92%
09:00	GBP	30-Year Green Gilt Auction	low	4.55%		4.57%*
11:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low			141.7
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low			456.9
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low			-2.3%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low			192.1
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low			7.29%
14:00	USD	Wholesale Inventories MoM	low		-0.4%	0.5%
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low			-0.18M*
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low			-0.23M
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med			7.27M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med			0.34M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low			1.54M*
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low			1.09M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low			-0.27M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low			-0.73M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low			0.25M*
15:00	USD	Fed Jefferson Speech	med
15:30	USD	17-Week Bill Auction	low			5.25%*
15:45	USD	Fed Collins Speech	med
16:00	CAD	5-Year Bond Auction	low			3.61%*
17:00	USD	10-Year Note Auction	med			4.56%
17:30	USD	Fed Cook Speech	med
23:01	GBP	RICS House Price Balance	low		2.0%	-4.0%
23:30	JPY	Overtime Pay YoY	low		-0.6%	-1.0%
23:30	JPY	Average Cash Earnings YoY	low		1.7%	1.8%
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low			-492.4B
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low			648.1B
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low
23:50	JPY	BoJ Summary of Opinions	med
23:50	JPY	Foreign Exchange Reserves	low			1,290.6B

May 9	Thursday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	EUR	Anniversary of Robert Schumans Declaration	low
All Day	EUR	Ascension Day	low
All Day	EUR	French Ascension Day	low
All Day	EUR	German Ascension Day	low
All Day	CHF	Ascension Day	low
01:30	AUD	Building Permits MoM Final	low	1.9%	-0.9%*
01:30	AUD	Private House Approvals MoM Final	low	3.8%	12.4%*
03:00	CNY	Chinese Exports YoY	med	2.0%	-7.5%
03:00	CNY	Chinese Imports YoY	med	5.0%	-1.9%
03:00	CNY	Chinese Balance of Trade	high	81.2B	58.55B
03:35	JPY	6-Month Bill Auction	low		0.04%*
05:00	JPY	Coincident Index Prel	low	111.0	111.6
05:00	JPY	Leading Economic Index Prel	low	111.9	111.8
06:45	EUR	French Foreign Exchange Reserves	low		238.9B
07:55	EUR	ECB McCaul Speech	low
11:00	GBP	Official Bank Rate	high	5.25%	5.25%
11:00	GBP	BoE Monetary Policy Report	med
11:00	GBP	MPC Meeting Minutes	high
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Cut	med		1.0
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Unchanged	med		8.0
11:00	GBP	BoE MPC Vote Hike	med		0.0
11:30	GBP	BoE Gov Bailey Speech	med
12:15	EUR	ECB Guindos Speech	low
12:15	EUR	ECB Cipollone Speech	low
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	low	209.75k	210.0k
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med	211.0k	208.0k
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low	1,785.0k	1,774.0k
13:15	GBP	BoE Gov Bailey Speech	med
14:00	CAD	BoC Financial System Review	low
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low		59.0Bcf
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low		5.28%*
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low		5.27%
16:00	USD	15-Year Mortgage Rate	low		6.47%
16:00	USD	30-Year Mortgage Rate	low		7.22%
16:15	GBP	BoE Pill Speech	med
17:00	USD	30-Year Bond Auction	med		4.67%*
18:00	USD	Fed Daly Speech	med
22:30	NZD	Business NZ PMI	med	48.5	47.1
23:30	JPY	Household Spending MoM	low	0.1%	1.4%
23:30	JPY	Household Spending YoY	low	1.0%	-0.5%
23:50	JPY	Bank Lending YoY	low	3.0%	3.2%
23:50	JPY	Current Account	med	2,990.0B	2,644.2B

May 10	Friday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CNY	Chinese Vehicle Sales YoY	low	13.0%	9.9%
03:35	JPY	3-Month Bill Auction	low		0.03%*
03:35	JPY	30-Year JGB Auction	low		1.81%*
05:00	JPY	Eco Watchers Survey Current	low	49.9	49.8
05:00	JPY	Eco Watchers Survey Outlook	low	51.3	51.2
06:00	GBP	GDP YoY	low	0.2%	-0.2%
06:00	GBP	Goods Trade Balance Non-EU	med	-2.7B	-2.9B
06:00	GBP	Industrial Production MoM	med	-0.1%	1.1%
06:00	GBP	Industrial Production YoY	low	0.5%	1.4%
06:00	GBP	Manufacturing Production MoM	high	-0.1%	1.2%
06:00	GBP	Manufacturing Production YoY	high	1.1%	2.7%
06:00	GBP	Construction Output	low	-0.8%	-2.0%
06:00	GBP	Balance of Trade	low	-2.1B	-2.29B*
06:00	GBP	GDP Growth Rate YoY Prel	high	0.1%	-0.2%
06:00	GBP	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Prel	high	0.3%	-0.3%
06:00	GBP	Business Investment QoQ Prel	med	1.1%	1.4%
06:00	GBP	Business Investment YoY Prel	low	0.3%	2.8%
06:00	GBP	GDP MoM	high	0.2%	0.1%
06:00	GBP	GDP 3-Month Avg	med	0.3%	0.2%
06:00	GBP	Construction Orders YoY	low	13.0%	-30.2%
06:00	GBP	Goods Trade Balance	med	-14.1B	-14.21B
07:00	EUR	ECB Cipollone Speech	low
08:45	EUR	ECB Elderson Speech	low
09:00	CNY	Chinese Current Account Prel	med	83.0B	56.2B
11:15	GBP	BoE Pill Speech	med
11:30	EUR	ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts	med
11:45	GBP	BoE Dhingra Speech	low
12:00	GBP	NIESR Monthly GDP Tracker	low	0.3%	0.4%
12:30	CAD	Average Hourly Wages YoY	low	4.9%	5.0%
12:30	CAD	Full Time Employment Chg	low	10.0k	-0.7k
12:30	CAD	Part Time Employment Chg	low	5.0k	-1.6k
12:30	CAD	Participation Rate	med	65.3%	65.3%
12:30	CAD	Employment Change	med	15.0k	-2.2k
12:30	CAD	Unemployment Rate	high	6.2%	6.1%
13:00	USD	Fed Bowman Speech	med
14:00	USD	Michigan Current Conditions Prel	low	79.5	79.0
14:00	USD	Michigan Inflation Expectations Prel	med	3.1%	3.2%
14:00	USD	University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index	high	78.0	77.2
14:00	USD	Michigan 5 Year Inflation Expectations Prel	low	3.0%	3.0%
14:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Expectations Prel	low	77.3	76.0
14:30	CAD	Senior Loan Officer Survey	low
16:00	USD	WASDE Report	low
16:45	USD	Fed Goolsbee Speech	med
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rigs Count	low		605.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low		499.0
17:30	USD	Fed Barr Speech	med
18:00	USD	Monthly Budget Statement	med	120.0B	-236.0B

May 11	Saturday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CNY	Chinese May Day	low
All Day	CNY	Chinese New Loans	med	1,200.0B	3,090.0B
All Day	CNY	Chinese Outstanding Loan Growth YoY	low	9.6%	9.6%
All Day	CNY	Chinese M2 Money Supply	low	8.2%	8.3%
All Day	CNY	Chinese Total Social Financing	low	1,780.0B	4,870.0B
01:30	CNY	Chinese Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.5%	-1.0%
01:30	CNY	Chinese PPI YoY	med	-2.5%	-2.8%
01:30	CNY	Chinese Inflation Rate YoY	med	0.3%	0.1%

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.