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 19	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
19:30	USD	Fed Chair Powell Speech	high

May 20	Monday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CAD	Victoria Day	low
All Day	EUR	Pentecost Monday	low
All Day	EUR	French Pentecost Monday	low
All Day	EUR	German Pentecost Monday	low
All Day	CHF	Pentecost Monday	low
All Day	CNY	Chinese FDI (YTD) YoY	med	-25.0%	-26.1%
01:15	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 1Y	med	3.45%	3.45%
01:15	CNY	Chinese Loan Prime Rate 5Y	med	3.95%	3.95%
03:35	JPY	10-Year Index-Linked JGB Auction	low		-0.47%*
04:30	JPY	Tertiary Industry Activity Index	low	0.3%	1.5%
09:00	GBP	BoE Broadbent Speech	med
12:45	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med
13:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low		3.78%*
13:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low		3.67%
13:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low		3.48%*
13:00	USD	Fed Barr Speech	med
13:00	USD	Fed Waller Speech	med
14:30	USD	Fed Jefferson Speech	med
15:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low		5.17%*
15:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low		5.25%
23:00	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med

May 21	Tuesday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	NZD	Global Dairy Trade Price Index	low		1.8%
00:30	AUD	Westpac Consumer Confidence Index	med	83.1	82.4
00:30	AUD	Westpac Consumer Confidence Change	high	0.9%	-2.4%
01:30	AUD	RBA Meeting Minutes	high
03:00	NZD	Credit Card Spending YoY	low	1.8%	1.4%
06:00	EUR	German PPI YoY	med	-2.7%	-2.9%
06:00	EUR	German PPI MoM	low	0.3%	0.2%
08:00	EUR	Current Account s.a	low	30.0B	29.5B
08:00	EUR	Current Account	low	32.0B	31.6B
08:00	USD	Treasury Secretary Yellen Speech	high
08:20	GBP	BoE Kroszner Speech	low
08:20	USD	Fed Kroszner Speech	med
09:00	EUR	Construction Output YoY	low	-1.8%	-0.4%
09:00	EUR	Trade Balance	med	27.0B	23.6B
09:00	GBP	20-Year Treasury Gilt Auction	low		4.5%*
09:00	EUR	Labour Cost Index YoY Flash	low	2.9%	3.4%
09:30	EUR	German 5-Year Bobl Auction	low		2.41%
10:00	GBP	CBI Industrial Trends Orders	med	-17.0	-23.0
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.4%	0.5%
12:30	CAD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	2.0%	2.0%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.4%	0.6%
12:30	CAD	Inflation Rate YoY	high	2.8%	2.9%
12:30	CAD	CPI Trimmed-Mean YoY	low	3.0%	3.1%
12:30	CAD	CPI Median YoY	low	2.7%	2.8%
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low		6.3%
13:00	USD	Fed Barkin Speech	med
13:00	USD	Fed Barkin Speech	med
13:00	USD	Fed Waller Speech	med
13:05	USD	Fed Williams Speech	med
13:10	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med
13:10	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med
15:30	USD	43-Day Bill Auction	low
15:45	USD	Fed Barr Speech	med
17:00	GBP	BoE Gov Bailey Speech	med
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med		-3.1M*
23:00	JPY	Reuters Tankan Index	med	7.0	9.0
23:00	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med
23:00	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med
23:00	USD	Fed Mester Speech	med
23:00	USD	Fed Collins Speech	med
23:50	JPY	Imports YoY	low		-4.9%
23:50	JPY	Exports YoY	med		7.3%
23:50	JPY	Balance of Trade	high	300.0B	366.5B
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders YoY	med	0.3%	-1.8%
23:50	JPY	Machinery Orders MoM	med	-1.8%	7.7%

May 22	Wednesday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
02:00	NZD	RBNZ Interest Rate Decision	med	5.5%	5.5%
03:00	NZD	RBNZ Press Conference	med
03:35	JPY	40-Year JGB Auction	low		1.91%*
06:00	GBP	GBP Public Sector Net Borrowing	low	-15.0B	-11.02B
06:00	GBP	Public Sector Net Borrowing Ex Banks	low	-16.0B	-11.9B
06:00	GBP	PPI Output YoY	low	0.9%	0.6%
06:00	GBP	PPI Input YoY	low	-2.0%	-2.5%
06:00	GBP	PPI Input MoM	low	-0.1%	-0.1%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output MoM	low	0.2%	0.2%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate MoM	med	0.3%	0.6%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	3.6%	4.2%
06:00	GBP	Inflation Rate YoY	high	2.3%	3.2%
06:00	GBP	PPI Output	low	0.4%	0.1%
06:00	GBP	PPI Core Output MoM	low	0.2%	0.3%
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index YoY	low	4.0%	4.3%
06:00	GBP	Retail Price Index MoM	low	0.3%	0.5%
06:00	GBP	Core Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.7%	0.6%
07:00	EUR	ECB Non-Monetary Policy Meeting	low
08:05	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
09:00	GBP	5-Year Treasury Gilt Auction	low		4.25%*
09:30	EUR	German 10-Year Bund Auction	med		2.54%
11:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low		141.7
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low		0.5%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low		198.1
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low		7.08%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low		499.9
12:45	GBP	BoE Breeden Speech	low
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales MoM	med	0.5%	-4.3%
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales	med	4.21M	4.19M
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low		-0.68M
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low		0.31M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med		-2.51M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med		-0.24M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low		0.11M*
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low		-0.34M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low		0.02M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low		-0.05M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low		0.2M*
15:30	USD	17-Week Bill Auction	low		5.24%*
16:00	CAD	10-Year Bond Auction	low		3.75%*
17:00	USD	20-Year Bond Auction	low		4.82%*
18:00	USD	FOMC Minutes	high
22:45	NZD	Retail Sales YoY	med	1.5%	-4.1%
22:45	NZD	Retail Sales QoQ	low	1.1%	-1.9%
23:00	AUD	Judo Bank Composite PMI Flash	low	52.8	53.0
23:00	AUD	Judo Bank Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	50.1	49.6
23:00	AUD	Judo Bank Services PMI Flash	med	53.2	53.6
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low		660.8B
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low		-396.6B

May 23	Thursday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	AUD	RBA Payments System Board Meeting	low
All Day	EUR	Negotiated Wage Growth	med	4.3%	4.5%
All Day	USD	Building Permits Final	low	1.44M	1.47M*
All Day	USD	Building Permits MoM Final	low	-3.0%	-3.7%
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	50.2	49.6
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Services PMI Flash	med	53.8	54.3
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Composite PMI Flash	low	52.2	52.6
01:00	AUD	Consumer Inflation Expectations	low	4.5%	4.6%
07:15	EUR	French HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med	50.7	50.5
07:15	EUR	French HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	46.0	45.3
07:15	EUR	French HCOB Services PMI Flash	med	51.6	51.3
07:30	EUR	German HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med	51.2	50.6
07:30	EUR	German HCOB Services PMI Flash	med	53.7	53.2
07:30	EUR	German HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	high	44.0	42.5
08:00	EUR	HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med	51.9	51.7
08:00	EUR	HCOB Services PMI Flash	med	53.6	53.3
08:00	EUR	HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	46.0	45.7
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Services PMI Flash	med	53.5	55.0
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Composite PMI Flash	med	54.0	54.1
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	49.7	49.1
11:30	GBP	BoE Pill Speech	med
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index YoY	med	-0.3%	-0.4%
12:30	CAD	New Housing Price Index MoM	med	0.0%	0.0%
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low	1,799.0k	1,794.0k
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med	225.0k	222.0k
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	low	219.0k	217.75k
12:30	USD	Chicago Fed National Activity Index	med	0.16	0.15
13:45	USD	S&P Global Services PMI Flash	med	51.4	51.3
13:45	USD	S&P Global Composite PMI Flash	med	51.4	51.3
13:45	USD	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	50.1	50.0
14:00	EUR	Consumer Confidence Flash	med	-14.4	-14.7
14:00	USD	New Home Sales MoM	med	-1.4%	8.8%
14:00	USD	New Home Sales	med	0.68M	0.69M*
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low		70.0Bcf
15:00	USD	Kansas Fed Composite Index	low	-4.0	-8.0
15:00	USD	Kansas Fed Manufacturing Index	low	-8.0	-13.0
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low		5.27%
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low		5.27%
16:00	USD	15-Year Mortgage Rate	low		6.28%
16:00	USD	30-Year Mortgage Rate	low		7.02%
17:00	USD	10-Year TIPS Auction	low		1.93%*
19:00	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med
22:00	NZD	ANZ Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence	low	80.0	82.1
22:45	NZD	Balance of Trade	med	0.7B	0.59B*
22:45	NZD	Exports	low	6.8B	6.5B
22:45	NZD	Imports	low	6.1B	5.91B
23:01	GBP	Gfk Consumer Confidence	med	-17.0	-19.0
23:30	JPY	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med	2.3%	2.6%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.0%	0.2%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate YoY	high	2.3%	2.7%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate Ex-Food and Energy YoY	low	2.6%	2.9%

May 24	Friday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
03:35	JPY	3-Month Bill Auction	low		0.04%*
06:00	EUR	German GDP Growth Rate QoQ Final	med	0.2%	-0.5%*
06:00	EUR	German GDP w.d.a.	med	-0.2%	-0.2%
06:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	med	0.4%	-0.3%
06:00	GBP	Core Retail Sales	low	1.0%	0.4%
06:00	GBP	Retail Sales YoY	med	1.1%	0.8%
06:00	GBP	Retail Sales MoM	high	0.3%	0.0%
06:30	CHF	Non Farm Payrolls	low	5.4M	5.49M*
06:45	EUR	French Business Confidence	med	101.0	100.0
06:45	EUR	French Business Climate Indicator	low	100.0	99.0
07:00	EUR	ECB Schnabel Speech	low
11:00	CAD	CFIB Business Barometer	low	49.0	47.5
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales YoY	low	0.9%	1.2%
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales Ex Autos MoM	med	-0.1%	-0.3%
12:30	CAD	Retail Sales MoM	med	0.0%	-0.1%
12:30	CAD	Manufacturing Sales MoM Prel	low	0.4%	-2.1%
12:30	USD	Core Durable Goods Orders	med	0.1%	0.2%
12:30	USD	Non Defense Goods Orders Ex Air	low	0.1%	0.2%
12:30	USD	Durable Goods Orders	high	0.3%	2.6%
12:30	USD	Durable Goods Orders ex Defense MoM	low	0.1%	2.3%
13:35	USD	Fed Waller Speech	med
14:00	USD	Michigan Current Conditions Final	low	68.8	79.0
14:00	USD	Michigan 5 Year Inflation Expectations Final	med	3.1%	3.0%
14:00	USD	Michigan Consumer Expectations Final	low	66.5	76.0
14:00	USD	UoM Consumer Sentiment Index	high	67.4	77.2
14:00	USD	Michigan Inflation Expectations Final	med	3.5%	3.2%
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low		497.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rigs Count	low		604.0

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.