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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Apr 28	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	CNY	Chinese May Day	low

Apr 29	Monday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	JPY	Showa Day	low
09:00	EUR	Selling Price Expectations	low	5.1	5.6
09:00	EUR	Consumer Inflation Expectations	low	11.5	12.3
09:00	EUR	Consumer Confidence	low	-14.5	-14.9
09:00	EUR	Industrial Sentiment	low	-8.3	-8.8
09:00	EUR	Services Sentiment	low	6.9	6.3
09:00	EUR	Economic Sentiment	med	97.0	96.3
09:30	EUR	German 3-Month Bubill Auction	low		3.7%*
09:30	EUR	German 9-Month Bubill Auction	low		3.47%*
12:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate YoY Prel	low	2.3%	2.3%
12:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate MoM Prel	low	0.6%	0.6%
12:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate MoM Prel	med	0.5%	0.4%
12:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate YoY Prel	high	2.3%	2.2%
13:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low		3.71%
13:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low		3.47%*
13:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low		3.83%*
14:30	USD	Dallas Fed Manufacturing Index	med	-11.0	-14.4
15:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low		5.16%
15:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low		5.26%*
19:00	USD	Treasury Refunding Financing Estimates	med
19:20	EUR	ECB Guindos Speech	low
23:30	JPY	Unemployment Rate	med	2.4%	2.6%
23:30	JPY	Jobs/applications ratio	low	1.26	1.26
23:50	JPY	Industrial Production MoM Prel	med	2.8%	-0.6%*
23:50	JPY	Industrial Production YoY Prel	low	-5.6%	-3.9%*
23:50	JPY	Retail Sales YoY	med	2.8%	4.6%
23:50	JPY	Retail Sales MoM	low	0.3%	1.5%

Apr 30	Tuesday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
01:00	NZD	ANZ Business Confidence	med	24.0	22.9
01:30	AUD	Housing Credit MoM	med	0.3%	0.4%
01:30	AUD	Private Sector Credit YoY	low	5.0%	5.0%
01:30	AUD	Private Sector Credit MoM	low	0.3%	0.5%
01:30	CNY	Chinese NBS General PMI	low	52.4	52.7
01:30	CNY	Chinese NBS Non Manufacturing PMI	med	52.8	53.0
01:30	CNY	Chinese NBS Manufacturing PMI	high	50.7	50.8
01:30	AUD	Retail Sales MoM Prel	med	0.3%	0.3%
01:45	CNY	Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI	high	51.0	51.1
05:00	JPY	Construction Orders YoY	low	4.3%	-11.0%
05:00	JPY	Housing Starts YoY	med	-7.5%	-8.2%
05:30	EUR	French GDP Growth Rate QoQ Prel	med	0.2%	0.1%
05:30	EUR	French Household Consumption MoM	low	0.0%	0.0%
05:30	EUR	French GDP Growth Rate YoY Prel	high	1.2%	0.7%
06:00	EUR	German Germany Import Price Index	low	-3.7%	-4.9%
06:00	EUR	German Import Prices MoM	low	0.3%	-0.2%
06:00	EUR	German Retail Sales MoM	med	0.7%	-1.9%
06:00	EUR	German Retail Sales YoY	med	-2.0%	-2.7%
06:45	EUR	French Inflation Rate YoY Prel	high	2.2%	2.3%
06:45	EUR	French Harmonised Inflation Rate MoM Prel	low	0.6%	0.2%
06:45	EUR	French Harmonised Inflation Rate YoY Prel	low	2.3%	2.4%
06:45	EUR	French Inflation Rate MoM Prel	med	0.5%	0.2%
06:45	EUR	French PPI YoY	low	-7.7%	-5.5%
06:45	EUR	French PPI MoM	low	-0.5%	-1.7%
07:00	CHF	KOF Leading Indicators	med	102.0	101.5
07:55	EUR	German Unemployment Rate	med	5.9%	5.9%
07:55	EUR	German Unemployment Change	med	21.0k	4.0k
07:55	EUR	German Unemployed Persons	med	2.74M	2.72M*
08:00	EUR	ECB Bank Lending Survey	low
08:00	EUR	German GDP Growth Rate QoQ Flash	med	0.1%	-0.3%
08:00	EUR	German GDP Growth Rate YoY Flash	high	0.1%	-0.2%
08:30	GBP	Net Lending to Individuals MoM	low	1.6B	2.89B*
08:30	GBP	Mortgage Approvals	med	59.5k	60.38k*
08:30	GBP	Mortgage Lending	med	1.1B	1.51B
08:30	GBP	BoE Consumer Credit	med	1.6B	1.38B*
08:30	GBP	M4 Money Supply MoM	low	0.3%	0.5%
09:00	EUR	Core Inflation Rate YoY Flash	med	2.8%	2.9%
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate YoY Flash	high	2.4%	2.4%
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate MoM Flash	med	0.6%	0.8%
09:00	EUR	CPI Flash	low	126.1	125.3
09:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate YoY Flash	med	0.1%	0.1%
09:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Flash	med	0.1%	0.0%
09:00	GBP	5-Year Treasury Gilt Auction	low		3.93%*
09:30	EUR	German 10-Year Bund/g Auction	low		2.3%
10:00	EUR	ECB Buch Speech	low
12:30	CAD	GDP MoM	med	0.4%	0.6%
12:30	CAD	GDP MoM Prel	med	0.1%	0.4%
12:30	USD	Employment Cost - Wages QoQ	high	0.9%	0.9%
12:30	USD	Employment Cost - Benefits QoQ	low	0.7%	0.7%
12:30	USD	Employment Cost Index QoQ	high	0.9%	0.9%
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low		5.3%
13:00	USD	House Price Index	low	419.5	417.5
13:00	USD	House Price Index YoY	low	5.9%	6.3%
13:00	USD	House Price Index MoM	low	0.5%	-0.1%
13:00	USD	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price MoM	med	0.6%	-0.1%
13:00	USD	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price YoY	med	7.0%	6.6%
13:45	USD	Chicago PMI	med	44.0	41.4
14:00	USD	CB Consumer Confidence	high	104.0	104.7
14:30	USD	Dallas Fed Services Revenues Index	low	3.0	4.0
14:30	USD	Dallas Fed Services Index	low	-5.0	-5.5
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med		-3.23M
21:00	NZD	RBNZ Financial Stability Report	med
22:45	NZD	Participation Rate	low	71.7%	71.9%
22:45	NZD	Labour Costs Index YoY	low	3.6%	3.9%
22:45	NZD	Labour Costs Index QoQ	low	0.6%	1.0%
22:45	NZD	Employment Change QoQ	med	0.3%	0.4%
22:45	NZD	Unemployment Rate	med	4.3%	4.0%
23:00	AUD	Judo Bank Manufacturing PMI Final	med	49.9	47.3
23:00	AUD	Ai Group Industry Index	med	-4.0	-5.3
23:00	AUD	AIG Manufacturing Index	low	-6.0	-7.0
23:00	AUD	Ai Group Construction Index	low	-14.0	-12.9

May 1	Wednesday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CNY	Chinese May Day	low
All Day	EUR	Labor Day	low
All Day	EUR	French Labor Day	low
All Day	EUR	German Labor Day	low
All Day	GBP	Nationwide Housing Prices YoY	med	2.5%	1.6%
All Day	GBP	Nationwide Housing Prices MoM	med	0.3%	-0.2%
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI Final	med	49.9	48.2
01:00	AUD	TD-MI Inflation Gauge MoM	low	0.3%	0.1%
06:30	AUD	Commodity Prices YoY	low	-13.0%	-15.3%
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Final	med	48.7	50.3
09:00	GBP	10-Year Treasury Gilt Auction	low		4.02%*
11:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low		144.2
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low		-2.7%
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low		7.24%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low		196.7
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low		472.7
12:15	USD	ADP National Employment Report	high	162.0k	184.0k
12:15	CAD	BoC Gov Macklem Speech	med
12:30	USD	Treasury Refunding Announcement	high
13:30	CAD	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI	med	50.2	49.8
13:45	USD	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Final	med	49.9	51.9
14:00	USD	ISM Manufacturing PMI	high	49.9	50.3
14:00	USD	ISM Manufacturing New Orders	low	50.8	51.4
14:00	USD	ISM Manufacturing Prices	low	53.0	55.8
14:00	USD	ISM Manufacturing Employment	med	47.5	47.4
14:00	USD	Construction Spending MoM	low	0.5%	-0.3%
14:00	USD	JOLTs Job Quits	low	3.5M	3.48M*
14:00	USD	JOLTs Job Openings	high	8.7M	8.76M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med		-0.63M*
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low		1.07M*
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low		-0.04M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med		-6.37M*
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low		-0.66M*
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low		-0.42M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low		0.18M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low		1.61M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low		-0.28M*
15:30	USD	17-Week Bill Auction	low		5.24%
18:00	USD	Federal Funds Rate	high	5.5%	5.5%
18:30	USD	Fed Press Conference	high
22:45	NZD	Building Permits MoM	low	-6.3%	14.9%
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low		-492.4B
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low		648.1B
23:50	JPY	BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	med

May 2	Thursday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CNY	Chinese May Day	low
All Day	EUR	German New Car Registrations YoY	low	2.5%	-6.2%
All Day	EUR	French New Car Registrations YoY	low	3.2%	-1.5%
All Day	USD	LMI Logistics Managers Index	low		58.3
All Day	USD	Total Vehicle Sales	low		15.5M
01:30	AUD	Exports MoM	low		-2.2%
01:30	AUD	Imports MoM	low		4.8%
01:30	AUD	Balance of Trade	high	7.5B	7.28B
01:30	AUD	Building Permits MoM Prel	med	2.5%	-1.9%
01:30	AUD	Private House Approvals MoM Prel	low	-6.3%	10.7%
03:35	JPY	3-Month Bill Auction	low		0.01%*
04:45	CAD	BoC Gov Macklem Speech	med
05:00	JPY	Consumer Confidence	high	39.6	39.5
06:30	CHF	Retail Sales MoM	low	0.8%	-0.1%
06:30	CHF	Retail Sales YoY	med	0.3%	-0.2%
06:30	CHF	Inflation Rate YoY	med	1.2%	1.0%
06:30	CHF	Inflation Rate MoM	low	0.2%	0.0%
06:30	CHF	CPI	low		107.1
07:00	CHF	Consumer Confidence	med	-16.0	-41.1
07:30	CHF	procure.ch Manufacturing PMI	low	46.9	45.2
07:50	EUR	French HCOB Manufacturing PMI Final	med	44.9	46.2
07:55	EUR	German HCOB Manufacturing PMI Final	med	42.2	41.9
08:00	EUR	HCOB Manufacturing PMI Final	med	45.6	46.1
09:00	EUR	French 10-Year OAT Auction	low		2.87%
09:00	EUR	French 20-Year OAT Auction	low		3.15%
09:00	EUR	French 30-Year OAT Auction	low		3.38%
11:30	USD	Challenger Job Cuts	low	91.0k	90.31k*
12:30	CAD	Imports	low	64.9B	65.23B
12:30	CAD	Exports	low	66.2B	66.62B
12:30	USD	Balance of Trade	med	-69.0B	-68.9B
12:30	USD	Unit Labour Costs QoQ Prel	med	1.8%	0.4%
12:30	USD	Exports	med	260.0B	263.0B
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Productivity QoQ Prel	med	1.7%	3.2%
12:30	USD	Imports	med	329.0B	331.9B
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low	1,782.0k	1,781.0k
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med	207.0k	207.0k
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	low	214.0k	213.25k
12:30	CAD	Balance of Trade	high	1.3B	1.39B
14:00	USD	Factory Orders ex Transportation	low	0.5%	1.1%
14:00	USD	Factory Orders MoM	med	1.8%	1.4%
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low		92.0Bcf
14:30	USD	NY Fed Treasury Purchases TIPS 1 to 7.5 yrs	low
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low		5.28%*
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low		5.28%*
16:00	USD	30-Year Mortgage Rate	low		7.17%
16:00	USD	15-Year Mortgage Rate	low		6.44%
16:00	CAD	2-Year Bond Auction	low		4.24%*
20:15	EUR	ECB Lane Speech	low
23:00	AUD	Judo Bank Services PMI Final	med	54.2	54.4
23:00	AUD	Judo Bank Composite PMI Final	low	53.6	53.3

May 3	Friday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CNY	Chinese May Day	low
All Day	JPY	Constitution Memorial Day	low
01:30	AUD	Home Loans MoM	med	0.9%	1.6%
01:30	AUD	Investment Lending for Homes	med	0.7%	1.2%
06:45	EUR	French Industrial Production MoM	med	0.7%	0.2%
06:45	EUR	French Budget Balance	low	-52.0B	-44.03B
08:00	EUR	ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters	med
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Composite PMI Final	low	54.0	52.8
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Services PMI Final	med	54.9	53.1
09:00	EUR	Unemployment Rate	med	6.5%	6.5%
12:30	USD	Manufacturing Payrolls	low	2.0k	0.0k
12:30	USD	Average Hourly Earnings MoM	high	0.3%	0.3%
12:30	USD	Participation Rate	med	62.7%	62.7%
12:30	USD	Average Weekly Hours	low	34.4	34.4
12:30	USD	U-6 Unemployment Rate	low	7.3%	7.3%
12:30	USD	Average Hourly Earnings YoY	med	4.1%	4.1%
12:30	USD	Government Payrolls	low	29.0k	71.0k
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Payrolls	high	190.0k	303.0k
12:30	USD	Unemployment Rate	high	3.8%	3.8%
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Payrolls Private	low	161.0k	232.0k
13:30	CAD	S&P Global Services PMI	low		46.4
13:30	CAD	S&P Global Composite PMI	low	47.5	47.0
13:45	USD	S&P Global Composite PMI Final	med	50.9	52.1
13:45	USD	S&P Global Services PMI Final	med	50.9	51.7
14:00	USD	ISM Services Prices	low	53.5	53.4
14:00	USD	ISM Services New Orders	low	53.0	54.4
14:00	USD	ISM Services Employment	low	48.6	48.5
14:00	USD	ISM Services Business Activity	low	56.4	57.4
14:00	USD	ISM Services PMI	high	51.8	51.4
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low		506.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rigs Count	low		613.0
23:45	USD	Fed Williams Speech	med
23:45	USD	Fed Goolsbee Speech	med

May 4	Saturday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	CNY	Chinese May Day	low
All Day	JPY	Greenery 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.