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 9	Thursday		Impact	Actual	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%	1.9%	-0.9%*
01:30	AUD	Private House Approvals MoM Final	low	3.8%	3.8%	12.4%*
03:00	CNY	Chinese Exports YoY	med	1.5%	2.0%	-7.5%
03:00	CNY	Chinese Imports YoY	med	8.4%	5.0%	-1.9%
03:00	CNY	Chinese Balance of Trade	high	72.35B	81.2B	58.55B
03:35	JPY	6-Month Bill Auction	low	0.08%		0.04%*
05:00	JPY	Coincident Index Prel	low	113.9	111.0	111.5*
05:00	JPY	Leading Economic Index Prel	low	111.4	111.9	112.1*
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	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	Bank Lending YoY	low		3.0%	3.2%
23:50	JPY	Current Account	med		2,990.0B	2,644.2B

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.