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 12	Sunday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
22:30	NZD	Services NZ PSI	low	49.1	47.5
22:30	NZD	Composite NZ PCI	low	48.7	46.8
22:45	NZD	Food Price Index	low	1.0%	0.7%

May 13	Monday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	EUR	Eurogroup Meeting	low
All Day	CNY	Chinese Current Account Prel	med	83.0B	56.2B
01:30	AUD	NAB Business Confidence	high	2.0	1.0
03:00	NZD	Business Inflation Expectations	low	2.0%	2.5%
07:00	CHF	Consumer Confidence	med	-36.0	-38.0
09:30	EUR	German 12-Month Bubill Auction	low		3.45%*
12:30	CAD	Building Permits MoM	low	-4.5%	9.3%
12:45	EUR	German Current Account	low	26.5B	29.8B
13:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low		3.67%*
13:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low		3.46%
13:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low		3.8%*
13:00	USD	Fed Mester Speech	med
13:00	USD	Fed Jefferson Speech	med
13:00	EUR	ECB Buch Speech	low
15:00	USD	Consumer Inflation Expectations	low	3.1%	3.0%
15:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low		5.16%*
15:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low		5.25%
22:45	NZD	Electronic Card Retail Sales	low	1.0%	-0.7%*
22:45	NZD	Electronic Retail Card Spending YoY	low	-3.2%	-3.0%
22:45	NZD	Visitor Arrivals YoY	low	40.0%	35.0%
23:50	JPY	PPI YoY	low	0.7%	0.8%
23:50	JPY	PPI MoM	low	0.2%	0.2%

May 14	Tuesday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
03:35	JPY	5-Year JGB Auction	low		0.4%*
06:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	2.4%	2.3%
06:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	0.6%	0.6%
06:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate MoM Final	med	0.5%	0.4%
06:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	2.2%	2.2%
06:00	EUR	German CPI	low
06:00	GBP	Average Earnings excl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	low	5.9%	6.0%
06:00	GBP	Average Earnings incl. Bonus (3Mo/Yr)	med	5.5%	5.6%
06:00	GBP	Unemployment Rate	high	4.2%	4.2%
06:00	GBP	Claimant Count Change	low	6.0k	10.9k
06:00	GBP	Employment Change	med	-210.0k	-156.0k
06:00	GBP	HMRC Payrolls Change	low	-25.0k	-67.0k
06:00	JPY	Machine Tool Orders YoY	low	-7.5%	-8.5%
06:30	CHF	Producer & Import Prices YoY	low	-2.1%	-2.1%
06:30	CHF	Producer & Import Prices MoM	low	0.2%	0.1%
07:30	GBP	BoE Pill Speech	med
08:30	GBP	Labour Productivity QoQ Final	low	-1.0%	0.7%
08:30	GBP	Labour Productivity QoQ Prel	low
09:00	EUR	ZEW Economic Sentiment Index	med	45.0	43.9
09:00	EUR	German ZEW Current Conditions	med	-77.0	-79.2
09:00	EUR	German ZEW Economic Sentiment Index	med	45.0	42.9
09:00	GBP	50-Year Index-Linked Treasury Gilt Auction	low		-0.39%*
09:30	EUR	German 2-Year Schatz Auction	low		2.91%
10:00	USD	NFIB Business Optimism Index	low	88.0	88.5
12:30	CAD	Wholesale Sales MoM Final	low	-1.3%	0.0%
12:30	USD	PPI Ex Food, Energy and Trade MoM	low	0.2%	0.3%
12:30	USD	PPI Ex Food, Energy and Trade YoY	low	2.8%	2.8%
12:30	USD	Core PPI YoY	med	2.4%	2.4%
12:30	USD	Core PPI	med	0.2%	0.2%
12:30	USD	PPI YoY	med	2.2%	2.1%
12:30	USD	PPI MoM	high	0.2%	0.2%
12:30	CAD	New Motor Vehicle Sales	low	139.0k	137.69k
12:30	USD	PPI Ex Food, Energy and Trade	low	131.3	131.0
12:30	USD	PPI	low	143.9	143.7
12:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low		6.0%
13:10	USD	Fed Cook Speech	med
13:15	EUR	ECB Schnabel Speech	low
14:00	USD	Fed Chair Powell Speech	high
15:00	USD	Total Household Debt	low		17.5
15:30	USD	52-Week Bill Auction	low		4.92%*
15:30	USD	42-Day Bill Auction	low		5.28%
20:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med		0.51M*

May 15	Wednesday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CNY	Chinese PBoC 1-Year MLF Announcement	low	2.5%	2.5%
01:30	AUD	Wage Price Index QoQ	high	0.9%	0.9%
01:30	AUD	Wage Price Index YoY	low	4.2%	4.2%
06:45	EUR	French Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	2.2%	2.3%
06:45	EUR	French Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	0.5%	0.2%
06:45	EUR	French Harmonised Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	0.6%	0.2%
06:45	EUR	French Harmonised Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	2.4%	2.4%
09:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate QoQ 2nd Est	med	0.3%	-0.1%*
09:00	EUR	Employment Change QoQ Prel	med	0.1%	0.3%
09:00	EUR	Employment Change YoY Prel	med	1.3%	1.2%
09:00	EUR	GDP Growth Rate YoY 2nd Est	med	0.4%	0.1%
09:00	EUR	Industrial Production	med	-0.2%	0.8%
09:00	EUR	Industrial Production	low	-3.2%	-6.4%
09:00	GBP	10-Year Green Gilt Auction	low		4.09%*
09:30	EUR	German 30-Year Bund Auction	low		2.62%
11:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low		144.2
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low		2.6%
11:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	low		7.18%
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low		197.1
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low		477.5
12:15	CAD	Housing Starts	med	240.0k	242.2k
12:30	CAD	Manufacturing Sales MoM Final	low	-2.8%	0.7%
12:30	USD	NY Empire State Manufacturing Index	med	-8.0	-14.3
12:30	USD	Retail Sales Ex Gas/Autos MoM	low	0.2%	1.0%
12:30	USD	Retail Sales YoY	low	3.8%	4.0%
12:30	USD	Retail Sales Ex Autos MoM	med	0.1%	1.1%
12:30	USD	Retail Sales MoM	high	0.3%	0.7%
12:30	USD	Inflation Rate MoM	high	0.3%	0.4%
12:30	USD	Core Inflation Rate MoM	high	0.3%	0.4%
12:30	USD	Inflation Rate YoY	high	3.5%	3.5%
12:30	USD	Core Inflation Rate YoY	high	3.7%	3.8%
12:30	USD	CPI	med	313.9	312.33
12:30	USD	CPI s.a	med	313.2	312.23
14:00	USD	Business Inventories MoM	med	0.1%	0.4%
14:00	USD	NAHB Housing Market Index	med	52.0	51.0
14:00	USD	Retail Inventories Ex Autos MoM	low	-0.1%	0.4%
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med		-1.36M*
14:30	USD	EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change	low		1.88M
14:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Imports Change	low		-0.35M*
14:30	USD	EIA Refinery Crude Runs Change	low		0.31M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change	low		0.28M*
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Stocks Change	med		0.92M*
14:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low		0.56M
14:30	USD	EIA Gasoline Production Change	low		0.1M*
14:30	USD	EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change	low		0.29M*
15:30	USD	17-Week Bill Auction	low		5.24%
16:00	USD	NOPA Crush Report	low
16:00	USD	Fed Kashkari Speech	med
19:20	USD	Fed Bowman Speech	med
20:00	USD	Foreign Bond Investment	low		88.8B
20:00	USD	Overall Net Capital Flows	low		51.6B
20:00	USD	TIC Net Long-Term Transactions	med		71.5B
23:40	AUD	RBA Hunter Speech	med
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low		268.8B
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low		-1.0B
23:50	JPY	GDP Price Index YoY Prel	low	3.4%	3.9%
23:50	JPY	GDP Capital Expenditure QoQ Prel	low	0.4%	2.0%
23:50	JPY	GDP External Demand QoQ Prel	low	0.1%	0.2%
23:50	JPY	GDP Private Consumption QoQ Prel	low	0.0%	-0.3%
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Prel	high	-0.3%	0.1%
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Annualized Prel	med	-1.3%	0.4%

May 16	Thursday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
01:30	AUD	Part Time Employment Chg	med		-34.5k
01:30	AUD	Participation Rate	low	66.6%	66.6%
01:30	AUD	Full Time Employment Chg	med		27.9k
01:30	AUD	Unemployment Rate	med	3.9%	3.8%
01:30	AUD	Employment Change	med	25.0k	-6.6k
03:35	JPY	20-Year JGB Auction	low		1.63%
03:35	JPY	52-Week Bill Auction	low		0.17%*
04:30	JPY	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	0.2%	-0.5%
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production MoM Final	low	3.8%	-0.6%
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production YoY Final	low	-6.7%	-3.9%
07:00	EUR	German Bundesbank Mauderer Speech	low
08:00	GBP	BoE Financial Stability Report	med
08:00	EUR	ECB Financial Stability Review	low
09:00	EUR	French 3-Year OAT Auction	low		2.85%
09:00	EUR	French 5-Year OAT Auction	low		2.83%
11:30	EUR	German Bundesbank President Nagel Speech	low
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low	1,790.0k	1,785.0k
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med	225.0k	231.0k
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	low	214.0k	215.0k
12:30	USD	Export Prices YoY	low	-0.9%	-1.4%
12:30	USD	Import Prices YoY	low	0.6%	0.4%
12:30	USD	Import Prices MoM	med	0.2%	0.4%
12:30	USD	Export Prices MoM	med	0.4%	0.3%
12:30	USD	Building Permits MoM Prel	med	-0.2%	-3.7%
12:30	USD	Building Permits Prel	high	1.47M	1.47M*
12:30	USD	Housing Starts MoM	med	3.8%	-14.7%
12:30	USD	Housing Starts	med	1.37M	1.32M*
12:30	USD	Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index	med	4.0	15.5
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Business Conditions	low		34.3
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Employment	low		-10.7
12:30	USD	Philly Fed New Orders	low		12.2
12:30	USD	Philly Fed Prices Paid	low		23.0
12:30	USD	Philly Fed CAPEX Index	low		20.0
13:15	USD	Manufacturing Production MoM	low	0.3%	0.5%
13:15	USD	Industrial Production	med	0.2%	0.4%
13:15	USD	Industrial Production YoY	low	0.1%	0.0%
13:15	USD	Manufacturing Production YoY	low	0.9%	0.8%
13:15	USD	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	78.4%	78.4%
14:00	USD	Fed Barr Speech	med
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low		79.0Bcf
14:30	USD	Fed Harker Speech	med
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low		5.27%
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low		5.28%*
16:00	USD	15-Year Mortgage Rate	low		6.38%
16:00	USD	30-Year Mortgage Rate	low		7.09%
16:00	USD	Fed Mester Speech	med
19:50	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med
22:45	NZD	PPI Input QoQ	low	0.5%	0.9%
22:45	NZD	PPI Output QoQ	low	0.4%	0.7%

May 17	Friday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CNY	Chinese FDI (YTD) YoY	med	-25.0%	-26.1%
01:30	CNY	Chinese House Price Index YoY	med	-3.0%	-2.2%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Unemployment Rate	med	5.2%	5.2%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Retail Sales YoY	med	3.2%	3.1%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Industrial Production YoY	med	4.8%	4.5%
02:00	CNY	Chinese Fixed Asset Investment (YTD) YoY	med	4.7%	4.5%
02:00	CNY	Chinese NBS Press Conference	low
03:35	JPY	3-Month Bill Auction	low		0.05%*
05:30	EUR	French Unemployment Rate	low	7.4%	7.5%
06:30	CHF	Industrial Production YoY	med	-1.2%	-0.4%
07:20	EUR	ECB Guindos Speech	low
08:00	GBP	BoE Mann Speech	med
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	0.6%	0.8%
09:00	EUR	Core Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	2.7%	2.9%
09:00	EUR	Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	2.4%	2.4%
09:00	EUR	CPI Final	low	126.1	125.3
12:30	CAD	Foreign Securities Purchases by Canadians	low	5.1B	24.19B
12:30	CAD	Foreign Securities Purchases	low	3.7B	-8.78B
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%
14:00	USD	CB Leading Index MoM	low	-0.2%	-0.3%
14:15	USD	Fed Waller Speech	med
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rigs Count	low		603.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low		496.0

May 18	Saturday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
21:45	USD	Fed Kugler 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.