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 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*

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.