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.

Dec 7	Sunday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
03:00	CNY	Chinese Foreign Exchange Reserves	low	3.35	3.35	3.34*
23:30	JPY	Average Cash Earnings YoY	low	2.6%	2.1%	2.1%*
23:30	JPY	Overtime Pay YoY	low	1.5%	0.3%	1.0%*
23:50	JPY	Bank Lending YoY	low	4.2%		4.1%
23:50	JPY	GDP Private Consumption QoQ Final	low	0.2%	0.1%	0.3%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Price Index YoY Final	low	3.4%	2.8%	3.3%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Rate QoQ Final	med	-0.6%	-0.4%	0.5%
23:50	JPY	GDP Capital Expenditure QoQ Final	low	-0.2%	1.0%	1.3%*
23:50	JPY	Current Account	med	2,834.0B	2,900.0B	4,483.0B
23:50	JPY	GDP External Demand QoQ Final	low	-0.2%	-0.2%	0.1%*
23:50	JPY	GDP Growth Annualized Final	med	-2.3%	-1.8%	2.1%*

Dec 8	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
03:00	CNY	Chinese Balance of Trade	high	111.68B	92.0B	90.07B
03:00	CNY	Chinese Exports YoY	high	5.9%	3.2%	-1.1%
03:00	CNY	Chinese Imports YoY	high	1.9%	2.5%	1.0%
03:00	CNY	Chinese Balance of Trade (Yuan)	high	792.58B		640.49B
05:00	JPY	Eco Watchers Survey Current	low	48.7	49.6	49.1
05:00	JPY	Eco Watchers Survey Outlook	low	50.3	49.3	53.1
07:00	EUR	German Industrial Production MoM	med	1.8%	0.4%	1.1%*
08:00	CHF	Consumer Confidence	med	-34.0	-35.0	-37.0
10:30	EUR	German 12-Month Bubill Auction	low	2.03%		1.94%*
14:00	EUR	French 3-Month BTF Auction	low	2.09%		2.07%*
14:00	EUR	French 12-Month BTF Auction	low	2.15%		2.1%*
14:00	EUR	French 6-Month BTF Auction	low	2.1%		2.09%*
15:00	EUR	ECB Cipollone Speech	low
16:00	USD	Consumer Inflation Expectations	low	3.2%	3.1%	3.2%
16:30	USD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	3.65%		3.73%*
16:30	USD	6-Month Bill Auction	low	3.58%		3.64%*
18:00	USD	3-Year Note Auction	low	3.61%		3.58%*

Dec 9	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	NZD	6-Month Bill Auction	low			2.42%*
00:01	GBP	BRC Retail Sales Monitor YoY	med	1.2%	1.4%	1.5%
00:30	AUD	Building Permits MoM Final	low	-6.4%	-6.4%	11.1%*
00:30	AUD	Private House Approvals MoM Final	low	-2.1%	-2.1%	3.2%*
00:30	AUD	NAB Business Confidence	high	1.0		6.0
00:30	AUD	Building Permits YoY Final	low	-1.8%	-1.8%	14.9%
01:35	NZD	1-Year Bill Auction	low	2.64%		2.53%*
01:35	NZD	3-Month Bill Auction	low	2.41%		2.37%*
03:30	AUD	RBA Interest Rate Decision	high	3.6%	3.6%	3.6%
03:35	JPY	6-Month Bill Auction	low	0.69%		0.59%*
03:35	JPY	5-Year JGB Auction	low	1.44%		1.25%*
04:30	AUD	RBA Press Conference	med
06:00	JPY	Machine Tool Orders YoY	low	14.2%	9.4%	16.8%
07:00	EUR	German Imports MoM	low	-1.2%	0.5%	3.1%
07:00	EUR	German Balance of Trade	high	16.9B	15.9B	15.3B
07:00	EUR	German Exports MoM	med	0.1%	0.9%	1.5%*
09:00	JPY	BOJ Gov Ueda Speech	high
10:40	EUR	ECB Buch Speech	low
10:45	GBP	BOE Gov Bailey Speech	med
11:00	USD	NFIB Business Optimism Index	low	99.0	98.0	98.2
13:15	USD	ADP Employment Change Weekly	med	4.75k		-13.5k
13:55	USD	Redbook YoY	low	5.7%		7.6%
15:00	USD	CB Leading Index MoM	low	-0.3%	-0.3%	-0.3%*
15:00	USD	JOLTs Job Openings	high	7.66M	7.2M	7.23M*
15:00	USD	JOLTs Job Quits	low	3.13M	3.15M	3.09M*
15:00	USD	JOLTs Job Quits	low	2.94M	3.1M	3.13M*
15:00	USD	JOLTs Job Openings	high	7.67M	7.0M	7.66M*
16:30	USD	6-Week Bill Auction	low	3.65%		3.7%
17:00	USD	WASDE Report	low
17:00	USD	WASDE Report	low
17:00	USD	WASDE Report	low
21:30	USD	API Crude Oil Stock Change	med	-4.8M		-2.48M
21:45	NZD	Visitor Arrivals YoY	low	9.4%	3.0%	9.6%
23:00	JPY	Reuters Tankan Index	low	10.0	12.0	17.0
23:50	JPY	PPI YoY	low	2.7%	2.6%	2.7%
23:50	JPY	PPI MoM	low	0.3%	0.2%	0.5%*

Dec 10	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	USD	Wholesale Inventories MoM Adv	med		-0.3%	0.0%
All Day	USD	Wholesale Inventories MoM Adv	med		-0.4%
00:30	AUD	RBA Chart Pack	low
01:30	CNY	Chinese Inflation Rate MoM	med	-0.1%	0.1%	0.2%
01:30	CNY	Chinese Inflation Rate YoY	med	0.7%	0.6%	0.2%
01:30	CNY	Chinese PPI YoY	med	-2.2%	-2.0%	-2.1%
03:35	JPY	BoJ JGB Purchase	low
07:45	EUR	ECB Machado Speech	low
10:00	GBP	Treasury Gilt 2035 Auction	low	4.61%		4.61%*
10:00	CHF	2043 Bond Auction	low	0.47%
10:55	EUR	ECB President Lagarde Speech	med
12:00	USD	MBA 30-Year Mortgage Rate	med	6.33%		6.32%
12:00	USD	MBA Purchase Index	low	181.6		186.1
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications	low	4.8%		-1.4%
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Refinance Index	low	1,190.6		1,041.9
12:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Market Index	low	327.9		313.0
12:30	EUR	ECB Donnery Speech	low
13:30	USD	Employment Cost - Wages QoQ	high	0.8%	0.8%	1.0%
13:30	USD	Employment Cost Index QoQ	high	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%
13:30	USD	Employment Cost - Benefits QoQ	low	0.8%	0.6%	0.7%
14:45	CAD	BoC Interest Rate Decision	high	2.25%	2.25%	2.25%
15:30	CAD	BoC Press Conference	med
15:30	USD	EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change	med	-1.81M		0.57M*
15:30	USD	EIA Distillate Stocks Change	low	2.5M		2.06M*
16:30	USD	17-Week Bill Auction	low	3.61%		3.62%
19:00	USD	Federal Funds Rate	high	3.75%	3.75%	4.0%
19:00	USD	FOMC Economic Projections	high
19:00	USD	Interest Rate Projection - 1st Yr	low	3.4%		3.4%
19:00	USD	Interest Rate Projection - 2nd Yr	low	3.1%		3.1%
19:00	USD	Interest Rate Projection - 3rd Yr	low	3.1%		3.1%
19:00	USD	Interest Rate Projection - Current	low	3.6%		3.6%
19:00	USD	Interest Rate Projection - Longer	low	3.0%		3.0%
19:00	USD	Monthly Budget Statement	med	-173.0B	-390.0B	-284.0B
19:30	USD	Fed Press Conference	high
21:45	NZD	Manufacturing Sales YoY	low	0.9%	-0.3%	-0.6%
23:50	JPY	Stock Investment by Foreigners	low	96.8B		655.7B*
23:50	JPY	Foreign Bond Investment	low	452.9B		-771.3B
23:50	JPY	BSI Large Manufacturing QoQ	low	4.7%	1.0%	3.8%

Dec 11	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	EUR	Eurogroup Meeting	low
00:01	GBP	RICS House Price Balance	med	-16.0%	-20.0%	-19.0%
00:30	AUD	Part Time Employment Chg	low	35.2k	10.0k	-12.5k*
00:30	AUD	Participation Rate	low	66.7%	67.1%	66.9%*
00:30	AUD	Full Time Employment Chg	med	-56.5k	-5.0k	53.5k*
00:30	AUD	Employment Change	med	-21.3k	5.0k	41.2k*
00:30	AUD	Unemployment Rate	med	4.3%	4.3%	4.3%
03:35	JPY	20-Year JGB Auction	low	2.92%		2.81%*
08:10	CNY	Chinese Vehicle Sales YoY	low	3.4%	3.0%	8.8%
08:30	CHF	SNB Interest Rate Decision	med	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
09:00	EUR	French IEA Oil Market Report	med
09:00	GBP	BOE Kroszner Speech	low
13:30	CAD	Balance of Trade	med	0.15B	-6.0B	-6.43B*
13:30	CAD	Imports	low	64.08B	67.0B	66.83B*
13:30	CAD	Exports	low	64.23B	61.0B	60.4B*
13:30	USD	Balance of Trade	med	-52.8B	-57.0B	-59.3B*
13:30	USD	Imports	med	342.1B	338.0B	340.2B*
13:30	USD	Exports	med	289.3B	281.0B	280.9B*
13:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	med	1,838.0k	1,943.0k	1,937.0k*
13:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	high	236.0k	205.0k	192.0k*
13:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	med	216.75k	218.0k	214.75k
15:00	USD	Wholesale Inventories MoM	low	0.5%	-0.3%	-0.1%*
16:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low	3.61%		3.68%
16:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low	3.61%		3.62%
17:00	USD	30-Year Mortgage Rate	low	6.22%		6.19%
17:00	USD	15-Year Mortgage Rate	low	5.54%		5.44%
17:00	CAD	2-Year Bond Auction	low	2.67%		2.43%*
18:00	USD	30-Year Bond Auction	low	4.77%		4.69%*
21:30	NZD	Business NZ PMI	med	51.4	50.5	51.2*
21:30	USD	Fed Balance Sheet	low	6.54		6.54
21:45	NZD	Electronic Retail Card Spending YoY	low	1.6%	1.0%	0.8%
21:45	NZD	Electronic Card Retail Sales	low	1.2%	0.3%	0.2%

Dec 12	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	EUR	ECOFIN Meeting	low
03:35	JPY	3-Month Bill Auction	low	0.62%		0.63%*
04:30	JPY	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	3.3%	0.5%	2.5%
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production YoY Final	low	1.6%	1.5%	3.8%
04:30	JPY	Industrial Production MoM Final	low	1.5%	1.4%	2.6%
07:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	2.6%	2.6%	2.3%
07:00	EUR	German Harmonised Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	-0.5%	-0.5%	0.3%
07:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate MoM Final	med	-0.2%	-0.2%	0.3%
07:00	EUR	German Inflation Rate YoY Final	med	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%
07:00	GBP	Industrial Production MoM	med	1.1%	0.8%	-2.0%
07:00	GBP	Manufacturing Production MoM	high	0.5%	0.5%	-1.7%
07:00	GBP	Industrial Production YoY	low	-0.8%	-0.9%	-2.5%
07:00	GBP	Manufacturing Production YoY	high	-0.8%	-1.2%	-2.2%
07:00	GBP	GDP 3-Month Avg	med	-0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
07:00	GBP	GDP MoM	high	-0.1%	0.0%	-0.1%
07:00	GBP	GDP YoY	low	1.1%	0.9%	1.1%
07:00	GBP	Goods Trade Balance	med	-22.54B	-19.0B	-18.88B
07:00	GBP	Goods Trade Balance Non-EU	med	-10.26B	-6.6B	-6.82B
07:00	GBP	Balance of Trade	low	-4.82B	-1.9B	-1.09B*
07:00	GBP	Construction Output	low	0.9%	1.5%	1.3%
07:45	EUR	French Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%
07:45	EUR	French Harmonised Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	-0.2%	-0.2%	0.1%
07:45	EUR	French Inflation Rate MoM Final	low	-0.2%	-0.1%	0.1%
07:45	EUR	French Harmonised Inflation Rate YoY Final	low	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%
09:00	CNY	Chinese Total Social Financing	low	2,490.0B	1,650.0B	810.0B
09:00	CNY	Chinese M2 Money Supply	low	8.0%	7.5%	8.2%
09:00	CNY	Chinese Outstanding Loan Growth YoY	low	6.4%	6.3%	6.5%
09:00	CNY	Chinese New Loans	med	390.0B	450.0B	220.0B
12:00	GBP	NIESR Monthly GDP Tracker	low	-0.1%	0.1%	0.0%
13:00	USD	Fed Paulson Speech	med
13:30	CAD	Wholesale Sales MoM Final	low	0.1%	0.3%	0.6%
13:30	CAD	Capacity Utilization Rate	low	78.5%	79.2%	77.6%*
13:30	CAD	Building Permits MoM	low	14.9%	0.3%	5.9%*
13:30	CAD	New Motor Vehicle Sales	low	163.5k	169.0k	168.7k
13:30	USD	Fed Hammack Speech	med
13:45	EUR	German Current Account	low	14.8B	14.4B	15.8B*
15:35	USD	Fed Goolsbee Speech	med

Dec 13	Saturday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
13:00	EUR	ECB Cipollone Speech	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.