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 23	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	AUD	RBA Payments System Board Meeting	low
All Day	CNY	Chinese FDI (YTD) YoY	med		-25.0%	-26.1%
All Day	EUR	Negotiated Wage Growth	med		4.3%	4.5%
All Day	USD	Building Permits Final	low		1.44M	1.47M*
All Day	USD	Building Permits MoM Final	low		-3.0%	-3.7%
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI Flash	med	50.5	50.2	49.6
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Services PMI Flash	med	53.6	53.8	54.3
00:30	JPY	Jibun Bank Composite PMI Flash	low	52.4	52.2	52.3*
01:00	AUD	Consumer Inflation Expectations	low	4.1%	4.5%	4.6%
07:15	EUR	French HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med		50.7	50.5
07:15	EUR	French HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		46.0	45.3
07:15	EUR	French HCOB Services PMI Flash	med		51.6	51.3
07:30	EUR	German HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med		51.2	50.6
07:30	EUR	German HCOB Services PMI Flash	med		53.7	53.2
07:30	EUR	German HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	high		44.0	42.5
08:00	EUR	HCOB Composite PMI Flash	med		51.9	51.7
08:00	EUR	HCOB Services PMI Flash	med		53.6	53.3
08:00	EUR	HCOB Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		46.0	45.7
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Services PMI Flash	med		53.5	55.0
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Composite PMI Flash	med		54.0	54.1
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		49.7	49.1
11:30	GBP	BoE Pill Speech	med
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%
12:30	USD	Continuing Jobless Claims	low		1,799.0k	1,794.0k
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims	med		225.0k	222.0k
12:30	USD	Jobless Claims 4-week Average	low		219.0k	217.75k
12:30	USD	Chicago Fed National Activity Index	med		0.16	0.15
13:45	USD	S&P Global Services PMI Flash	med		51.4	51.3
13:45	USD	S&P Global Composite PMI Flash	med		51.4	51.3
13:45	USD	S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Flash	med		50.1	50.0
14:00	EUR	Consumer Confidence Flash	med		-14.4	-14.7
14:00	USD	New Home Sales MoM	med		-1.4%	8.8%
14:00	USD	New Home Sales	med		0.68M	0.69M*
14:30	USD	EIA Natural Gas Stocks Change	low			70.0Bcf
15:00	USD	Kansas Fed Composite Index	low		-4.0	-8.0
15:00	USD	Kansas Fed Manufacturing Index	low		-8.0	-13.0
15:30	USD	4-Week Bill Auction	low			5.27%
15:30	USD	8-Week Bill Auction	low			5.27%
16:00	USD	15-Year Mortgage Rate	low			6.28%
16:00	USD	30-Year Mortgage Rate	low			7.02%
17:00	USD	10-Year TIPS Auction	low			1.93%*
19:00	USD	Fed Bostic Speech	med
22:00	NZD	ANZ Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence	low		80.0	82.1
22:45	NZD	Balance of Trade	med		0.7B	0.59B*
22:45	NZD	Exports	low		6.8B	6.5B
22:45	NZD	Imports	low		6.1B	5.91B
23:01	GBP	Gfk Consumer Confidence	med		-17.0	-19.0
23:30	JPY	Core Inflation Rate YoY	med		2.3%	2.6%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate MoM	low		0.0%	0.2%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate YoY	high		2.3%	2.7%
23:30	JPY	Inflation Rate Ex-Food and Energy YoY	low		2.6%	2.9%

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.