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
00:30	JPY	Nikkei PMI Mfg	med	49.6		50.2
05:00	GBP	European Parliament Elections	med
06:00	EUR	German GDP (sa) (q/q)	med	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
06:00	EUR	German GDP w.d.a. (y/y)	med	0.6%	0.7%	0.7%
07:15	EUR	French Composite PMI	low	51.3	50.3	50.1
07:15	EUR	French Manufacturing PMI	low	50.6	50.0	50.0
07:15	EUR	French Services PMI	low	51.7	50.8	50.5
07:30	EUR	German Composite PMI	low	52.4	52.0	52.2
07:30	EUR	German Manufacturing PMI	med	44.3	44.8	44.4
07:30	EUR	German Services PMI	med	55.0	55.4	55.7
07:45	EUR	French Business Survey	med	104.0	101.0	101.0
08:00	EUR	Composite PMI	low	51.6	51.7	51.5
08:00	EUR	Manufacturing PMI	med	47.7	48.1	47.9
08:00	EUR	Services PMI	med	52.5	53.0	52.8
08:00	EUR	German IFO Business Climate	high	97.9	99.1	99.2
08:00	EUR	German IFO Current Conditions	high	100.6	103.6	103.3
08:00	EUR	German IFO Expectations	high	95.3	95.0	95.3*
08:40	EUR	ECB's Guindos Speaks in Frankfurt	med
11:30	EUR	ECB April Monetary Policy Minutes	med
12:30	USD	Unemployment Claims	med	212.0k	215.0k	212.0k
12:30	CAD	Wholesale Sales (m/m)	low	1.4%	0.9%	0.2%*
14:00	USD	New Home Sales	med	673.0k	670.0k	723.0k*
17:00	USD	Fed's Kaplan, Barkin, Bostic and Daly speak in Dallas	med
22:45	NZD	Trade Balance	med	433.0M	450.0M	922.0M
23:30	JPY	Natl CPI (y/y)	high	0.9%	0.9%	0.5%

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.