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	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
All Day	USD	Fed's Daly speaks in Syracuse	med

May 13	Monday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:30	AUD	Housing Finance (m/m)	med	-2.8%	-0.5%	0.5%*
05:00	JPY	Leading Indicators Index	low	96.3	96.3	97.1
06:30	EUR	French BoF Business Sentiment	low	99.0	100.0	100.0
07:00	AUD	RBA's Debelle Speaks in Syndey	med
13:05	USD	Fed's Clarida and Rosengren speak in Boston	med
23:00	JPY	Economy Watchers Survey	med	45.3	45.8	44.8
23:50	JPY	Bank Lending Data (Ex trusts) (y/y)	low	2.5%		2.5%

May 14	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	USD	Fed's Williams speaks	med
00:30	NZD	Finance Minister Pre-Budget Speech	med
01:30	AUD	NAB Business Conditions	med	3.0	3.0	7.0
01:30	AUD	NAB Business Confidence	med	0.0	0.0	-1.0
06:00	EUR	German CPI (m/m)	med	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%
06:00	EUR	German CPI (y/y)	med	2.0%	2.0%	2.0%
06:00	EUR	German HICP (y/y)	low	2.1%	2.1%	2.1%
06:00	EUR	German HICP (m/m)	low	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%
06:00	EUR	German Wholesale Price Index (y/y)	low	2.1%		1.8%
07:00	EUR	ECB's Villeroy speaks in Paris	med
08:30	GBP	Average Earnings Index (3m y/y)	med	3.2%	3.4%	3.5%
08:30	GBP	Unemployment Rate	med	3.8%	3.9%	3.9%
09:00	EUR	Industrial Production (y/y)	med	0.3%	-0.8%	-0.3%
09:00	EUR	German ZEW (Current Conditions)	med	8.2	6.3	5.5
09:00	EUR	German ZEW (Economic Sentiment)	med	-2.1	5.0	3.1
09:00	EUR	ZEW (Economic Sentiment)	high	-1.6		4.5
10:00	USD	NFIB Small Business Optimism	low	103.5	102.0	101.8
11:00	EUR	German Economy Minister speaks in Berlin	med
12:30	USD	Import Price Index (m/m)	low	0.2%	0.8%	0.6%
12:35	GBP	BoE's Rule speaks in London	med
14:45	USD	Fed's George speaks speaks in Minneapolis	med
15:00	USD	Fed issues Q1 2019 Household Debt and Credit Report	med
22:00	USD	Fed's Daly speaks in Evanston	med
23:50	JPY	M2 Money Supply (y/y)	med	2.2%	2.3%	2.4%

May 15	Wednesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:00	CNY	Chinese Fixed Asset Investment YTD (y/y)	med	6.1%	6.4%	6.3%
01:00	CNY	Chinese Retail Sales (y/y)	med	7.2%	8.6%	8.7%
01:00	CNY	Chinese Industrial Production (y/y)	med	5.4%	6.5%	8.5%
01:30	AUD	Wage Price Index (q/q)	high	0.5%	0.6%	0.5%
06:00	EUR	German GDP (sa) (q/q)	med	0.4%	0.4%	0.0%
06:00	EUR	German GDP w.d.a. (y/y)	med	0.7%	0.7%	0.6%
06:45	EUR	French CPI (m/m)	low	0.3%	0.2%	0.2%
06:45	EUR	French CPI (y/y)	low	1.3%	1.2%	1.2%
06:45	EUR	French HICP (m/m)	low	0.4%	0.3%	0.3%
06:45	EUR	French HICP (y/y)	low	1.5%	1.4%	1.4%
08:00	EUR	ECB's Lane speaks in Tallinn	med
09:00	EUR	GDP (SA) (q/q)	med	0.4%	0.4%	0.4%
09:00	EUR	GDP (SA) (y/y)	med	1.2%	1.2%	1.2%
10:30	GBP	BoE's Place speaks in London	med
12:30	USD	Retail Sales (m/m)	high	-0.2%	0.7%	1.7%*
12:30	USD	Retail Sales (ex Autos) (m/m)	high	0.1%	0.7%	1.3%*
12:30	USD	Empire State Survey	med	17.8	8.0	10.1
12:30	CAD	CPI (m/m)	high	0.4%	0.4%	0.7%
12:30	CAD	CPI (y/y)	high	2.0%	2.0%	1.9%
12:30	EUR	Germany Economy Minister Altmaier speaks in Berlin	med
13:15	USD	Capacity Utilization Rate	med	77.9%	78.8%	78.5%*
13:15	USD	Industrial Production (m/m)	med	-0.5%	0.1%	0.2%*
13:30	USD	Fed's Quarles speaks in Washington	med
14:00	USD	Business Inventories (m/m)	med	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%
14:00	USD	NAHB Builders survey	low	66.0	64.0	63.0
14:15	EUR	ECB's Coeure speaks in Paris	med
16:00	USD	Fed's Barkin speaks in New York	med
16:30	EUR	ECB's Praet Speaks in Brussels	med
20:00	USD	TIC Net Long-Term Transactions	low	-28.4B		51.9B
23:50	JPY	PPI (y/y)	med	1.2%	1.1%	1.3%
23:50	JPY	PPI (m/m)	med	0.3%	0.2%	0.3%

May 16	Thursday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:30	AUD	Employment Change	high	28.4	15.0	27.7*
01:30	AUD	Unemployment Rate	high	5.2%	5.0%	5.1%*
02:45	AUD	RBA's Bullock speaks in Sydney	med
07:30	EUR	ECB's Praet moderates panel in Brussels	med
08:15	EUR	German Bundesbank's Weidmann speaks in Hamburg	med
09:00	EUR	Trade Balance	low	17.9B	19.4B	19.5B
11:15	GBP	BoE's Woods speaks in Lausanne	med
12:30	CAD	Manufacturing Sales (m/m)	med	2.1%	1.5%	-0.2%
12:30	USD	Unemployment Claims	med	212.0k	220.0k	228.0k
12:30	USD	Philadelphia Fed Survey	med	16.6	9.0	8.5*
12:30	USD	Building Permits	med	1,296.0k	1,289.0k	1,288.0k*
12:30	USD	Housing Starts	med	1,235.0k	1,209.0k	1,168.0k*
12:30	CAD	ADP Canada Releases April Payroll Estimates	low
12:30	EUR	ECB's Guindos speaks in Brussels	med
14:30	CAD	BoC Publishes Financial System Review	med
17:30	GBP	BoE's Haskel speaks in York	med
18:00	EUR	ECB's Coeure speaks in Geneva	med

May 17	Friday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
All Day	USD	Fed's Kashkari speaks	med
03:00	JPY	BoJ's Kuroda speaks in Tokyo	med
04:30	JPY	Tertiary Industry Activity Index (m/m)	low	-0.4%	0.1%	-0.6%
09:00	EUR	Core CPI (y/y)	med	1.3%	1.2%	1.2%
09:00	EUR	CPI (m/m)	med	0.7%	0.7%	1.0%
09:00	EUR	CPI (y/y)	med	1.7%	1.7%	1.4%
12:00	GBP	BoE's Brazier speaks in London	med
14:00	USD	UoM Consumer Sentiment Index	high	102.4	97.2	97.2
14:00	USD	CB Leading Index (m/m)	low	0.2%	0.2%	0.3%*
16:15	USD	Fed's Williams speaks in New York	med

May 18	Saturday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous	Details
16:05	USD	Fed's Kashkari speaks in Santa Barbara	med
16:05	USD	Fed's Kaplan speaks in Phoenix	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.