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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Apr 30	Tuesday		Impact	Actual	Forecast	Previous
01:00	CNY	Chinese Manufacturing PMI	high	50.1	50.7	50.5
01:30	AUD	Private Sector Credit (m/m)	low	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
01:45	CNY	Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI	low	50.2	50.9	50.8
05:30	EUR	French GDP (y/y)	low	1.1%	1.1%	1.0%
05:30	EUR	French GDP (q/q)	med	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%
06:00	EUR	German GFK Consumer Sentiment	med	10.4	10.3	10.4
06:45	EUR	French Consumer Spending (m/m)	med	-0.1%	0.5%	-0.4%
06:45	EUR	French CPI (m/m)	low	0.2%	0.3%	0.8%
06:45	EUR	French CPI (y/y)	low	1.2%	1.3%	1.1%
06:45	EUR	French HICP (m/m)	low	0.3%	0.4%	0.9%
06:45	EUR	French HICP (y/y)	low	1.4%	1.4%	1.3%
07:00	CHF	KOF leading indicator	med	96.2	97.0	97.1*
07:40	EUR	ECB's Guindos speaks in London	med
07:40	GBP	BoE's Ramsden Speaks in London	med
07:55	EUR	German Unemployment Change	med	-12.0k	-7.0k	-7.0k
07:55	EUR	German Unemployment Rate	med	4.9%	4.9%	4.9%
09:00	EUR	GDP (SA) (q/q)	med	0.4%	0.3%	0.2%
09:00	EUR	GDP (SA) (y/y)	med	1.2%	1.0%	1.2%*
09:00	EUR	Unemployment Rate	med	7.7%	7.8%	7.8%
12:00	EUR	German CPI (m/m)	med	1.0%	0.5%	0.4%
12:00	EUR	German CPI (y/y)	med	2.0%	1.5%	1.3%
12:00	EUR	German HICP (m/m)	low	1.0%	0.5%	0.5%
12:00	EUR	German HICP (y/y)	low	2.1%	1.7%	1.4%
12:30	USD	Employment Cost Index (q/q)	high	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%
12:30	CAD	GDP (m/m)	high	-0.1%	0.0%	0.3%
12:30	CAD	Industrial PPI (m/m)	low	1.3%		0.3%
12:30	CAD	Raw Materials Price Index (m/m)	low	2.8%		3.0%*
13:00	USD	S&P Case-Shiller Home Price (y/y)	med	3.0%	3.1%	3.51%*
13:45	USD	Chicago PMI	med	52.6	58.5	58.7
14:00	USD	Consumer Confidence	high	129.2	126.8	124.2*
14:00	USD	Pending Home Sales (m/m)	med	3.8%	1.5%	-1.0%
15:00	CAD	Bank of Canada's Poloz and Wilkins speak in Ottawa	med
22:30	AUD	AIG Manufacturing Index	med	54.8		51.0
22:45	NZD	Employment Change (q/q)	med	-0.2%	0.5%	0.1%*
22:45	NZD	Unemployment Rate	high	4.2%	4.3%	4.3%

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.