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 3	Friday		Impact	Forecast	Previous
All Day	CNY	Chinese May Day	low
All Day	JPY	Constitution Memorial Day	low
01:30	AUD	Home Loans MoM	med	0.9%	1.6%
01:30	AUD	Investment Lending for Homes	med	0.7%	1.2%
06:45	EUR	French Industrial Production MoM	med	0.7%	0.2%
06:45	EUR	French Budget Balance	low	-52.0B	-44.03B
08:00	EUR	ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters	med
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Composite PMI Final	low	54.0	52.8
08:30	GBP	S&P Global Services PMI Final	med	54.9	53.1
09:00	EUR	Unemployment Rate	med	6.5%	6.5%
12:30	USD	Manufacturing Payrolls	low	4.0k	0.0k
12:30	USD	Average Hourly Earnings MoM	high	0.3%	0.3%
12:30	USD	Participation Rate	med	62.7%	62.7%
12:30	USD	Average Weekly Hours	low	34.4	34.4
12:30	USD	U-6 Unemployment Rate	low	7.3%	7.3%
12:30	USD	Average Hourly Earnings YoY	med	4.1%	4.1%
12:30	USD	Government Payrolls	low	63.0k	71.0k
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Payrolls	high	238.0k	303.0k
12:30	USD	Unemployment Rate	high	3.8%	3.8%
12:30	USD	Nonfarm Payrolls Private	low	175.0k	232.0k
13:30	CAD	S&P Global Services PMI	low	47.7	46.4
13:30	CAD	S&P Global Composite PMI	low	47.5	47.0
13:45	USD	S&P Global Composite PMI Final	med	50.9	52.1
13:45	USD	S&P Global Services PMI Final	med	50.9	51.7
14:00	USD	ISM Services Prices	low	53.5	53.4
14:00	USD	ISM Services New Orders	low	53.0	54.4
14:00	USD	ISM Services Employment	low	48.6	48.5
14:00	USD	ISM Services Business Activity	low	56.4	57.4
14:00	USD	ISM Services PMI	high	51.8	51.4
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count	low		506.0
17:00	USD	Baker Hughes Total Rigs Count	low		613.0
23:45	USD	Fed Williams Speech	med
23:45	USD	Fed Goolsbee Speech	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.