Calendar
Economic calendar
Scheduled data releases and central bank events for the major economies, with actual, forecast and previous figures. Times follow your device's time zone.
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How to use the economic calendar
Each row is a scheduled release or a central bank event. The impact level shows how much that event usually moves the currency it belongs to: interest rate decisions, inflation and jobs reports are typically high impact and can move prices within seconds of the release.
Actual is the figure just published, forecast is the expectation before the release, and previous is the last reading. Markets react mostly to the surprise, the gap between actual and forecast, rather than to the number on its own. Our guide explains how to read an economic calendar step by step.
Times follow your device's time zone. The sessions panel above shows which trading centres are open now, and the market sessions page has the full timetable and the overlaps when liquidity is highest.
Events that move currencies most
- Central bank decisions, including the statement and projections (how interest rate decisions move currencies)
- Inflation reports, headline and core CPI (CPI explained)
- Jobs reports such as US non-farm payrolls (non-farm payrolls explained)
- GDP (GDP explained for forex traders)
- Business surveys such as the PMIs (PMI explained)
- Trade figures (trade balance and current account explained)
Our reports on the latest releases are in forex news.
Common questions
What is an economic calendar?
A schedule of upcoming economic data releases and central bank events. Each entry shows the time, the country or currency, how much the event usually moves markets, and the actual, forecast and previous figures.
Which economic events move forex the most?
Central bank interest rate decisions, inflation (CPI) reports, jobs reports such as US non-farm payrolls, GDP and business surveys (PMIs) usually cause the biggest moves, especially when the result differs from the forecast.
What time zone does the economic calendar use?
Event times follow your device's time zone. The market sessions page lists the Sydney, Tokyo, London and New York sessions in UTC.
What do actual, forecast and previous mean?
Actual is the figure just published, forecast is the typical expectation before the release, and previous is the last reading, which is sometimes revised. Prices react mostly to the gap between actual and forecast.