Forex Economic Calendar

Scheduled economic releases and central bank decisions that move the major currencies. Times are shown in your own time zone, and you can filter by impact or currency.

How to Use the Economic Calendar

An economic calendar lists the scheduled data releases and central bank decisions that move currency prices. Knowing when they happen helps you avoid opening a trade right before a surprise, and helps you plan around the times when the market is likely to be most active. Each row shows the release time, the currency affected, the expected impact, the event name, and the actual, forecast and previous values once they are available.

What the impact levels mean

• High impact: events that regularly cause sharp moves across several pairs, such as interest rate decisions, central bank press conferences, inflation (CPI) and the US Non-Farm Payrolls report.
• Medium impact: releases that can move the currency involved but usually less violently, such as retail sales, housing data, PMI surveys and weekly jobless claims.
• Low impact: minor data that rarely changes the picture on its own.

Reading actual, forecast and previous

The forecast is the consensus expectation, and the previous value is the last reading. Markets usually react to the gap between the actual number and the forecast, not to the number alone. A CPI reading of 3.5% can strengthen a currency if 3.2% was expected, and weaken it if 3.8% was expected. The actual figure is filled in after the release, so a blank cell means the event has not happened yet or the figure is still being confirmed.

A simple routine for using the calendar

• Check the next 24 hours each morning and note the high-impact events for the currencies you trade.
• Convert the times to your own time zone. Times on this page are shown in your local time, and the market-hours tool shows Nepal Time (UTC+5:45) for traders in Nepal.
• Decide in advance whether you will stay flat, reduce size, or widen your stop loss around each event. Spreads often widen and prices can jump past stop levels during major releases.
• After the release, wait for the first volatile minutes to settle before looking for a setup, and size the position with the risk calculator.
• Keep an eye on related currency pairs with the currency correlation tool so that one event does not hit several of your open trades at once.

Events worth planning around

Central bank rate decisions and the accompanying statements and press conferences are the most important scheduled events for any currency. Inflation and employment reports are next, because they shape what central banks do at their following meetings. Our news section publishes previews and recaps of the biggest events, such as the Fed, ECB, Bank of England and Bank of Japan decisions.

Release times and values can be revised by the source agencies. Always confirm important figures with the official release before trading. This calendar is provided for information and education only and is not financial advice.