Economic Calendar
An economic calendar for global markets: Federal Reserve and central bank decisions, inflation (CPI and PPI), employment and payrolls, GDP, retail sales, business surveys, and Treasury auctions. Where a consensus exists, an entry includes the forecast and the previous reading. Browse by day or week, filter by country or event type, and open any release for the detail behind it. All times in Eastern Time (ET).
What this economic calendar covers
Every scheduled macroeconomic release and policy decision that has a history of moving prices: central bank rate decisions and FOMC meetings, inflation (CPI and PPI), employment and non-farm payrolls, GDP, retail sales, housing, business and purchasing-manager surveys, and Treasury auctions. Releases from outside the US are included because they move US assets: an ECB decision moves the dollar, and a China PMI moves industrials. Every one is shown on the same Eastern Time clock so you can see what lands before tomorrow’s open.
Reading a release before it prints
Where a consensus exists, the entry carries the consensus forecast and the previous reading. Together they show what the market has already priced in and the baseline the print will be compared against. The gap between the eventual print and that consensus is what markets actually trade: a strong absolute number that misses expectations routinely sells off, and a weak one that beats them rallies. Open any release for its full detail: the figures, the period it covers, and the source behind it.
Finding the releases that matter to you
A Fed decision and a regional manufacturing survey are both scheduled events, and a useful calendar has to let you cut between them. Every release carries a factual event type (economic indicator, FOMC meeting, central bank decision, Treasury auction, BLS or FRED release), and the filters work on those types, on country, and on free-text search, so “show me this week’s US central-bank events” or “find the next CPI print” is two clicks or one query away. Nothing is hidden by default: what you see is everything tracked in the window, cut only by the filters you set.
Where the macro picture meets a position
A release only matters through what it does to something you hold. Use index pages and sector pages to see which parts of the market carry the rates exposure a print moves, ETF pages for the holdings behind a fund, and market movers to see what actually reacted once the number was out. For scheduled single-name events, including who reports, when, and against what estimate, see the earnings calendar, which covers company earnings dates, IPO pricings, ex-dividend and split dates.
Frequently asked questions
What is an economic calendar?
An economic calendar lists the scheduled releases and policy decisions that move markets: central bank rate decisions, inflation (CPI and PPI), employment and payrolls, GDP, retail sales, housing, business surveys and sovereign bond auctions. Each entry carries the release date and time, the consensus forecast and the previous reading, so you can see what is expected before it prints and how far the actual landed from expectations afterwards.
What is the difference between forecast, previous and actual?
Previous is the last reported value for the same series. Forecast is the consensus estimate economists published ahead of the release. Actual is the figure that was reported. Markets trade the gap between actual and forecast, called the surprise, far more than the level itself, which is why a strong-looking number that misses consensus can still sell off.
Which economic releases move markets the most?
In the US, the Federal Reserve rate decision and the accompanying projections, the Consumer Price Index, and the monthly employment report (non-farm payrolls) reprice the whole curve and, through it, every risk asset. GDP, retail sales, PPI and the ISM surveys move rates expectations at the margin. Housing starts, trade balances and regional Fed surveys rarely move an index on their own.
Why do some events show a time and others only a date?
The calendar shows exactly as much timing as is actually known. Most economic indicators publish at a fixed clock time, so those carry one. Other events, like many government release schedules, ex-dividend dates and meeting days, are announced as a date with no time of day, and the calendar shows just the date rather than inventing a clock. When a time is our own estimate rather than an announced one, it is marked as an estimate so you can tell the two apart.
Why do overseas releases appear on a US calendar?
Because they move US assets. An ECB or Bank of Japan decision moves the dollar, a China PMI moves industrials and commodities, and a UK inflation print moves global rate expectations. Every event is shown at its Eastern Time equivalent, so an 08:50 JST release from Tokyo appears in the previous US evening where a US trader would actually meet it.
When does the Fed announce interest rate decisions?
The Federal Open Market Committee holds eight scheduled meetings a year, roughly every six weeks, with the statement released at 2:00 PM ET on the second day and the chair’s press conference at 2:30 PM ET. Four of those meetings also publish updated economic projections. Dates are set and published about a year ahead, and unscheduled inter-meeting decisions are possible but rare.
What time zone does the economic calendar use?
All dates and times display in Eastern Time (ET), the time zone of the US market session, including events that take place overseas. That keeps every release on one clock, so you can see which of tonight’s Asian prints lands before tomorrow’s US open without converting anything yourself.
Education only, not investment advice. Everything on this page is a factual aggregation of public data, which may be incomplete, delayed, or amended. Scheduled dates and consensus estimates change without notice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Consult a licensed financial advisor before making investment decisions.