Economic Calendar - Currencies
List of important economic releases
Time
Impact
Currency
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
May 21, 2024
00:30
AUD
Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
Previous
82.4
Forecast
Actual
The Consumer Sentiment Index is based on a survey of over 1,200 Australian households. The Index is an average of five component indexes which reflect consumers' evaluations of their household financial situation over the past year and the coming year, anticipated economic conditions over the coming year and the next five years, and buying conditions for major household items. The index scores above 100 indicate that optimists outweigh pessimists.
00:30
AUD
Westpac Consumer Confidence Change
Previous
-2.4%
Forecast
Actual
The Consumer Sentiment Index is based on a survey of over 1,200 Australian households. The Index is an average of five component indexes which reflect consumers' evaluations of their household financial situation over the past year and the coming year, anticipated economic conditions over the coming year and the next five years, and buying conditions for major household items. The index scores above 100 indicate that optimists outweigh pessimists.
01:30
AUD
RBA Meeting Minutes
Previous
Forecast
Actual
In Australia, interest rates decisions are taken by the Reserve Bank of Australia's Board. The official interest rate is the cash rate. The cash rate is the rate charged on overnight loans between financial intermediaries, is determined in the money market as a result of the interaction of demand for and supply of overnight funds.
03:00
NZD
Credit Card Spending YoY
Previous
1.4%
Forecast
Actual
05:00
SGD
MAS 4-Week Bill Auction
Previous
Forecast
Actual
05:00
SGD
MAS 12-Week Bill Auction
Previous
Forecast
Actual
07:00
ZAR
Leading Business Cycle Indicator MoM
Previous
1.7%
Forecast
Actual
In South Africa, the Composite Leading Business Cycle Indicator examines the direction in which real economic activity is moving, in real time. It is calculated on the basis of the following components: building plans approved, new passenger vehicles sold, commodity price index for main export commodities, index of prices of all classes of shares traded on the JSE, job advertisements, volume of orders in manufacturing, real M1, average hours worked per factory worker in manufacturing, interest rate spread, composite leading business cycle indicator of the major trading-partner countries, business confidence index, gross operating surplus as a percentage of GDP. The index has a base value of 100 as of 2010.
08:00
EUR
Current Account
Previous
€31.6B
Forecast
Actual
Current Account is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net factor income (such as interest and dividends) and net transfer payments (such as foreign aid).
08:00
EUR
Current Account s.a
Previous
€29.5B
Forecast
Actual
09:00
GBP
20-Year Treasury Gilt Auction
Previous
4.495%
Forecast
Actual
09:00
EUR
Construction Output YoY
Previous
-0.4%
Forecast
Actual
The production index in construction measures the evolution of output within the construction sector, including building construction and civil engineering.
09:00
EUR
Balance of Trade
Previous
€23.6B
Forecast
Actual
The Euro Area is one of the world’s biggest players in global trade. The bloc runs regular trade surpluses primarily due to the high export of manufactured goods such as machinery and vehicles. However, it is a net importer of energy and raw materials. Germany by far contributes the most to surplus followed by Netherlands, Ireland, and Italy. On the other hand, the deficits are constantly recorded in France and Spain. Still, in 2022, the block run the biggest trade deficit on record as the energy imports surged after the war in Ukraine forced the members to reduce energy imports from Russia and destabilized the energy markets.
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09:30
EUR
5-Year Bobl Auction
Previous
2.41%
Forecast
Actual
12:30
CAD
Inflation Rate MoM
Previous
0.6%
Forecast
Actual
Inflation Rate MoM measures month over month change in the price of goods and services.
12:30
CAD
Inflation Rate YoY
Previous
2.9%
Forecast
Actual
In Canada, the most important categories in the CPI basket are Shelter (30 percent of the total weight) and Transportation (17 percent). Food accounts for 16 percent; Household Operations, Furnishings and Equipment for 15 percent; Recreation, Education and Reading for 9 percent; Health and Personal Care for 5 percent; Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco Products for 5 percent and Clothing and Footwear for the remaining 4 percent. The CPI basket is reviewed every four years on the basis of household surveys. The current weights are based on spending patterns in 2002.
12:30
CAD
Core Inflation Rate MoM
Previous
0.5%
Forecast
Actual
12:30
CAD
Core Inflation Rate YoY
Previous
2%
Forecast
Actual
In Canada, the core inflation rate tracks changes in prices that consumers pay for a basket of goods which excludes eight of the most volatile components identified by the Bank of Canada including: fruit, fruit preparations and nuts; vegetables and vegetable preparations; mortgage interest cost; natural gas; fuel oil and other fuels; gasoline; inter-city transportation; and tobacco products and smokers' supplies. It also excludes the effect of changes in indirect taxes.
12:30
CAD
CPI Median YoY
Previous
2.8%
Forecast
Actual
CPI median is a measure of core inflation corresponding to the price change located at the 50th percentile (in terms of the CPI basket weights) of the distribution of price changes in a given month. This measure helps filter out extreme price movements specific to certain components. This approach is similar to CPI-trim as it eliminates all the weighted monthly price variations at both the bottom and top of the distribution of price changes in any given month, except the price change for the component that is the midpoint of that distribution.
12:30
CAD
CPI Trimmed-Mean YoY
Previous
3.1%
Forecast
Actual
CPI Trimmed is a measure of core inflation that excludes CPI components whose rates of change in a given month are located in the tails of the distribution of price changes. This measure helps filter out extreme price movements that might be caused by factors specific to certain components. In particular, CPI-trim excludes 20 percent of the weighted monthly price variations at both the bottom and top of the distribution of price changes, and thus it always removes 40 percent of the total CPI basket.
12:55
USD
Redbook YoY
Previous
Forecast
Actual
The Johnson Redbook Index is a sales-weighted of year-over-year same-store sales growth in a sample of large US general merchandise retailers representing about 9,000 stores. Same-store sales are sales in stores continuously open for 12 months or longer. By dollar value, the Index represents over 80% of the equivalent 'official' retail sales series collected and published by the US Department of Commerce. Redbook compiles the Index by collecting and interpreting performance estimates from retailers. The Index and its sub-groups are sales-weighted aggregates of these estimates. Weeks are retail weeks (Sunday to Saturday), and equally weighted within the month.