Economic Calendar - Currencies
List of important economic releases
Time
Impact
Currency
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
May 17, 2024
00:30
SGD
Non-Oil Exports MoM
Previous
-8.4%
Forecast
Actual
In Singapore, Non-oil Domestic Exports (NODX) can be divided in Electronic Products, such as ICs, Disk Media Products, PCs, Parts of PCs, and Diodes & Transistors; and Non-Electronic Products, particularly chemicals, such as petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.
00:30
SGD
Non-Oil Exports YoY
Previous
-20.7%
Forecast
Actual
In Singapore, Non-oil Domestic Exports (NODX) can be divided in Electronic Products, such as ICs, Disk Media Products, PCs, Parts of PCs, and Diodes & Transistors; and Non-Electronic Products, particularly chemicals, such as petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals.
01:30
AUD
Wage Price Index YoY
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Actual
In Australia, wage growth measures the annual change in hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses for both public and private sector.
01:30
AUD
Unemployment Rate
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Actual
In Australia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
01:30
AUD
Participation Rate
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Actual
The labour force participation rates is the number of persons who are employed and unemployed but looking for a job divided by the total working-age population.
01:30
AUD
Wage Price Index QoQ
Previous
Forecast
Actual
In Australia, wage growth measures the annual change in hourly rates of pay excluding bonuses for both public and private sector.
01:30
CNY
House Price Index YoY
Previous
-2.2%
Forecast
Actual
In China, Housing Index is measured by year-over-year change in the index of newly built residential buildings in 70 medium and large cities. The index is calculated in weighted average method and the weight of each city is based on the population.
01:30
SGD
Balance of Trade
Previous
$4.657B
Forecast
Actual
Singapore economy relies on purchasing of intermediate goods and exporting of high-value added products. Main exports are: machinery and equipment (43 percent of the total exports); petroleum (19 percent) and chemicals (13 percent). Main imports are: machinery and equipment (39 percent of the total imports); petroleum (33 percent); chemical products (7 percent) and miscellaneous manufactured articles (7 percent). In 2017, the biggest trade deficits were recorded with China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and the United States. Singapore did not record surpluses with any country.
01:30
AUD
Employment Change
Previous
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Actual
In Australia, employment change refers to the absolute change in the number of persons who work for pay or profit, or perform unpaid family work. Estimates include both full-time and part-time employment.
01:30
AUD
Full Time Employment Chg
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Actual
In Australia, full time employment change refers to the change in the number of employed persons who usually work 35 hours or more a week (in all jobs) and those who, although usually working fewer than 35 hours a week, work 35 hours or more during the reference week.
01:30
AUD
Part Time Employment Chg
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Forecast
Actual
In Australia, persons employed part time are those employed persons who usually worked less than 35 hours a week in all jobs.
02:00
CNY
Unemployment Rate
Previous
5.2%
Forecast
Actual
In China, Urban Surveyed Unemployment Rate is calculated by a sample survey, which refers to the ratio of urban unemployed population to the sum of the employed population and the unemployed population.
02:00
CNY
Industrial Production YoY
Previous
4.5%
Forecast
Actual
In China, industrial production measures the output of businesses integrated in industrial sector of the economy such as manufacturing, mining, and utilities.
02:00
CNY
NBS Press Conference
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Actual
02:00
CNY
Fixed Asset Investment (YTD) YoY
Previous
4.5%
Forecast
Actual
In China, urban investment in fixed assets is one of the main measures of capital spending. It refers to investment in construction projects with a total planned investment of 5 million yuan; machinery and equipment and real estate development in both urban and rural areas. It refers to investment made by state-owned enterprises and private businesses, institutions or individuals.
02:00
CNY
Retail Sales YoY
Previous
3.1%
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Actual
In China, the year-over-year change in Retail sales compares the aggregated sales of retail goods and services during a certain month to the same month a year ago.
03:35
JPY
3-Month Bill Auction
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Actual
04:30
JPY
Industrial Production MoM Final
Previous
-0.6%
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Actual
In Japan, industrial production measures the output of businesses integrated in industrial sector of the economy such as manufacturing, mining, and utilities.
04:30
JPY
Capacity Utilization MoM
Previous
-0.5%
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Actual
In Japan, capacity utilization is the quantity of production divided by the quantity of production capacity, expressing the state of operations for various facilities in the manufacturing industry. It does not measure the absolute level of capacity utilization but the relative capacity utilization rate compared with the benchmark year.
04:30
JPY
Industrial Production YoY Final
Previous
-3.9%
Forecast
Actual
In Japan, industrial production measures the output of businesses integrated in industrial sector of the economy such as manufacturing, mining, and utilities.