Economic Calendar - Currencies
List of important economic releases
Time
Impact
Currency
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Dec 24, 2025
00:00
CHF
Christmas Eve
Previous
Forecast
Actual
00:00
CNY
National People's Congress Standing Committee
Previous
Forecast
Actual
03:35
JPY
BoJ JGB Purchase
Previous
Forecast
Actual
05:00
JPY
Coincident Index Final
Previous
114.9
Forecast
Actual
115.9
Coincident Index correlates with the business cycle, and is used to identify the current state of the economy. In general, increasing coincident index shows that the economy is in an expansion phase, and decreasing coincident index reflects that the economy is in a contraction phase. The index is calculated using month-over-month percentage changes in 11 leading indicators, 11 coincident indicators, and 6 lagging indicators.
05:00
JPY
Leading Economic Index Final
Previous
108.2
Forecast
110.0
Actual
109.8
In Japan, the Leading Composite Index consists of 12 indexes such as account inventory ratios, machinery orders, stock prices and other leading economic indicators. The index anticipates changes in the direction of the Japanese economy in the coming months. In general, increase in the index reflects that the economy is in an expansion phase, and decreasing coincident index reflects that the economy is in a contraction phase. The index is used to make official judgement on when the business cycle begins and ends.
12:00
MXN
Unemployment Rate
Previous
2.6%
Forecast
2.7%
Actual
In Mexico, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
16:00
CAD
Budget Balance
Previous
C$-5.02B
Forecast
Actual
The government budget balance is the difference between government revenues and expenses, excluding public debt charges. The budget is balanced when outlays equal to receipts, the country reports budget surplus when revenues are higher than expenses and deficit when expenses exceed the revenues.
23:50
JPY
Foreign Bond Investment
Previous
¥356.4B
Forecast
Actual
The net data shows the difference between acquisition and disposition of long-term debt securities: a plus sign indicates net purchases of foreign securities by Japanese investors; a minus sign indicates net selling and inflows of funds into Japan. It excludes Bank of Japan.
23:50
JPY
Stock Investment by Foreigners
Previous
¥528.3B
Forecast
Actual
Foreign Investments in Japanese Stocks refers to the net difference between inflow and outflow of investments in Japanese stock market by foreigners.