Economic Calendar - Currencies
List of important economic releases
Time
Impact
Currency
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Dec 18, 2025
00:00
AUD
Consumer Inflation Expectations
Previous
4.5%
Forecast
Actual
4.7%
In Australia, Melbourne Institute Inflation Expectations survey measures consumers’ median expectations for price growth over the coming 12 months.
00:30
AUD
Unemployment Rate
Previous
4.3%
Forecast
Actual
In Australia, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
00:30
AUD
Employment Change
Previous
42.2K
Forecast
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.
00:30
AUD
Participation Rate
Previous
67%
Forecast
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.
00:30
AUD
Part Time Employment Chg
Previous
-13.1K
Forecast
Actual
In Australia, persons employed part time are those employed persons who usually worked less than 35 hours a week in all jobs.
00:30
AUD
Full Time Employment Chg
Previous
55.3K
Forecast
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.
03:35
JPY
3-Month Bill Auction
Previous
0.6241%
Forecast
Actual
0.6667%
07:00
CNY
FDI (YTD) YoY
Previous
-10.3%
Forecast
Actual
In China, Foreign Direct Investment refers to foreign capital actually utilized, which is to the amount which has been actually used according to the agreements and contracts, including cash, materials and invisible capital such as labor service and technology which both parties agree to take as an investment.
07:00
CHF
Balance of Trade
Previous
CHF2.5B
Forecast
Actual
CHF3B
Switzerland has been running consistent trade surpluses. The biggest trade surpluses are recorded with the US, India, the UK, China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore; and the largest deficits were recorded with the UAE, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Thailand.
11:00
TRY
MPC Meeting Summary
Previous
Forecast
Actual
In Turkey, benchmark interest rates are set by the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Monetary Policy Committee (Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankasi - TCMB). From June 1st 2018, the main interest rate is the one-week repo rate and the overnight borrowing and lending rates will be determined at 150 bps below/above the one-week repo rate. The central bank simplified its monetary policy framework on May 28th 2018 from a different system with four main key rates, with the late liquidity window lending rate being one of the most followed.
11:30
TRY
Foreign Exchange Reserves
Previous
$76.76B
Forecast
Actual
$78.65B
In Turkey, Foreign Exchange Reserves refer to gross foreign exchange reserves held or controlled by the country's central bank, excluding gold.
12:00
CAD
CFIB Business Barometer
Previous
55.8
Forecast
Actual
59.9
CFIB’s Business Barometer tracks small business confidence, expectations and operating conditions in Canada. It was revised as of the May 2009 issue. It is based on the same survey question on 12-month future business performance expectations collected annually 1987-2000, quarterly 2001-2008 and monthly since late 2008. The index is a weighted average of response scores: 100 for stronger performance, 50 for same performance, and 0 for weaker performance. The data are not seasonally adjusted.
12:00
MXN
Retail Sales YoY
Previous
3.3%
Forecast
3%
Actual
3.4%
In Mexico, 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.
12:00
MXN
Retail Sales MoM
Previous
0%
Forecast
0.3%
Actual
0.4%
In Mexico, the Retail sales report provides an aggregated measure of sales of retail goods and services over a specific time period. In Mexico, Retail sales are seasonal, volatile and relatively important to the overall economy.
13:30
CAD
Average Weekly Earnings YoY
Previous
2.93%
Forecast
Actual
2.2%
In Canada, average weekly earnings (including overtime) refers to the gross taxable payroll (including overtime) divided by the number of employees. It is calculated for all types of employees. In general, changes in weekly earnings reflect a number of factors, including wage growth; changes in the composition of employment by industry, occupation and level of job experience; and average hours worked per week.
17:00
CAD
10-Year Bond Auction
Previous
3.273%
Forecast
Actual
3.447%
Generally, a government bond is issued by a national government and is denominated in the country`s own currency. Bonds issued by national governments in foreign currencies are normally referred to as sovereign bonds. The yield required by investors to loan funds to governments reflects inflation expectations and the likelihood that the debt will be repaid.
19:00
MXN
Interest Rate Decision
Previous
7.25%
Forecast
7%
Actual
7%
In Mexico, interest rate decisions are taken by the Bank of Mexico (Banco de México). Starting January of 2008, Banco de México has adopted as an operating target the overnight interbank rate (tasa de fondeo bancario) instead of the level of commercial banks’ current account balances at the central bank (corto).
21:00
NZD
ANZ Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence
Previous
98.4
Forecast
Actual
101.5
In New Zealand, ANZ Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence is a monthly measure of consumer confidence across New Zealand households and how this affects their spending behavior.
21:00
NZD
Westpac Consumer Confidence
Previous
90.9
Forecast
Actual
In New Zealand, the Westpac McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence Index measures the level of optimism that consumers have about the performance of the economy. The Consumer Confidence Index is calculated from percentage response to five internationally standardized questions covering consumers' personal financial circumstances, national economic expectations and attitudes to major purchases. It is 100 plus the average of the difference between positive answers and negative responses. A score above 100 shows more optimism than pessimism while a score below 100 denotes more pessimism.
21:45
NZD
GDP Growth Rate YoY
Previous
Forecast
Actual
In New Zealand, services are the biggest sector of the economy and account for 75 percent of total GDP. Within services the most important segments are: finance, insurance and business services (30 percent); personal and community services (13 percent), and transport and communication (11 percent). Industry accounts for 17 percent of GDP. Within industry, manufacturing represents 13 percent of GDP while construction 4 percent. The remaining 8 percent is contributed by agriculture, fishing, forestry and mining.