Economic Calendar - Currencies
List of important economic releases
Time
Impact
Currency
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Jul 26, 2024
01:30
AUD
Retail Sales MoM Prel
Previous
0.6%
Forecast
Actual
In Australia, the Retail sales report provides an aggregated measure of sales of retail goods and services over a specific time period. In Australia, Retail sales are seasonal, volatile and relatively important to the overall economy.
02:30
SGD
Unemployment Rate Prel
Previous
Forecast
Actual
In Singapore, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
03:35
JPY
2-Year JGB Auction
Previous
0.378%
Forecast
Actual
0.409%
03:35
JPY
3-Month Bill Auction
Previous
0.0192%
Forecast
Actual
0.0565%
05:00
JPY
Coincident Index Final
Previous
115.2
Forecast
Actual
117.1
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
110.9
Forecast
111.1
Actual
111.2
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.
05:00
SGD
Industrial Production MoM
Previous
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Actual
In Singapore, industrial production measures the output of businesses integrated in the manufacturing sector of the economy.
05:00
SGD
Industrial Production YoY
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Forecast
Actual
In Singapore, industrial production measures the output of businesses integrated in the manufacturing sector of the economy.
06:45
EUR
Consumer Confidence
Previous
Forecast
Actual
In France, the consumer confidence index is based on a survey of about 2 000 households. The questionnaire focuses on: past and future economic situation in France, past and future personal financial situation, unemployment, intention to make major purchases, current savings capacity and expected savings capacity. The indicator is calculated using factor analysis technique. The index is then calculated in a way to measure the current sentiment in relation to the historic index values of the period 1987-2011. A value over 110 indicates unusually high optimism and a value under 90 indicates unusually high pessimism. The value 100 indicates neutrality.
07:10
CNY
FDI (YTD) YoY
Previous
-28.2%
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.
08:00
EUR
ECB Survey of Professional Forecasters
Previous
Forecast
Actual
In the Euro Area, benchmark interest rate is set by the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. The primary objective of the ECB’s monetary policy is to maintain price stability which is to keep inflation below, but close to 2 percent over the medium term. In times of prolonged low inflation and low interest rates, ECB may also adopt non-standard monetary policy measures, such as asset purchase programmes. The official interest rate is the Main refinancing operations rate.
08:00
CHF
Economic Sentiment Index
Previous
Forecast
Actual
In Switzerland, the CS-CFA Society Economic Sentiment Index measures the level of optimism that analysts have about the expected economic developments over the next 6 months. The survey covers up to 350 financial and economic analysts. The index is constructed as the difference between the percentage share of analysts that are optimistic and the percentage of analysts that are pessimistic about the development of the economy. Therefore, the indicator measures the confidence on a scale of -100 (all analysts expect the economy to deteriorate) up to 100 (all analysts expect it to improve). A 0 value indicates neutrality.
10:00
GBP
CBI Distributive Trades
Previous
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Actual
The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Distributive Trades Survey (DTS) measures the health of the retail sector. The reading is compiled from a survey of about 150 retail and wholesale companies. It includes measures of sales activity across the distributive trades. It is a leading indicator of consumer spending. The figure is the difference between the percentage of retailers reporting an increase in sales and those reporting a decrease.
10:00
EUR
Jobseekers Total
Previous
Forecast
Actual
The jobseekers total in France refers to the registered number of unemployed at the end of the month at employment center which are obliged to actively seek a job.
10:00
EUR
Unemployment Benefit Claims
Previous
Forecast
Actual
In France, unemployment benefit claims refer to the change in number of people claiming unemployment benefits in mainland France.
10:30
RUB
Interest Rate Decision
Previous
Forecast
Actual
In Russia, interest rate decisions are taken by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. From September 16th of 2013, the official interest rate is the one-week auction repo rate. Until September 15th of 2013, the official interest rate was the refinancing rate, which was seen as a ceiling for borrowing money and a benchmark for calculating tax payments.
11:00
CAD
CFIB Business Barometer
Previous
56
Forecast
Actual
55.4
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.
11:30
BRL
Bank Lending MoM
Previous
0.7%
Forecast
Actual
1.2%
Loan Growth in Brazil refers to the monthly change in total credit outstanding, including public and private lending.
12:00
RUB
CBR Press Conference
Previous
Forecast
Actual
In Russia, interest rate decisions are taken by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation. From September 16th of 2013, the official interest rate is the one-week auction repo rate. Until September 15th of 2013, the official interest rate was the refinancing rate, which was seen as a ceiling for borrowing money and a benchmark for calculating tax payments.
12:00
MXN
Balance of Trade
Previous
$1.991B
Forecast
$1B
Actual
$-1.037B
Mexico's main exports are manufactured products (88 percent of total shipments) , followed by oil and oil products (7 percent), the agricultural sector with (4 percent). Main imports are: metallic products, machinery and equipment (59 percent of total purchases), oil products (12 percent) and agricultural goods (3 percent). The country's top trading partner is the United States (72 percent of total exports and 38 percent of total imports). Others include: China, Japan and Germany. In 2022, trade between Mexico and the United States reached USD 738 billion, with Mexico posting a surplus of near USD 208 billion.