Economic Calendar - Currencies
List of important economic releases
Time
Impact
Currency
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Aug 29, 2025
01:30
AUD
Retail Sales MoM
Previous
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.
01:30
AUD
Private Sector Credit MoM
Previous
0.6%
Forecast
0.6%
Actual
0.7%
In Australia, private sector credit refers to the month-over-month change of credit extended to the economy's private sector for housing, personal and business expenditures. It includes securitizations.
01:30
AUD
Private Sector Credit YoY
Previous
6.8%
Forecast
Actual
7.2%
In Australia, private sector credit refers to the month-over-month change of credit extended to the economy's private sector for housing, personal and business expenditures. It includes securitizations.
01:30
AUD
Housing Credit MoM
Previous
0.5%
Forecast
Actual
0.5%
In Australia, housing credit refers to the month-over-month change of credit extended to the economy's private sector for housing expenditures. It includes securitisations.
03:35
JPY
3-Month Bill Auction
Previous
0.4508%
Forecast
Actual
0.4742%
05:00
JPY
Housing Starts YoY
Previous
-15.6%
Forecast
-9.6%
Actual
-9.7%
In Japan, housing starts refers to the year-on-year change in volume of new housing construction started.
05:00
JPY
Construction Orders YoY
Previous
22.5%
Forecast
Actual
-19%
In Japan, construction orders data refer to the value of new orders for construction work received during the month by 50 major constructors. Figures refer to the value of original contracts and construction for own use but not the value of subcontracted orders.
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05:00
JPY
Consumer Confidence
Previous
33.7
Forecast
33.5
Actual
34.9
In Japan, the Monthly Consumer Confidence survey data is collected by direct visit and covers about 4,700 households consisting of more than two persons. The questionnaire covers four subjects: consumer perceptions of overall livelihood, income growth, employment and willingness to buy durable goods. For each subject an index based on the respondents’ evaluation of what they consider the prospects to be over the next six months is created. The Consumer Confidence Index is the simple average of the four consumer perception indexes. A score above 50 indicates optimism, below 50 shows lack of confidence and 50 indicates neutrality.
07:00
CHF
KOF Leading Indicators
Previous
101.1
Forecast
98
Actual
In Switzerland, the KOF Swiss Economic Institute economic barometer measures the level of optimism that people who run companies have about the performance of the economy and how they feel about their organizations’ prospects. The KOF economic barometer is based on a multi-sectoral design with three modules. The 2014 version comprises 219 indicator variables, which are combined based on statistically determined weights. The most important module is GDP, which excludes construction and banking sectors and accounts for more than 90% of Swiss GDP.
07:00
TRY
Participation Rate
Previous
53.6%
Forecast
Actual
53.3%
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.
07:00
TRY
Unemployment Rate
Previous
8.4%
Forecast
Actual
8.0%
In Turkey, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
07:00
CNY
FDI (YTD) YoY
Previous
-15.2%
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.
11:00
CAD
CFIB Business Barometer
Previous
Forecast
Actual
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.
11:00
BRL
IGP-M Inflation MoM
Previous
Forecast
Actual
The IGP-M Inflation Index in Brazil is an index that measures and tracks the changes in price of goods in the stages before the retail level. Wholesale price indexes (WPIs) report monthly to show the average price changes of goods sold in bulk, and they are a group of the indicators that follow growth in the economy.
11:30
BRL
Nominal Budget Balance
Previous
BRL-108.107B
Forecast
BRL-113.7B
Actual
BRL-175.576B
In Brazil, government budget value refers to the nominal budget balance, which comprises the central government, regional governments and public enterprises and also includes debt servicing costs and the nominal interest of the federal government.
11:30
BRL
Bank Lending MoM
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Loan Growth in Brazil refers to the monthly change in total credit outstanding, including public and private lending.
11:30
BRL
Gross Debt to GDP
Previous
76.6%
Forecast
77%
Actual
77.6%
12:00
BRL
Unemployment Rate
Previous
5.8%
Forecast
Actual
In Brazil, the unemployment rate measures the number of people actively looking for a job as a percentage of the labour force.
12:00
BRL
PPI YoY
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Producer prices change refers to year over year change in price of goods and services sold by manufacturers and producers in the wholesale market during a given period.
12:00
BRL
PPI MoM
Previous
Forecast
Actual