Economic Calendar
The FXMARE economic calendar lists the scheduled releases that move the forex, bond, equity and commodity markets — from US Non-Farm Payrolls and inflation prints to central bank rate decisions from the Fed, ECB, BoE, BoJ and RBA. When the live feed is connected, each event shows the consensus forecast and the previous reading, an impact rating, and a live countdown to release. Use the filters to focus on a single day, the currencies you trade, or only the high-impact events.
How to use the economic calendar
Traders watch the calendar to anticipate volatility and avoid being caught on the wrong side of a release. Compare each event's consensus forecast with its previous reading to see which way expectations lean, and use the impact rating as a guide to how much volatility the release typically produces — the bigger the eventual surprise versus consensus, the larger the usual market reaction. High-impact releases such as Non-Farm Payrolls, Core CPI and the ECB rate decision can move the major currency pairs, gold and oil and world indices within seconds. Pair the calendar with the latest market news and log how you traded each event in your trading journal. New to trading the news? Start with our forex trading guides.
All event guides
Evergreen explainers for every major scheduled release — what each one measures and why it moves markets, independent of this week's schedule.
Frequently asked questions
What is an economic calendar?
An economic calendar is a schedule of upcoming data releases and central-bank announcements that tend to move financial markets. The FXMARE calendar lists releases affecting the forex, bond, equity and commodity markets — from US Non-Farm Payrolls and inflation prints to rate decisions from the Fed, ECB, BoE, BoJ and RBA. You can filter by day, by the currencies you trade, or by impact level. It is an information tool, not trading advice.
What do the high, medium and low impact ratings mean?
The impact rating is a guide to how much volatility a release typically produces, shown in the legend as coloured dots: three for high, two for medium, one for low. High-impact events such as Non-Farm Payrolls, core CPI and major rate decisions can move markets within seconds, while low-impact releases mostly help confirm an existing trend. The rating reflects an event's usual market sensitivity, not a forecast of what will happen on any given day.
Which releases tend to move markets the most?
The most market-moving scheduled releases are generally US Non-Farm Payrolls, inflation data such as core CPI, and central-bank rate decisions from the Fed, ECB, BoE, BoJ and RBA. These are flagged high-impact because a surprise versus the consensus forecast can move the major currency pairs, gold, oil and world indices quickly. Most major releases also have an evergreen event guide linked from the page, explaining what they measure and why they matter.
What do forecast and previous mean, and why is there no actual figure?
The forecast is the market's consensus expectation for a release, and previous is the prior reported reading; comparing them shows which way expectations are leaning. FXMARE does not display a post-release actual figure or beat/miss colouring, because the live feed it uses publishes forecast and previous only and does not carry verified actuals. Rather than invent numbers, the calendar conveys release status through a time-based label and live countdown — Released, Due or Upcoming.
What timezone are the event times shown in?
By default the calendar shows event times in your browser's detected local timezone, and your choice is remembered for next time. You can switch the display timezone using the selector, with options including UTC, New York, Chicago, London, Berlin, Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney. The active timezone is labelled in the legend so you always know which clock the times refer to.
Why does the calendar sometimes show a sample schedule?
If the live data feed is temporarily unreachable, the calendar falls back to a fixed sample schedule and shows a notice saying so. In that state the events are an illustrative template of a typical trading week, not the current week's real calendar, and forecast and previous figures are hidden because they could not be verified against the live source. Live data returns automatically once the feed is reachable again.