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Economic Calendar

Updated 31 October 2026 · Written by Broker Atlas Guides Desk · Data checked by Broker Atlas Data Desk

Short answer

The calendar above lists medium- and high-impact releases for the US, euro area, UK, Japan, Australia and Canada, in your device's time zone. For each event compare actual with forecast: the surprise moves the price. Around high-impact releases such as US payrolls, CPI and central bank decisions, spreads widen and stops can fill beyond their level, and some brokers raise margin, so check the day's events before you trade.

Showing medium- and high-impact releases. Times are in your device’s time zone. Spreads often widen and prices jump around these releases.

Calendar by TradingView

How to read it

Each row is one scheduled release:

Column What it means
Time When the figure is published, in your device’s time zone
Country / currency Which economy, and so which currencies, it concerns
Importance The provider’s rating of how much the release usually moves markets
Actual The published figure, filled in at release time
Forecast The consensus estimate: what the market expects and has largely priced in
Prior The previous figure, sometimes revised

Markets react mainly to the surprise, actual minus forecast, and to revisions of the previous figure. A strong number that was fully expected may move little; a small miss on a closely watched release can move a lot. The statement and press conference after a central bank decision often matter more than the decision itself.

The calendar is provided by TradingView and is filtered to medium- and high-impact events. For a fuller walk-through with an example row, read how to read an economic calendar.

The releases that matter most

Release Source and timing Why it moves markets
US Employment Situation (non-farm payrolls) US Bureau of Labor Statistics, on a Friday, usually early in the month, at 8:30 a.m. ET (BLS schedule) Jobs and wages shape Fed expectations; moves the dollar, gold and indices
Federal Reserve (FOMC) decisions Eight scheduled meetings in 2026; the remaining one is 8–9 December (Fed calendar) The policy rate and its outlook drive the dollar
Inflation (CPI) National statistics offices, monthly Central banks target inflation, so surprises shift rate expectations
ECB, Bank of England, Bank of Japan decisions Each central bank publishes its own meeting calendar Rates and guidance for the euro, pound and yen
GDP, PMIs, retail sales Statistics offices and survey providers Growth signals; usually smaller moves

Spreads and slippage around releases

In the seconds around a high-impact release, liquidity thins and prices jump. Three things follow:

  • Spreads widen. A pair that normally trades at a fraction of a pip can quote several pips wide for a short time. See when spreads widen.
  • Slippage. Stop and market orders fill at the next available price, which can be well beyond your level. A stop is a limit on intention, not a guarantee.
  • Margin rules can change. Some brokers raise margin around news. Exness says actual leverage falls around important news and near the weekend close (Exness leverage); Axi can apply a Higher Margin Requirement to new positions around releases such as NFP and CPI (Axi leverage). XM Global says it keeps leverage unchanged during news (XM leverage).

If you hold positions through a release, check the free margin you’d have after a sudden move with the margin level calculator and the stop-out level calculator, and size trades with the position size calculator assuming a worse fill than your stop.

A simple daily routine

  1. Filter to the currencies you trade and note high-impact times.
  2. Before each one, decide: close, reduce, or hold with a size you can afford to gap.
  3. Avoid opening tight-stop trades in the minutes before the release.
  4. After the release, wait for spreads to return to normal before entering.

Tactics for trading the release itself, and broker rules on news trading, are in trading NFP and high-impact news. For gold, which reacts strongly to US data, see the gold trading guide.

Frequently asked questions

What time is the US jobs report?

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the Employment Situation (non-farm payrolls) at 8:30 a.m. US Eastern time. Its schedule lists 6 November and 4 December 2026 as the next release dates.

Why are the times different from the ones on another site?

This calendar shows times in your device's time zone. Many sites default to GMT or New York time. Check daylight saving changes, which shift US and European times on different dates.

Which releases are high impact?

The calendar provider rates them. Central bank rate decisions, inflation (CPI) and jobs reports are usually among the high-impact ones for the currencies involved.

Should I close trades before a release?

That's your decision. If you keep a position open, size it so that a gap through your stop is survivable, and remember that spreads can widen sharply for a few minutes.