Two layers: the live calendar streams the week's releases with merged actual numbers; the verified schedules below are computed or sourced from official central-bank calendars — they are correct even offline.
📅 This week's live calendar
🔔 About "Actual" numbers: the free calendar feed carries Forecast and Previous only. Real actuals are merged in automatically from ForexFactory's own public calendar page (the same publisher as this feed) — past rows show the printed number where one exists; rows without a published actual keep an Actual ↗ link to the official print.
Market data is for educational purposes only and may be delayed. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
🎯 Known dates — computed & official
🧮 News day stress-test \u2014 what if price gaps at the release?
A what-if, not a forecast: nobody can know how far price will gap. You pick the scenario; we do the arithmetic on your exposure.
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🧮 Multi-position exposure \u2014 several trades open into the same release?
List the $/pip of each open position and pick a gap scenario. Positions in USD pairs all react to the same US release \u2014 this adds them up instead of letting each look small.
Planning to trade these releases? Compare low-spread brokers for news execution — and size the position before the volatility, not during it.
These don't need a data feed: NFP follows a fixed rule, and central banks publish their meeting calendars years ahead. Everything below is correct right now, offline, and on any device.
| Decision date | SEP (dot plot) | Status |
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| Decision date | Projections | Status |
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| Decision date | MPR | Status |
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| Decision date | Outlook | Status |
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| Decision date | SMP | Status |
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| Assessment date | Status |
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| High | NFP, CPI, rate decisions, GDP. Spreads widen, stops get run — beginners should be flat or hedged before the number. |
| Medium | PMIs, retail sales, sentiment surveys. Moves the majors for minutes to hours. |
| Low | Speeches, minor data. Rarely tradeable alone — but they set the day's narrative. |
| Day | Typical character |
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| Mon | Quiet opens, weekend-gap positioning. Range rules. |
| Tue–Wed | Most data drops (CPI, PPI often here). Best trend days. |
| Thu | ECB/central-bank heavy day. EUR volatility. |
| Fri | NFP (first Friday). Position-squaring into the close. |
Frequently asked questions — Economic Calendar
Why isn't the whole calendar API-driven like your charts?
Every free economic-calendar API requires a key and forbids browser-side calls or redistribution — so instead of faking data, this page uses the one honest keyless live source (the embed above) plus schedules that are mathematically or officially known: NFP's first-Friday rule and the central banks' own published calendars.
What is NFP and why does it matter?
Non-Farm Payrolls counts new US jobs outside farming. Released the first Friday of each month at 8:30 AM ET, it routinely moves EURUSD, USDJPY and gold 50–100+ pips in minutes. See our calendar dates above and trade it with a plan, not adrenaline.
What's the "SEP" at some FOMC meetings?
The Summary of Economic Projections — the "dot plot" showing where each Fed member expects rates. Released at the March, June, September and December meetings only, and often a bigger mover than the rate decision itself.
Are these dates guaranteed?
Central-bank meeting dates are fixed years ahead and NFP follows a reliable rule — but emergency changes happen rarely. Always cross-check the official Fed and ECB calendars before sizing positions around an event. For what actually moves on the release, the NFP forex glossary entry explains the reaction playbook minute by minute.