Economic Calendar

APRIL 2025

For businesses, investors, and those with a keen interest in the economy, our calendar highlights the key dates and events that matter most. It provides detailed insights into the factors driving market movements and currency updates across the UK, US, and EU.

Make well-informed decisions and confidently plan your strategies with Direct Capital Exchange's Economic Calendar.

TUE 01 APR

Retail Sales s.a. (MoM) AUD 🚨

Caixin Manufacturing PMI CNY 🚨

RBA Interest Rate Decision AUD 🚨

RBA Monetary Policy Statement AUD 🚨

RBA Rate Statement AUD 🚨

RBA Press Conference AUD 🚨

BoE's Greene speech GBP

ECB's Cipollone speech EUR

Core Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (MoM) EUR 🚨

Core Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (YoY) EUR 🚨

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (MoM) EUR 🚨

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (YoY) EUR 🚨

Unemployment Rate EUR

ECB's President Lagarde speech EUR 🚨

Fed's Barkin speech USD

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI CAD

ISM Manufacturing Employment Index USD

ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index USD

ISM Manufacturing PMI USD 🚨

ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid USD

JOLTS Job Openings USD

ECB's Lane speech EUR

Building Permits s.a. (MoM) NZD

AiG Industry Index AUD

Fed's Goolsbee speech USD 🚨

WED 02 APR

Building Permits (MoM) AUD

ECB's Schnabel speech EUR

ADP Employment Change USD 🚨

Factory Orders (MoM) USD

ECB's Lane speech EUR

US Liberation Day Tariff Announcements USD 🚨

Fed's Kugler speech USD

Judo Bank Composite PMI AUD

Judo Bank Services PMI AUD

THU 03 APR

Exports (MoM) AUD

Financial Stability Review AUD

Imports (MoM) AUD

Trade Balance (MoM) AUD 🚨

Caixin Services PMI CNY 🚨

ECB's De Guindos speech EUR

HCOB Composite PMI EUR

Producer Price Index (MoM) EUR

Producer Price Index (YoY) EUR

ECB's Schnabel speech EUR

ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts EUR

Challenger Job Cuts USD

Initial Jobless Claims USD

S&P Global Composite PMI USD

ISM Services Employment Index USD

ISM Services New Orders Index USD

ISM Services PMI USD 🚨

ISM Services Prices Paid USD

Fed's Jefferson speech USD

Fed's Cook speech USD

FRI 04 APR

ECB's De Guindos speech EUR

Average Hourly Wages (YoY) CAD

Net Change in Employment CAD 🚨

Unemployment Rate CAD 🚨

Average Hourly Earnings (MoM) USD 🚨

Average Hourly Earnings (YoY) USD 🚨

Labor Force Participation Rate USD

Nonfarm Payrolls USD 🚨

U6 Underemployment Rate USD

Unemployment Rate USD

Fed's Chair Powell speech USD 🚨

Fed's Barr speech USD

Fed's Waller speech USD

SAT 05 APR

ECB's Schnabel speech EUR

SUN 06 APR

Labor Cash Earnings (YoY) JPY

MON 07 APR

Sentix Investor Confidence EUR

Retail Sales (MoM) EUR

Retail Sales (YoY) EUR 🚨

ECB's Cipollone speech EUR

Bank of Canada Business Outlook Survey CAD

Fed's Kugler speech USD

NZIER Business Confidence (QoQ) NZD

Fed's Goolsbee speech USD

Current Account n.s.a. JPY

TUE 08 APR

Westpac Consumer Confidence AUD

ECB's De Guindos speech EUR

Ivey Purchasing Managers Index CAD

Ivey Purchasing Managers Index s.a CAD

ECB's Cipollone speech EUR

BoE's Lombardelli speech GBP

Fed's Daly speech USD

Fed's Goolsbee speech USD

WED 09 APR

RBNZ Interest Rate Decision NZD 🚨

RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement NZD🚨

BoJ Governor Ueda speech JPY 🚨

ECB's Cipollone speech EUR

Fed's Kashkari speech USD

Fed's Musalem speech USD

Fed's Barkin speech USD

FOMC Minutes USD 🚨

Fed's Hammack speech USD

Fed's Kashkari speech USD

THU 10 APR

Consumer Inflation Expectations AUD

Consumer Price Index (MoM) CNY

Consumer Price Index (YoY) CNY 🚨

Producer Price Index (YoY) CNY

RBA Governor Bullock speech AUD 🚨

Consumer Price Index (MoM) USD 🚨

Consumer Price Index (YoY) USD 🚨

Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy (MoM) USD 🚨

Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy (YoY) USD 🚨

Initial Jobless Claims USD

BoE's Breeden speech GBP

Fed's Logan speech USD

Fed's Bowman speech USD

Fed's Schmid speech USD

Fed's Goolsbee speech USD

Fed's Harker speech USD

Monthly Budget Statement USD

Fed's Collins speech USD

Business NZ PMI NZD

FRI 11 APR

Gross Domestic Product (MoM) GBP

Industrial Production (MoM) GBP

Manufacturing Production (MoM) GBP

Eurogroup Meeting EUR

ECB's President Lagarde speech EUR 🚨

Fed's Kashkari speech USD

Producer Price Index (MoM) USD

Producer Price Index (YoY) USD

Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy (MoM) USD

Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy (YoY) USD 🚨

Fed's Collins speech USD

Fed's Musalem speech USD

Michigan Consumer Expectations Index USD

Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index USD 🚨

UoM 1-year Consumer Inflation Expectations USD

UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation USD

Fed's Williams speech USD

SAT 12 APR

EcoFin Meeting EUR

BoE's Greene speech GBP

SUN 13 APR

Fed's Kashkari speech USD

Business NZ PSI NZD

MON 14 APR

Exports (YoY) CNY

Exports (YoY) CNY CNY

Imports (YoY) CNY

Imports (YoY) CNY CNY

Trade Balance CNY CNY

Trade Balance USD CNY

Fed's Barkin speech USD

Fed's Waller speech USD

Fed's Harker speech USD

BRC Like-For-Like Retail Sales (YoY) GBP

Fed's Bostic speech USD

TUE 15 APR

RBA Meeting Minutes AUD 🚨

Average Earnings Excluding Bonus (3Mo/Yr) GBP

Average Earnings Including Bonus (3Mo/Yr) GBP

Claimant Count Change GBP 🚨

Claimant Count Rate GBP

Employment Change (3M) GBP 🚨

ILO Unemployment Rate (3M) GBP 🚨

ECB Bank Lending Survey EUR 🚨

Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) EUR

ZEW Survey Economic Sentiment EUR

BoC Consumer Price Index Core (MoM) CAD

BoC Consumer Price Index Core (YoY) CAD 🚨

Consumer Price Index (MoM) CAD

Consumer Price Index (YoY) CAD 🚨

NY Empire State Manufacturing Index USD

ECB's President Lagarde speech EUR 🚨

Fed's Cook speech USD

WED 16 APR

Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) CNY 🚨

Gross Domestic Product (YoY) CNY 🚨

Industrial Production (YoY) CNY 🚨

Retail Sales (YoY) CNY 🚨

Consumer Price Index (MoM) GBP 🚨

Consumer Price Index (YoY) GBP 🚨

Core Consumer Price Index (YoY) GBP 🚨

PPI Core Output (MoM) n.s.a GBP

PPI Core Output (YoY) n.s.a GBP

Producer Price Index - Output (MoM) n.s.a GBP

Producer Price Index - Output (YoY) n.s.a GBP

Retail Price Index (MoM) GBP

Retail Price Index (YoY) GBP

Core Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (MoM) EUR

Core Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (YoY) EUR

Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (MoM) EUR

Retail Sales (MoM) USD 🚨

Retail Sales Control Group USD 🚨

Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM) USD

Industrial Production (MoM) USD

BoC Interest Rate Decision CAD 🚨

BoC Monetary Policy Report CAD 🚨

BoC Monetary Policy Statement CAD 🚨

BoC Press Conference CAD 🚨

Fed's Hammack speech USD

Fed's Chair Powell speech USD 🚨

Consumer Price Index (QoQ) NZD 🚨

Consumer Price Index (YoY) NZD 🚨

Fed's Schmid speech USD

Adjusted Merchandise Trade Balance JPY

Exports (YoY) JPY

Imports (YoY) JPY

Merchandise Trade Balance Total JPY

THU 17 APR

Employment Change s.a. AUD 🚨

Full-Time Employment AUD

National Australia Bank's Business Confidence (QoQ) AUD

Participation Rate AUD

Part-Time Employment AUD

Unemployment Rate s.a. AUD 🚨

ECB Main Refinancing Operations Rate EUR 🚨

ECB Monetary Policy Statement EUR 🚨

ECB Rate On Deposit Facility EUR 🚨

Building Permits (MoM) USD

Housing Starts (MoM) USD

Initial Jobless Claims USD

Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey USD

ECB Press Conference EUR 🚨

Fed's Barr speech USD

National Consumer Price Index (YoY) JPY

National CPI ex Food, Energy (YoY) JPY

National CPI ex Fresh Food (YoY) JPY

FRI 18 APR

Fed's Daly speech USD

SAT 19 APR

No relevant event(s) on this date

SUN 20 APR

No relevant event(s) on this date

MON 21 APR

IMF Meeting USD

PBoC Interest Rate Decision CNY

Exports NZD

Imports NZD

Trade Balance NZD (YoY) NZD

TUE 22 APR

IMF Meeting USD

Fed's Harker speech USD

Consumer Confidence EUR

Judo Bank Composite PMI AUD

Judo Bank Manufacturing PMI AUD

Judo Bank Services PMI AUD

WED 23 APR

IMF Meeting USD

HCOB Composite PMI EUR 🚨

HCOB Manufacturing PMI EUR 🚨

HCOB Services PMI EUR 🚨

S&P Global/CIPS Composite PMI GBP 🚨

S&P Global/CIPS Manufacturing PMI GBP 🚨

S&P Global/CIPS Services PMI GBP 🚨

BoE's Pill speech GBP

Fed's Goolsbee speech USD

S&P Global Composite PMI USD

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI USD 🚨

S&P Global Services PMI USD 🚨

New Home Sales Change (MoM) USD

BoE's Governor Bailey speech GBP 🚨

BoE's Breeden speech GBP

Fed's Beige Book USD

THU 24 APR

IMF Meeting USD

Durable Goods Orders USD

Durable Goods Orders ex Defense USD

Durable Goods Orders ex Transportation USD

Initial Jobless Claims USD

Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft USD

BoE's Lombardelli speech GBP

Existing Home Sales Change (MoM) USD

GfK Consumer Confidence GBP

Tokyo Consumer Price Index (YoY) JPY 🚨

Tokyo CPI ex Food, Energy (YoY) JPY 🚨

Tokyo CPI ex Fresh Food (YoY) JPY

FRI 25 APR

IMF Meeting USD

Retail Sales (MoM) GBP 🚨

Retail Sales (YoY) GBP

Retail Sales ex-Fuel (MoM) GBP

Retail Sales ex-Fuel (YoY) GBP

Retail Sales (MoM) CAD

Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM) CAD

Michigan Consumer Expectations Index USD

Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index USD

UoM 1-year Consumer Inflation Expectations USD

UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation USD

BoE's Greene speech GBP

SAT 26 APR

IMF Meeting USD

SUN 27 APR

IMF Meeting USD

MON 28 APR

Unemployment Rate JPY

TUE 29 MAR

Consumer Confidence EUR

Economic Sentiment Indicator EUR

Housing Price Index (MoM) USD

Consumer Confidence USD

JOLTS Job Openings USD

Large Retailer Sales JPY

Retail Trade (YoY) JPY

Retail Trade s.a (MoM) JPY

WED 30 APR

Consumer Price Index (QoQ) AUD 🚨

Consumer Price Index (YoY) AUD

Monthly Consumer Price Index (YoY) AUD 🚨

RBA Trimmed Mean CPI (QoQ) AUD 🚨

RBA Trimmed Mean CPI (YoY) AUD 🚨

NBS Manufacturing PMI CNY 🚨

NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI CNY 🚨

Caixin Manufacturing PMI CNY 🚨

Business Climate EUR

Gross Domestic Product s.a. (QoQ) EUR 🚨

Gross Domestic Product s.a. (YoY) EUR 🚨

Gross Domestic Product (MoM) CAD

Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM) USD 🚨

Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY) USD 🚨

Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (QoQ) USD

Employment Cost Index USD

Gross Domestic Product Annualized USD 🚨

Gross Domestic Product Price Index USD

Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM) USD

Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY) USD

Personal Consumption Expenditures Prices (QoQ) USD

Personal Income (MoM) USD

Personal Spending USD

Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index USD

Pending Home Sales (MoM) USD