Economic Calendar
MAY 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.
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THU 01 MAY
BoJ Interest Rate Decision JPY 🚨
BoJ Monetary Policy Statement JPY 🚨
BoJ Outlook Report JPY
BoJ Press Conference JPY 🚨
Challenger Job Cuts USD
Initial Jobless Claims 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
Building Permits s.a. (MoM) NZD
Unemployment Rate JPY
FRI 02 MAY
Producer Price Index (YoY) AUD
Retail Sales (QoQ) AUD
Retail Sales s.a. (MoM) AUD 🚨
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
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
Factory Orders (MoM) USD
SAT 03 MAY
No relevant event(s) on this date
SUN 04 MAY
Judo Bank Composite PMI AUD
Judo Bank Services PMI AUD
MON 05 MAY
TD-MI Inflation Gauge (YoY) AUD
HCOB Composite PMI EUR
Sentix Investor Confidence EUR
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
Loan Officer Survey USD
BRC Like-For-Like Retail Sales (YoY) GBP
TUE 06 MAY
Building Permits (MoM) AUD
Caixin Services PMI CNY 🚨
RBNZ Financial Stability Report NZD
Employment Change NZD 🚨
Labour Cost Index (QoQ) NZD
Participation Rate NZD
Unemployment Rate NZD 🚨
AiG Industry Index AUD
Labor Cash Earnings (YoY) JPY
WED 07 MAY
Producer Price Index (MoM) EUR
Producer Price Index (YoY) EUR
Retail Sales (MoM) EUR
Retail Sales (YoY) EUR 🚨
ADP Employment Change USD 🚨
Ivey Purchasing Managers Index CAD
Ivey Purchasing Managers Index s.a CAD
Fed Interest Rate Decision USD 🚨
Fed Monetary Policy Statement USD 🚨
FOMC Press Conference USD 🚨
BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes JPY
THU 08 MAY
Exports (MoM) AUD
Imports (MoM) AUD
Trade Balance (MoM) AUD 🚨
Exports (YoY) CNY
Exports (YoY) CNY CNY
Imports (YoY) CNY
Imports (YoY) CNY CNY
Trade Balance CNY CNY
Trade Balance USD CNY
RBNZ Inflation Expectations (QoQ) NZD 🚨
BoE Interest Rate Decision GBP 🚨
BoE Minutes GBP 🚨
BoE Monetary Policy Report GBP 🚨
BoE MPC Vote Rate Cut GBP 🚨
BoE MPC Vote Rate Hike GBP 🚨
BoE MPC Vote Rate Unchanged GBP 🚨
Monetary Policy Report GBP 🚨
BoE's Governor Bailey speech GBP 🚨
Initial Jobless Claims USD
Nonfarm Productivity USD
Unit Labor Costs USD
FRI 09 MAY
Average Hourly Wages (YoY) CAD
Net Change in Employment CAD 🚨
Unemployment Rate CAD 🚨
SAT 10 MAY
Consumer Price Index (MoM) CNY
Consumer Price Index (YoY) CNY 🚨
Producer Price Index (YoY) CNY
Fed's Goolsbee speech USD
Fed's Harker speech USD
Monthly Budget Statement USD
Fed's Collins speech USD
Business NZ PMI NZD
SUN 11 MAY
Current Account n.s.a. JPY
MON 12 MAY
Monthly Budget Statement USD
TUE 13 MAY
Westpac Consumer Confidence 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 🚨
ZEW Survey Economic Sentiment EUR
WED 14 MAY
Wage Price Index (QoQ) 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 🚨
THU 15 MAY
Consumer Inflation Expectations AUD
Employment Change s.a. AUD 🚨
Full-Time Employment AUD
Participation Rate AUD
Part-Time Employment AUD
Unemployment Rate s.a. AUD 🚨
Budget Release NZD 🚨
Gross Domestic Product (MoM) GBP
Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) GBP 🚨
Gross Domestic Product (YoY) GBP 🚨
Industrial Production (MoM) GBP
Manufacturing Production (MoM) GBP
Employment Change (QoQ) EUR
Gross Domestic Product s.a. (QoQ) EUR 🚨
Gross Domestic Product s.a. (YoY) EUR 🚨
Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) EUR
Initial Jobless Claims USD
NY Empire State Manufacturing Index USD
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey 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 🚨
Retail Sales (MoM) USD 🚨
Retail Sales Control Group USD 🚨
Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM) USD
Industrial Production (MoM) USD
Business NZ PMI NZD
Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) JPY 🚨
Gross Domestic Product Annualized JPY
Gross Domestic Product Deflator (YoY) JPY
FRI 16 MAY
Building Permits (MoM) USD
Housing Starts (MoM) 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
SAT 17 MAY
No relevant event(s) on this date
SUN 18 MAY
Business NZ PSI NZD
Producer Price Index - Output (QoQ) NZD
MON 19 MAY
Industrial Production (YoY) CNY 🚨
Retail Sales (YoY) CNY 🚨
Core Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (MoM) EUR
Core Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (YoY) EUR
Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (MoM) EUR
TUE 20 MAY
PBoC Interest Rate Decision CNY
RBA Interest Rate Decision AUD 🚨
RBA Monetary Policy Statement AUD 🚨
RBA Rate Statement AUD 🚨
RBA Press Conference AUD 🚨
BoC Consumer Price Index Core (MoM) CAD
BoC Consumer Price Index Core (YoY) CAD 🚨
Consumer Price Index (MoM) CAD
Consumer Price Index (YoY) CAD 🚨
Exports NZD
Imports NZD
Trade Balance NZD (YoY) NZD
Adjusted Merchandise Trade Balance JPY
Exports (YoY) JPY
Imports (YoY) JPY
Merchandise Trade Balance Total JPY
WED 21 MAY
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
S&P Global Composite PMI USD
S&P Global Manufacturing PMI USD 🚨
S&P Global Services PMI USD 🚨
Judo Bank Composite PMI AUD
Judo Bank Manufacturing PMI AUD
Judo Bank Services PMI AUD
THU 22 MAY
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 🚨
Initial Jobless Claims USD
Consumer Confidence EUR
Existing Home Sales Change (MoM) USD
Retail Sales (QoQ) NZD 🚨
Retail Sales ex Autos (QoQ) NZD
GfK Consumer Confidence GBP
National Consumer Price Index (YoY) JPY
National CPI ex Food, Energy (YoY) JPY
National CPI ex Fresh Food (YoY) JPY
FRI 23 MAY
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
SAT 24 MAY
No relevant event(s) on this date
SUN 25 MAY
No relevant event(s) on this date
MON 26 MAY
New Home Sales Change (MoM) USD
TUE 27 MAY
Consumer Confidence EUR
Economic Sentiment Indicator EUR
Durable Goods Orders USD
Durable Goods Orders ex Defense USD
Durable Goods Orders ex Transportation USD
Nondefense Capital Goods Orders ex Aircraft USD
Housing Price Index (MoM) USD
Consumer Confidence USD
SAT 31 MAY
NBS Manufacturing PMI CNY 🚨
NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI CNY 🚨
WED 28 MAY
Monthly Consumer Price Index (YoY) AUD 🚨
RBNZ Interest Rate Decision NZD 🚨
RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement NZD 🚨
RBNZ Press Conference NZD 🚨
Fed's Beige Book USD
THU 29 MAY
Private Capital Expenditure AUD
Business Climate EUR
Current Account CAD
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM) USD 🚨
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY) USD 🚨
Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (QoQ) USD
Gross Domestic Product Annualized USD 🚨
Gross Domestic Product Price Index USD
Initial Jobless Claims 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
Pending Home Sales (MoM) USD
Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence NZD
Building Permits s.a. (MoM) NZD
Tokyo Consumer Price Index (YoY) JPY 🚨
Tokyo CPI ex Food, Energy (YoY) JPY 🚨
Tokyo CPI ex Fresh Food (YoY) JPY
Unemployment Rate JPY
Large Retailer Sales JPY
Retail Trade (YoY) JPY
Retail Trade s.a (MoM) JPY
FRI 30 MAY
Retail Sales s.a. (MoM) AUD 🚨
Gross Domestic Product (MoM) CAD
Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) CAD
Gross Domestic Product Annualized CAD 🚨
Chicago Purchasing Managers' Index 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