Economic calendar: this week's forex and gold events in UK time

Last updated: 29 October 2026, 05:20 UK time · By Forexuro Desk · Editorial policy

Reviewed by the Forexuro Desk editorial team. Refreshed every Sunday morning and checked daily.

This calendar lists the high-impact releases and central bank decisions for the US dollar, euro, pound, yen, Australian, New Zealand and Canadian dollars and Swiss franc, this week and next, with every time in UK time. Dates come only from the official calendars of the statistics agencies and central banks; there are no forecasts here and no invented figures.

Use the currency buttons to show one currency, or Gold for the US releases that usually move XAU/USD most. Each event links to our explainer, with the release history and what the figure means for the pairs listed. Events that have already happened are marked Released.

Next up: US GDP (USD), Thursday 29 October 2026 at 12:30 UK time.

This week: 26 October to 1 November 2026

Next week: 2 November to 8 November 2026

Clock change: the UK and the US change their clocks on different dates, so for part of this period London is only four hours ahead of New York. US data at 8:30am New York time then lands at 12:30 UK time instead of 13:30, and the FOMC statement at 18:00 UK time instead of 19:00. The times in the table already allow for this.

Central bank decision dates to March 2027

Every scheduled rate decision for the eight major currencies from the banks' own calendars, in UK time. For the current rates and what each bank is doing, see central banks and interest rates.

How we rate impact and which pairs to watch

High marks the releases that most often move the currency by more than its usual range on the day: central bank decisions, inflation, jobs and, for the US, GDP, PCE and retail sales. Medium marks releases that matter but tend to move the market less, such as later GDP estimates and UK retail sales. The rating is our editorial judgement, not a forecast of what will happen.

The pairs column lists the most liquid pairs for that currency on Forexuro. US releases also list XAU/USD, because gold is priced in dollars and reacts to US interest rate expectations. Read the economic events guide for how a release moves prices, and market sessions and the economic calendar for planning trades around the sessions. For live session times, use the market sessions clock.

We do not publish consensus forecasts, because they are licensed data. When a figure is released, the event page shows it in its release history table with the previous value.

Want a heads up before the big ones? The team flags each high-impact release on the free Telegram channel.

Official sources

• United States: Federal Reserve FOMC calendar, BLS release schedule, BEA release schedule, Census Bureau retail schedule
• Euro area: ECB meeting calendar, Eurostat release calendar
• United Kingdom: Bank of England MPC dates, ONS release calendar
• Japan: Bank of Japan meeting schedule
• Australia: RBA board meeting schedule, ABS release calendar
• New Zealand: Reserve Bank of New Zealand
• Canada: Bank of Canada schedule, Statistics Canada release schedule
• Switzerland: SNB event schedule

The full calendar is available as JSON at /data/calendar.json. Dates can change after publication, especially when a government shutdown or holiday moves a release; the official calendar always wins.

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