Source: https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar Summary: Economic calendar: this week's high and medium impact releases, live, with NFP, CPI, FOMC, ECB, BoE and BoJ explained and the WhitePips news trading rules. Last updated: 2026-10-28 # Economic calendar This week's high and medium impact releases, live from the calendar the WhitePips dashboard uses, and the major releases explained: when they come out, what they move and how the trading rules treat them. - **16** major releases explained - **15 min** CFD straddling window, either side - **2 min** funded futures window, either side ### This week's Red and Amber releases Red only Loading this week's calendar… Times in your own time zone and in New York; releases already out are dimmed. Red is high impact, Amber medium; the ratings are the calendar feed's. ## Central banks [Central bank · USD **FOMC rate decision** Eight a year, on a Wednesday, 2:00 PM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/fomc-rate-decision) [Central bank · EUR **ECB rate decision** Eight a year, on a Thursday, 8:15 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/ecb-rate-decision) [Central bank · GBP **BoE rate decision** Eight a year, on a Thursday, 7:00 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/boe-rate-decision) [Central bank · JPY **BoJ rate decision** Eight a year, at the end of a two-day meeting, around midday Tokyo time. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/boj-rate-decision) [Central bank · AUD **RBA rate decision** Eight a year, on a Tuesday, 2:30 PM Sydney time. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/rba-rate-decision) [Central bank · CAD **BoC rate decision** Eight a year, on a Wednesday, 9:45 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/boc-rate-decision) [Central bank · CHF **SNB rate decision** Quarterly, on a Thursday, 3:30 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/snb-rate-decision) ## Inflation [Inflation · USD **US CPI inflation** Around the 10th to 15th of the month, 8:30 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/us-cpi) [Inflation · USD **PCE inflation** Last week of the month, 8:30 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/pce-inflation) [Inflation · EUR **Eurozone CPI** Flash estimate at the month's end, 5:00 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/eurozone-cpi) [Inflation · GBP **UK CPI** Mid-month, on a Wednesday, 2:00 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/uk-cpi) ## Jobs and growth [Jobs · USD **Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)** First Friday of the month, 8:30 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/non-farm-payrolls) [Growth · USD **US GDP** Quarterly: late January, April, July, October, 8:30 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/us-gdp) [Growth · USD **US retail sales** Around the middle of the month, 8:30 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/us-retail-sales) [Growth · USD **ISM Manufacturing PMI** First business day of the month, 10:00 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/ism-manufacturing-pmi) [Jobs · USD **US jobless claims** Every Thursday, 8:30 AM New York. Explained](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/jobless-claims) ## A typical month The usual timing of each release. Exact dates move with holidays and each publisher's calendar; the live week above, and the dashboard's calendar, show the actual times. | Release | Currency | How often | Usual day | Usual time | Rating | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP)](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/non-farm-payrolls) | USD | Monthly | First Friday of the month | 8:30 AM New York | Red | | [US CPI inflation](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/us-cpi) | USD | Monthly | Around the 10th to 15th of the month | 8:30 AM New York | Red | | [FOMC rate decision](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/fomc-rate-decision) | USD | Eight scheduled meetings a year | Eight a year, on a Wednesday | 2:00 PM New York | Red | | [PCE inflation](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/pce-inflation) | USD | Monthly | Last week of the month | 8:30 AM New York | Red | | [US GDP](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/us-gdp) | USD | Quarterly | Quarterly: late January, April, July, October | 8:30 AM New York | Red | | [US retail sales](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/us-retail-sales) | USD | Monthly | Around the middle of the month | 8:30 AM New York | Red | | [ISM Manufacturing PMI](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/ism-manufacturing-pmi) | USD | Monthly | First business day of the month | 10:00 AM New York | Red or Amber | | [US jobless claims](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/jobless-claims) | USD | Weekly | Every Thursday | 8:30 AM New York | Amber or Red | | [ECB rate decision](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/ecb-rate-decision) | EUR | Eight monetary policy meetings a year | Eight a year, on a Thursday | 8:15 AM New York | Red | | [Eurozone CPI](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/eurozone-cpi) | EUR | Monthly | Flash estimate at the month's end | 5:00 AM New York | Red or Amber | | [BoE rate decision](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/boe-rate-decision) | GBP | Eight scheduled announcements a year | Eight a year, on a Thursday | 7:00 AM New York | Red | | [UK CPI](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/uk-cpi) | GBP | Monthly | Mid-month, on a Wednesday | 2:00 AM New York | Red | | [BoJ rate decision](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/boj-rate-decision) | JPY | Eight Monetary Policy Meetings a year | Eight a year, at the end of a two-day meeting | around midday Tokyo time | Red | | [RBA rate decision](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/rba-rate-decision) | AUD | Eight meetings a year | Eight a year, on a Tuesday | 2:30 PM Sydney time | Red | | [BoC rate decision](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/boc-rate-decision) | CAD | Eight scheduled announcement dates a year | Eight a year, on a Wednesday | 9:45 AM New York | Red | | [SNB rate decision](https://whitepips.com/economic-calendar/snb-rate-decision) | CHF | Quarterly | Quarterly, on a Thursday | 3:30 AM New York | Red | ## Trading the news at WhitePips ### CFD plans Every plan, every stage **News trading is permitted on every CFD plan.** You may open, hold and close positions before, during and after economic releases on every CFD plan, in the evaluation and once funded. There is no restricted window around a release on a CFD account, and no profit is removed because a trade was placed around news. **News straddling is not permitted.** On every CFD plan, you may not open straddled, offsetting or hedged exposure on the same or correlated instruments within 15 minutes before or after a scheduled Red or Amber (high or medium impact) economic event, a company earnings release, or a major geopolitical announcement, where the purpose is to capture the volatility of the event rather than to take a view on its outcome. Placing a buy and a sell (or a buy stop and a sell stop) on the same instrument, or opposite positions on correlated instruments such as EURUSD and USDCHF, so that whichever way the price jumps one side profits, is straddling. A single position, or positions in one direction, taken on your own view of the release is not. Trading Rules, sections 11.1 and 11.2. Each straddle is detected and referred to the risk desk, never penalised automatically. ### Futures plans One Step funded, Instant **Futures plans.** On the futures plans news trading is permitted during the One Step evaluation. On a funded futures account (One Step funded and Instant) no trade may be opened or closed from two minutes before to two minutes after a high-impact release; a position opened before the window may be held through it. Profit from such a trade is removed and the loss stays. The first and second violations are warnings, and the third is referred for compliance review. A news trading violation never ends an account automatically. The releases are those marked as high impact in the economic calendar shown in the dashboard or notified to you. Trading Rules, section 11.4. [Section 11 of the Trading Rules](https://whitepips.com/legal/trading-rules#news-trading) [News trading, explained](https://whitepips.com/rules#rule-cfd-news-trading) ## Economic calendar: questions **Is news trading allowed at WhitePips?** On every CFD plan, yes, in the evaluation and once funded: there is no restricted window around a release. Straddling is not allowed: opening both directions, or offsetting positions on correlated instruments, within 15 minutes either side of a Red or Amber release to catch the spike. On a funded futures account, no trade may be opened or closed from two minutes before to two minutes after a high-impact release. **What do Red and Amber mean?** The calendar's impact ratings: Red is high impact, Amber medium. The CFD straddling rule covers both; the futures window covers releases marked high impact in the dashboard's calendar. **Where does the live calendar come from?** From the same weekly economic calendar feed the WhitePips dashboard shows, read by the page when you open it. Times are shown in your own time zone and in New York. **Do I need to close positions before a release?** No. A position you opened before a release may be held through it on every plan. On a funded futures account you may not open or close a trade inside the two-minute window. **Which releases move markets most?** Central bank decisions (the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, Bank of Japan), US jobs (Non-Farm Payrolls) and inflation (CPI). Each has its own page here with its usual time and the symbols it moves. ## Put the numbers to work Every plan, size and price, with the rules printed before you buy. News trading is allowed on every CFD plan. 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