To check today's economic calendar, confirm each release's date, time zone and source. This page is a reference guide, not an automatically updated daily agenda. Ask AIM for events relevant to your instrument and horizon, then confirm the issuer's schedule and document before using them.
Forecast, actual and previous are different fields
| Field | Meaning | What it does not establish |
|---|---|---|
| Forecast | An attributed expectation before release, if available | The eventual result |
| Actual | A published reading for a specific reference period | That it will never be revised |
| Previous | A reading for an earlier period, possibly revised | The current release's result |
An empty field means that source supplies no reading. It does not prove that the issuer has not published. Without an attributable consensus, do not calculate a surprise against consensus.
Confirm the issuer's calendar
- BLS CPI release schedule: check the reference month and issuer's time zone.
- BEA release schedule: identify Personal Income and Outlays for PCE.
- Federal Reserve FOMC calendars: a decision and its minutes are different publications.
- ECB monetary policy decisions: check the decision's document and date.
An aggregated calendar may have partial coverage. An unfinished list of source checks is not presented here as a completed daily briefing.
Convert the time for the actual date
Keep the original release time and named zone, then convert for that date. Daylight-saving changes mean a fixed offset between cities can fail. Your broker's server clock is a separate reference. AIM uses the valid device time zone, a valid profile preference if needed, or UTC. A country with multiple zones may also need a city or zone label.
Work through a release without inventing numbers
Before CPI, record the series, reference period and attributed forecast, if available. After release, compare the same series with that forecast and any revisions. An upside surprise does not determine the dollar's next move by itself: expectations, composition and positioning matter. Observe the reaction rather than assigning a direction in advance.
Relate events to your scenario
Separate events inside and outside the requested horizon. For example: “Check GBPUSD events over the next five hours in my time zone.” Then examine structure, costs and invalidation conditions. An impact label cannot determine position size.
Continue with the calendar guide, AI chart analyzer and position size calculator. AIM provides analysis and simulations; it does not execute trades.
