A–Z of economic indicators

A scheduled public address by Piero Cipollone, a member of the European Central Bank's Executive Board.

A public appearance by Claudia Buch that may provide context on euro-area banking supervision and financial-stability conditions.

A monthly survey measure of how euro area consumers expect inflation to develop, with the commonly followed headline covering the next 12 months.

A regular European Central Bank publication explaining the economic and monetary analysis behind its policy decisions.

The ECB Forum on Central Banking is an annual European Central Bank conference, not a regular numeric data release. It brings central bankers, economists and market participants together to discuss monetary policy and major economic issues.

A scheduled European Central Bank Governing Council meeting focused on business outside the ECB's regular monetary-policy decision process.

A guide to the European Central Bank's policy-rate decision and why it is closely watched in euro markets.

A public speech or appearance by Philip R. Lane of the European Central Bank, watched for signals about euro-area monetary policy and economic conditions.

The ECB rate charged when eligible euro-area banks borrow overnight from the Eurosystem against collateral.

A delayed summary of the discussion and reasoning behind the ECB Governing Council's monetary policy decisions.

A published summary of the European Central Bank Governing Council's discussion behind a recent monetary policy decision.

The European Central Bank's explanation of its monetary-policy decision for the euro area.

A scheduled public appearance by the President of the European Central Bank that may provide clues about the ECB's assessment of the economy and monetary policy.

Public remarks by the President of the European Central Bank that may provide context on the euro-area economy and monetary policy.

A post-meeting briefing where ECB leaders explain monetary policy decisions and answer questions from journalists.

A scheduled public communication by ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel that markets may use to reassess the euro-area monetary-policy outlook.

A scheduled public appearance by a member of the ECB’s banking-supervision body.

A scheduled public appearance by ECB Vice-President Boris Vujčić that may offer clues about how a senior policymaker views the euro area economy and monetary policy.

A scheduled public appearance by Frank Elderson, a European Central Bank Executive Board member and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board.

A calendar entry for public remarks by ECB Executive Board member and chief economist Philip R. Lane.

A calendar entry for public remarks by Isabel Schnabel, a member of the European Central Bank's Executive Board.

An economic calendar lists scheduled data releases and events that may affect financial markets.

A monthly European Commission survey composite that tracks confidence among businesses and consumers across the EU and euro area.

A measure of Ecuador’s merchandise exports minus its merchandise imports.

Ecuador’s CPI annual inflation rate measures the year-over-year change in consumer prices paid by urban households, using the Consumer Price Index published by INEC.

Ecuador’s National Independence Day is observed on August 10 and is mainly relevant to traders as a holiday and market-schedule event.

Egypt’s year-over-year core inflation rate tracks the annual change in underlying consumer-price pressure after excluding selected volatile or regulated items from the headline CPI basket.

Egypt’s month-over-month inflation rate tracks the monthly change in the headline consumer price index published by CAPMAS.

Egypt's CPI annual inflation rate tracks the year-over-year change in headline consumer prices and is a key measure of household price pressure.

Egypt M2 Money Supply YoY tracks the annual growth of broad money, a measure of liquidity in the Egyptian economy.

A weekly measure of how U.S. net crude oil imports (imports minus exports) changed from the prior week in the EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report.

A weekly EIA measure of the change in U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, widely watched for short-term signals about oil-market supply and demand balance.

A weekly measure of the change in crude oil inventories held at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for NYMEX WTI crude oil futures.

A weekly EIA measure of U.S. refinery output of distillate fuel oil, including diesel and heating-oil-type products.

A weekly EIA measure of the build or draw in U.S. distillate fuel oil inventories, covering diesel and heating-oil-type products.

The weekly change in U.S. refiner and blender net production of finished motor gasoline (EIA series WGFRPUS2), shown in million barrels per day.

The weekly change in U.S. ending stocks of total gasoline (EIA series WGTSTUS1), shown in million barrels.

The weekly change in U.S. distillate fuel oil stocks with more than 500 ppm sulfur (EIA series WDGSTUS1), shown in million barrels.

A weekly measure of the change in working natural-gas inventories held in underground storage in the United States.

A weekly EIA measure of the volume of crude oil processed by U.S. refineries and its change from the prior week.

A weekly EIA measure of the change in crude oil processed by U.S. refineries, used to assess refinery demand and petroleum supply balances.

A monthly EIA forecast report covering the near-term outlook for major U.S. and global energy markets.

The weekly change in U.S. ending stocks of total distillate fuel oil (EIA series WDISTUS1), shown in million barrels.

A weekly EIA measure of the share of U.S. oil-refining capacity currently in use.

A monthly estimate of the number of people aged 15–74 who are employed in Sweden, published in Statistics Sweden's Labour Force Surveys.

Canada Employment Change measures the monthly change in the number of employed people, based on Statistics Canada's Labour Force Survey.

The point at which you open a position — chosen in advance, with a defined trigger and invalidation.

The checklist of conditions that must all be true before you are allowed to enter.

The single, specific event that turns a watched setup into a live trade.

This measures changes in the inflation-adjusted volume of sales by retail trade enterprises in Estonia. It shows whether households and other shoppers are buying more or fewer goods in real terms.

Ethiopia’s CPI inflation rate year-over-year measures the annual percentage change in consumer prices using the national Consumer Price Index.

A scheduled sale of European Union bonds that reveals the price and yield at which investors are willing to fund the EU.

Euro area production in construction (Eurostat) — monthly change

A monthly measure of euro-area underlying consumer-price inflation, excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco.

A measure of annual euro-area consumer-price inflation that excludes energy, food, alcohol and tobacco.

A monthly euro-area inflation measure that removes tobacco prices from the consumer-price basket.

A monthly measure of the euro area's transactions with the rest of the world, reported on a calendar- and seasonally-adjusted basis.

A quarterly national-accounts measure of the change in the number of people employed across the euro area.

A quarterly Eurostat measure of how total employment in the euro area has changed from the same quarter a year earlier.

A quarterly measure of how the euro-area economy changed relative to the preceding quarter.

Headline annual consumer-price inflation across the euro area, released first as a Flash estimate and later as a Final reading.

A measure of annual euro-area consumer-price inflation that excludes energy, food, alcohol and tobacco.

A monthly measure of euro-area consumer-price changes excluding energy and food components.

The all-items Euro Area HICP expressed in index points — the underlying price index from which euro-area inflation rates are calculated.

A monthly survey measure of how euro-area manufacturers view current and expected business conditions.

Outstanding amount of euro-area M3 broad money, in euro billion, published by the ECB.

Annual growth in the euro area's M3 broad money, published monthly by the ECB.

A quarterly ECB measure of the annual change in wages agreed through collective pay arrangements in the euro area.

Eurostat's monthly first estimate of the change in euro-area retail trade volumes.

A monthly European Commission survey measure of confidence among euro-area service businesses.

A monthly ECB measure of the annual growth in credit extended to euro area residents.

Eurostat's monthly first estimate of the euro area's goods trade surplus or deficit with the rest of the world.

A European Commission auction of one-year EU-Bills, watched for short-term euro funding conditions and demand for EU supranational debt.

The monthly total of official reserve assets held by the ECB and euro-area national central banks, including gold, SDRs, the IMF position and foreign currency reserves.

A monthly European Commission survey release that tracks confidence among euro-area businesses and consumers.

Seasonally adjusted Eurozone composite survey index; 50 = no change.

Seasonally adjusted Eurozone services survey index; 50 = no change.

A monthly ZEW survey indicator showing financial-market experts’ six-month economic expectations for the eurozone.

A monthly measure of completed sales of previously owned U.S. homes, widely used to track resale housing demand.

The conditions that close a trade, whether it is winning or losing.

The average amount you can expect to win or lose per trade over a large sample.