When Is the Next Economic Release?

Why are the times shown in my time zone?

Agencies announce release times in their own zone: Washington and Ottawa use Eastern time, London uses UK time. This page converts every time to the time zone your browser reports, or to the one you pick at the top of the table, so a CPI release at 8:30 a.m. in Washington shows as 5:30 a.m. in Vancouver or 1:30 p.m. in London. Daylight saving changes are handled automatically, including the weeks in spring and autumn when North America and the UK change their clocks on different dates.

Where do the dates come from?

From each agency's own published schedule: the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Federal Reserve, Statistics Canada, the Bank of Canada, the Office for National Statistics and the Bank of England. Six are read automatically twice a day; the Bank of Canada's dates, which it publishes once a year, are entered by hand from its schedule. The table near the bottom says how each one is read. Nothing here is estimated.

Does "scheduled time reached" mean the data is out?

Not necessarily. The countdown shows when a release is scheduled. Agencies almost always publish on time, but a release can be delayed, so when a countdown reaches zero the page points you to the agency's own site rather than declaring the release out.

What happens when a release is postponed?

The agency changes its calendar and the new date normally appears here within twelve hours, provided the twice-daily check succeeds. Releases do move: during the October to November 2025 federal government shutdown, U.S. statistical agencies postponed several releases and published revised schedules afterward. If an agency's site cannot be read on a given day, the page keeps showing the dates from its last successful check, and the table near the bottom says so.

Why do so many releases come out at 8:30 a.m. Eastern?

It is a long-standing convention in Washington and Ottawa: an hour before U.S. and Canadian stock markets open, so the numbers are out before trading begins. The UK's Office for National Statistics publishes at 7:00 a.m. UK time. Central banks announce later in the day: the Bank of Canada at 9:45 a.m. Eastern, the Bank of England at noon UK time and the Federal Reserve at 2:00 p.m. Eastern.

Why does GDP have several releases?

Each quarter's GDP is estimated more than once as more data arrives. In the U.S., the Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes an advance estimate about a month after the quarter ends, then a second and a third estimate. Canada publishes GDP monthly by industry and quarterly in full. The UK publishes a monthly estimate and, after each quarter, a first quarterly estimate, often on the same morning.

How do I add these releases to my calendar?

Subscribe to the calendar link in the Add to Your Calendar section: your calendar app then checks for changes on its own, so a moved release moves in your calendar too. The Add link on each row downloads a single event instead; a downloaded event does not update if the agency later changes the date.