Gold market events: FOMC, CPI, NFP and everything that moves gold
Every scheduled event that moves the gold price, in your time zone, with the free trackers and the guides that explain how gold has reacted before.
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Full 2026–27 calendar- FOMC rate decisionStatement 2:00 pm, press conference 2:30 pm New York
- US jobs report (NFP)October payrolls, unemployment and wages
- US CPIOctober inflation data
- US jobs report (NFP)November payrolls
- FOMC rate decisionWith new economic projections and the dot plot
- US CPINovember inflation data
- US jobs report (NFP)December payrolls
- US CPIDecember inflation data
Times are converted to your clock automatically. Gold usually reacts to the surprise against the forecast, not the headline.
What each event does to gold
Each group has a guide for the day itself and a tracker showing how gold actually moved on past releases.
The Fed
Rate decisions, the dot plot, the blackout period and how to read the odds before the meeting.
- How to Trade Gold on Fed (FOMC) Day: A Step-by-Step Routine · Guide
- Does Gold Go Up When the Fed Raises Rates? What 10 Hiking Cycles Show · Guide
- The Fed Blackout Period: Why Gold Goes Quiet Before an FOMC Decision · Guide
- How to Read CME FedWatch: Fed Rate Odds Explained for Gold Traders · Guide
- Gold vs real yields and the dollar · Tool
Inflation
CPI, PCE and why real yields, not headlines, decide gold's reaction.
- Gold on US CPI Day: How Inflation Data Moves XAUUSD, Plus a Release-Day Routine · Guide
- Gold and PCE Inflation: Why the Fed's Preferred Gauge Matters for XAUUSD · Guide
- Is Gold a Good Hedge Against Inflation? What 50 Years of Data Really Show · Guide
- Real Yields and Gold: How the 10-Year TIPS Yield Moves XAUUSD · Guide
- US CPI and gold tracker · Tool
Jobs
The first Friday of the month: payrolls, unemployment and wages.
Other central banks
ECB and Bank of Japan decisions, and why they move gold through the dollar and the yen.
Positioning and seasonality
What large speculators hold, and which months have historically been kind to gold.
Politics and shocks
Elections, stock-market crashes and oil: the events with no calendar slot.
- Gold and the 2026 US Midterm Elections: What History Says for XAUUSD · Guide
- Does Gold Go Up When Stocks Crash? What 2008, 2020 and 2022 Show XAUUSD Traders · Guide
- Gold and Oil: How Crude Prices Move XAUUSD and What the Gold-Oil Ratio Tells You · Guide
- Gold News Trading Strategy: A Playbook for FOMC, CPI, NFP and Other XAUUSD Events · Guide
How to use an economic calendar for gold
Gold is priced in US dollars and competes with interest-paying assets, so anything that changes the outlook for US interest rates or the dollar moves it. That is why a handful of US releases dominate the calendar: the Fed decision, inflation (CPI and PCE) and the jobs report. A stronger-than-expected number usually lifts yields and the dollar and pushes gold down for a while; a weaker number does the opposite. The size of the move depends on the surprise, not the number.
- Know the date and time in your zone. The list above converts for you. Mark it in your journal the day before.
- Check what is expected. The consensus forecast is the number the market has already priced. Gold moves on the gap between the result and that forecast.
- Size for the volatility. See today's ATR and widen your stop or reduce your lot size with the lot size calculator.
- Decide your plan before the release. Stand aside, trade the retest after the spike, or hold with a wider stop. Our news-trading lesson compares them.
- Review the reaction afterwards. The trackers on this page show how gold moved on every CPI and NFP release so you can compare your expectation with what happened.
Daily context lives on the gold news page, where we explain what moved the price today, and the live price page shows the levels being watched.
Frequently asked questions
Which economic events move gold the most?
In most years the three biggest scheduled movers are the FOMC rate decision, the US CPI inflation report and the US jobs report (NFP). Gold reacts to the surprise against the forecast, not to the headline number itself, and the size of the move depends on how much the result changes expectations for interest rates.
What time are FOMC, CPI and NFP released?
FOMC statements come at 2:00 pm New York time with a press conference at 2:30 pm. CPI and the jobs report are released at 8:30 am New York time. This page converts every time to your clock automatically.
Should beginners trade gold during news?
Most experienced traders either stand aside for the first minutes or trade only the move that follows the initial spike, with a stop sized for the day’s volatility. Spreads widen and slippage is common. Our news-trading lesson covers the choices honestly.
Where does the calendar data come from?
Dates are taken from the Federal Reserve, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the central banks’ own published schedules, and checked each month. See our editorial policy for how we verify data.
Does this page give trading signals?
No. XAUUSD Global is an education site. We explain what each event is, when it happens and how gold has reacted before, so you can plan your own trades.