A Faster, Free Economic Calendar Is Coming to MRKT Edge
For traders, timing matters.
When CPI, NFP, GDP, central-bank decisions or employment data are released, a few seconds can make the difference between understanding a market move and simply watching it happen.
That is why MRKT Edge is preparing to deliver a new economic calendar directly on MRKT — and make it free to access.
The goal is simple: give traders a faster, cleaner way to see the economic events that can move markets, without forcing them to jump between multiple websites, calendars and data terminals.
And behind the experience is an important advantage: direct access to LSEG economic data through the MRKT Edge infrastructure.
Why economic-calendar speed matters
An economic calendar is more than a list of dates.
For active traders, it is a map of potential market-moving events.
Inflation data can move currencies and bonds. Employment reports can immediately change expectations for interest rates. Central-bank decisions can reprice entire asset classes. GDP, retail sales, PMI and other macroeconomic releases can change the fundamental narrative around a market.
The problem is that traders often have to combine several sources to answer three basic questions:
- What is being released?
- When is it being released?
- What does the market expect?
MRKT Edge is building its new calendar around making those answers faster to find.
Free economic calendar, directly on MRKT Edge
The upcoming calendar will be available directly through mrktedge.ai, giving traders another reason to keep their market research in one place.
The key difference is accessibility.
Instead of requiring a separate paid terminal simply to monitor scheduled economic events, the new MRKT Edge calendar is planned as a free economic calendar for traders.
That means traders will be able to check upcoming macroeconomic events directly within the MRKT Edge ecosystem and use that information alongside the platform's broader market-analysis tools.
MRKT Edge already positions its economic calendar around market context, including economic events, expectations and the potential impact on markets.
The new calendar takes that idea one step further: make the core event information faster and easier to access.
Powered by LSEG economic data
Speed starts with the data source.
MRKT Edge uses LSEG data within its market-data infrastructure, alongside sources such as Reuters and CME Group.
LSEG provides economic-calendar data that includes fields such as event dates, actual values, previous releases and forecast information. LSEG's developer community also documents access to economic-calendar data through its data platform.
For MRKT Edge, the advantage is not simply having another economic calendar.
It is about bringing the information closer to the trader's workflow.
Rather than treating economic data as something that exists on a separate page, MRKT Edge can connect the calendar with the broader question traders actually care about:
What is happening in the market, and why?
Faster directly from LSEG: what that means
The phrase "faster from LSEG" is important, but it should not be confused with promising a specific number of milliseconds or guaranteeing that every release will appear before every other provider.
The practical objective is straightforward:
reduce the distance between the underlying economic-data feed and the trader.
The fewer unnecessary layers between the source data and the calendar experience, the more efficiently the information can be presented.
For a trader watching a high-impact event, that matters.
A delayed calendar can leave you looking at yesterday's information while the market is already reacting to today's number.
A faster calendar helps you establish the timeline immediately.
Why this matters for forex, gold, indices and macro traders
Economic releases are especially important for traders in markets that react strongly to changes in interest-rate expectations and risk sentiment.
Forex
Currency markets can respond almost instantly to inflation, employment, central-bank and growth data.
Gold
Gold is particularly sensitive to real yields, the U.S. dollar and expectations around monetary policy. A major macroeconomic surprise can quickly change those variables.
Equity indices
Indices such as the S&P 500, Nasdaq and DAX can react to changes in growth expectations, inflation expectations and interest-rate pricing.
Bonds and rates
For macro traders, economic releases are often directly connected to the question of where interest rates may be heading.
This is why the calendar should not be viewed simply as a schedule.
It is a risk map for the trading session.
A free economic calendar without the information overload
The financial internet already has plenty of economic calendars.
The challenge is not necessarily finding one.
The challenge is finding the right information quickly.
A trader does not need another endless table filled with events they will never trade.
They need to identify the releases that matter for the markets they follow.
That is the philosophy behind the MRKT Edge approach: turn market information into something easier to understand and act on, while keeping the underlying data grounded in real market sources.
MRKT describes its platform as combining live headlines, economic-calendar information, market data and AI-powered market analysis.
The new free calendar extends that workflow to a broader audience.
What traders can expect
The upcoming MRKT Edge economic calendar is designed around several core principles:
Free access
The calendar will be available directly on MRKT Edge.
LSEG-powered economic data
The calendar is built around LSEG economic-data infrastructure.
Speed
The objective is to reduce unnecessary delay between the data source and the trader-facing calendar.
Market relevance
The focus is on events that can influence financial markets.
Simple access
Traders should be able to open MRKT Edge and quickly understand what is happening on the macro calendar.
The bigger idea: data should lead to understanding
The real value of an economic calendar is not knowing that CPI exists.
Every trader knows CPI exists.
The value is knowing when it is coming, what the market expects, what actually happened, and what changed afterward.
That is why MRKT is building more than another list of economic releases.
The new calendar is intended to become another layer in a faster market-research workflow — connecting economic data with headlines, price action and fundamental context.
MRKT Edge's existing tools already aim to answer the "why" behind market moves, including linking headlines and economic events to price action.
Coming to MRKT Edge
The new economic calendar will be delivered directly through www.mrktedge.ai and will be free for traders to access.
For anyone who follows forex, gold, indices, equities, rates or macro markets, it is one more reason to keep MRKT Edge open during the trading day.
The economic calendar is where the next market-moving event starts.
MRKT's goal is to help you get there faster.
A free economic calendar. LSEG-powered data. Directly on MRKT.
And ultimately, less time searching for the event — and more time understanding what it means.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the MRKT Edge economic calendar free?
Yes. The upcoming economic calendar is planned to be available free directly on MRKT Edge.
Where can I access the new economic calendar?
It will be delivered directly through mrktedge.ai.
Is the MRKT Edge calendar powered by LSEG data?
MRKT Edge uses LSEG data within its market-data infrastructure, and its economic-calendar workflow is built around LSEG economic data.
Why is LSEG data important for an economic calendar?
LSEG provides structured economic-event and forecast data that can be used to build real-time and historical economic-calendar applications.
Who is the calendar for?
It is designed for traders and market participants following macroeconomic events across forex, gold, indices, equities, rates and other markets.
Is an economic calendar a trading signal?
No. A calendar identifies scheduled events and economic information. It does not guarantee the direction of a market reaction. MRKT Edge itself states that its platform explains markets rather than predicting them with certainty.