Economic caledars question.....

There are many calendars online, many of them free?
Are they real-time ?
What's their source?
Is the data filled manually or electronically?

1. Yes
2. Some of them
3. Bloomberg
4. Depends

Bloomberg terminals which I think offer one of the faster services can cost upwards of US$2000/month. There are others out there too Im sure, perhaps of the sqawkbox style. Could also check CNBC as they are fairly quick to report.

What is so wrong with the calendar here at FF? I guess it could be considered "slow" if you are trying to scalp the moment news is released.

Exactly, I wondered if there is anything free and reliable about last second on the release......

I mean, in the end, the data source is a third party site, let's say something like .gov ... I guess Bloomberg takes data from there isn't it ?

My understanding of it is there is a secured room where the news releases emanate from. 10 minutes before the release several reporters from the big name agencies (BB reuters cnbc... etc) get access to the data and they have 10 min to formulate an article for their respective employers. Then at the stroke of XX:XX:XX they are allowed to release it. Then it is disseminated around to all other agencies. But who knows, it could all be bullshit too. Either way, doesnt bother me much since I rarely let the news tell me what the chart should do, but instead let the chart (or price) tell me what the news said.

FF and CNBC work just fine for when I really need to know something quickly.

I second what traderjai_inhi said. Realtime access to anything will cost you big