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Central Bank Total Assets (CAD)

Total assets on the central bank's balance sheet, reflecting the scale of monetary policy operations including quantitative easing programs.

Category: Monetary Policy

API Endpoint

/api/v1/announcements/cad/cb_assets

Use the production OpenAPI schema for the authoritative REST route metadata.

https://fxmacrodata.com/api/openapi.json

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Data Source

Primary Source

Bank of Canada/StatCan

Official Series ID

Bank of Canada Balance Sheet

Data Format and Properties

Data Frequency

Weekly

Unit of Measure

CAD mn

JSON Response Structure

The endpoint returns a chronological list of observations in JSON format. 

{
    "currency": "CAD",
    "indicator": "cb_assets",
    "has_official_forecast": false,
    "start_date": "2023-01-01",
    "end_date": "2023-12-31",
    "data": [
        {
            "date": "2024-07-01",
            "val": 4.2,
            "announcement_datetime": 1722456000
        }
    ]
}

Request Parameters & Usage

Parameter Required Format Description
start_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional lower bound for the requested history.
end_date NO YYYY-MM-DD Optional upper bound. Defaults to the current date.
api_key CONDITIONAL string Required for non-USD and paid access. USD endpoints are available free without an API key.

Example Usage

To retrieve the Central Bank Total Assets data for CAD starting from the beginning of 2023: 

GET https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/announcements/cad/cb_assets?start_date=2023-01-01&end_date=2023-12-31&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY