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Bank of Japan Rate Decision April 2026: 0.75% vs Prior 0.75%
Bank of Japan Rate Decision for April 2026 printed at 0.75% versus 0.75% prior. Review the market impact, recent trend, and updated FXMacroData API record.
What is NAIRU and How It Shapes Fed Policy
NAIRU — the Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment — is the invisible anchor behind every Fed rate decision. This guide explains what NAIRU is, how the Fed uses it to balance its dual mandate, and why uncertainty about the equilibrium unemployment rate is one of the biggest drivers of USD volatility around payroll and inflation releases.
How to Connect FXMacroData to Claude / Claude Desktop (MCP)
Step-by-step guide to connecting FXMacroData to Claude Desktop via the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Ask live macro questions — policy rates, CPI, COT positioning, FX spot rates — directly inside Claude conversations.
AUD and CAD as Commodity Proxies: Reading the Cycle
AUD and CAD move with commodity prices more than almost any other G10 pair. This article maps the terms-of-trade mechanism behind both currencies, contrasts the commodity baskets that drive each — iron ore and coal for AUD, crude oil and natural gas for CAD — and shows how to read the commodity cycle to anticipate FX direction before the central banks move.
Expanded Currency Coverage: NOK, SEK, PLN, DKK, KRW, BRL, and More
FXMacroData has expanded from 8 to 18 currencies, adding NOK, SEK, PLN, DKK, KRW, BRL, and more. Each new currency brings a deep indicator set — policy rates, inflation, trade data, bond yields, and labour market series — accessible through the same clean REST endpoint your pipeline already uses.
Sight Deposits and CHF Intervention Signals
SNB sight deposits are the most transparent real-time proxy for CHF intervention available to FX markets. Each week the Swiss National Bank publishes the total held by domestic banks — a number that rises sharply when the SNB is buying foreign currency to weaken the franc and falls when it is selling. This guide explains how to read the series, what thresholds matter, and how CHF traders combine it with FX reserves, the balance sheet, and the policy rate to build a complete intervention risk framework.
EUR Inflation vs. ECB Dovishness: The Disconnect
Eurozone headline inflation has bounced between 2% and 2.5% for most of 2025–2026, services prices remain stubbornly above 3.5%, yet the ECB has cut rates seven times and signalled more easing ahead. This deep-dive maps the divergence between what the inflation data says and what the ECB is doing — and explains what it means for EUR/USD, the rate differential trade, and the key signals to watch in Q2 2026.
Forex News Today - April 19, 2026: Japan CPI prints at 2.60%, EUR/JPY trades near 187.72; Silver surges 6.72%
Daily forex market recap for April 19, 2026: Japan CPI prints at 2.60%. Cross-market policy and inflation context from USD, EUR, GBP shaped the read-through for major pairs and the next central-bank repricing.
Quick Start: Connect to FXMacroData with Node.js
Get up and running with FXMacroData in Node.js in minutes. Covers the built-in fetch API, async/await patterns, multi-indicator requests, and a ready-to-run script for pulling central bank data.
Algorithmic Trading with Macro Signals: A Complete FX Strategy Guide
Build a macro-driven FX algorithmic trading system in Python: fetch policy rates, inflation, employment, and bond yields from FXMacroData, compose a regime score, schedule entries around the release calendar, and manage risk automatically.
Gold’s Historic Two-Year Rally: Macro Forces Behind the $4,800 Surge
From $2,050 in January 2024 to over $4,800 by April 2026, gold’s 135% rally ranks among the most sustained bull runs in modern history. This deep-dive maps the five macro forces — falling real yields, central bank accumulation, dollar weakness, geopolitical risk, and record ETF flows — that powered the surge, and identifies what traders should watch for the rest of 2026.
How to Integrate FXMacroData with TradingView via Pine Script
A step-by-step guide to overlaying FXMacroData macro announcements, policy rates, and COT positioning onto TradingView charts using a Python code generator and Pine Script v5.
