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ZAR Press Release Brief: South African Reserve Bank - Draft Exchange Control circulars for public comment following 2026 Budget announcements
Increased limits for individual cross-border payments and investments signal capital control relaxation, potentially increasing outflows...
CZK Press Release Brief: Czech National Bank - The Czech National Bank leaves the countercyclical capital buffer rate at 1.25%
At its meeting on financial stability today, the Bank Board decided to leave the countercyclical capital buffer rate at 1.25%. ...
SEK Press Release Brief: Riksbank - The Riksdag has decided to assign the Riksbank responsibility for setting the countercyclical capital buffer
Riksbank's expanded macroprudential toolkit, including CCyB responsibility and changes to mortgage rules, enhances its ability to manage...
Introducing the Release Calendar Endpoint
Never miss a high-impact macro release. The new release calendar endpoint surfaces every upcoming announcement across any supported currency — with consensus forecasts, prior values, and precise UTC timestamps — in a single API call.
SEK Press Release Brief: Riksbank - Riksdag Committee on Finance hearing on the Riksbank’s operations and monetary policy
On Tuesday, the entire Executive Board took part in an open hearing at the Committee on Finance about the Riksbank's operations in 2025,...
Labor Statistics and FX Trading: Unemployment, Employment, and Participation Explained
Labor market data — unemployment rate, total employment, full-time vs part-time jobs, and the participation rate — is among the most market-moving economic information released each month. This guide explains what each indicator measures, why the relationships between them matter, and how FX traders use the full labor data suite to front-run central bank decisions.
Government Bond Yields and Forex: Why the Yield Curve Moves Currencies
Government bond yield differentials are one of the most reliable leading indicators in FX markets. This article explains how yield spreads, curve shape, and real yields drive currency flows — from the USD/JPY carry trade to breakeven inflation signals — and how to track them via the FXMacroData API.
Why Announcement Timing Matters: Second-Level Precision in Economic Data
Markets react to economic releases at the moment of announcement — not at the end of the reference period. Discover why using precise announcement datetimes at second-level granularity is essential for backtesting, event studies, and any FX strategy built around macro data releases.
Real vs Nominal: Why the Rate You See Isn't the Rate That Moves Markets
Central banks publish one number — but traders need two. This article explains the difference between nominal and real interest rates, shows how to compute real rates from policy rate and inflation data, and illustrates the dramatic real-rate cycles of 2020–24 across USD, GBP, AUD, NZD, and CHF.
Bank of Canada: Key Indicators & API Data Guide
A comprehensive guide to the Bank of Canada (BoC), covering its monetary policy mandate, key macroeconomic indicators — from the Overnight Rate and CORRA to Canadian CPI, labour market data, monthly GDP, and Government of Canada bond yields — and how to access all BoC data in real time via the FXMacroData API.
Bank of Japan: Key Indicators & API Data Guide
A comprehensive guide to the Bank of Japan (BOJ), covering its monetary policy mandate, key macroeconomic indicators — from the policy rate and TONAR to Japan's CPI, wage dynamics, and the full JGB yield curve — and how to access all BOJ data in real time via the FXMacroData API.
Reserve Bank of New Zealand: Key Indicators & API Data Guide
A comprehensive guide to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ), covering its monetary policy mandate, key macroeconomic indicators — from the Official Cash Rate (OCR) and CPI to labour market data, bond yields, and money supply — and how to access all RBNZ data in real time via the FXMacroData API.
