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Macro Education 2026-04-11

FXMacroData vs. FinanceFlow API: FX Macro Depth vs. Equity Breadth

FinanceFlow API offers 511,000+ stock tickers plus macro and bond data for general-purpose financial apps. FXMacroData is purpose-built for FX macro — with central bank policy rates, second-level announcement timestamps, 1,000,000 API requests a month, and an MCP server for AI agents. This comparison maps out where each product wins.

Macro Education 2026-04-11

FXMacroData vs Finnhub: FX Macro Depth vs. Real-Time Stock Data

A fair, side-by-side look at FXMacroData and Finnhub across pricing, data scope, FX macro depth, central bank coverage, alternative data, announcement timing precision, and API design — to help FX traders and developers choose the right data platform.

How-To Guides 2026-04-10

Predicting Gold Prices Using Macro Data: A Step-by-Step Framework

Gold is driven by real interest rates, inflation expectations, dollar strength, and central bank balance sheets — all measurable via API. This guide shows how to pull the key macro series from FXMacroData and build a composite gold signal scorecard in Python.

How-To Guides 2026-04-06

How To Backtest FX Macro Strategies With Backtesting Py

A step-by-step guide to using FXMacroData central-bank announcement data to build a synthetic carry-spread index and backtest a GBP/USD carry strategy with backtesting.py — no external price provider required.

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Explainers 2026-02-27

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.

Macro Education 2026-10-05

FXMacroData vs Frankfurter: Free ECB Exchange Rate API vs FX Macro Data

A buyer-guide comparison of Frankfurter's free, open-source exchange-rate API and FXMacroData for developers and FX traders: ECB and 104-source rates, blending, the 16:00 CET fixing, limits, self-hosting, licence, and macro-driven FX workflow fit.

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Macro Education 2026-06-22

ECB Data Portal API: SDMX Docs, Limits & FXMacroData Compared

A buyer-guide comparison of the ECB Data Portal API and FXMacroData for analysts and developers choosing between official euro-area SDMX data and a cross-currency FX macro workflow layer.

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Product Updates 2026-05-27

Euro (EUR) Data Coverage: Indicators, Sources and Release Times

What FXMacroData serves for the euro: 36 ECB, Eurostat, European Commission, Bundesbank and BIS series, from the deposit rate, €STR and the yield curve to HICP, GDP, jobs and the balance of payments, with release times and a worked flash HICP example.

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Market Analysis 2026-10-06

Government Bond Yields by Country: Who Pays the Most at 2, 10 and 30 Years (October 2026)

A ranked, official-source comparison of 2-, 10- and 30-year government bond yields across the United States, United Kingdom, euro area, Japan, Canada, Switzerland and China as of early October 2026. The UK 30-year gilt at 6.04% and the 30-year JGB at 4.15% are series highs, the U.S. 30-year is the highest since 2001, and China is the only market where yields are falling.

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Explainers 2026-09-03

Eurozone Government Bond Yields and Prices: EUR Guide

A country-specific guide to Eurozone government bond yields and prices, the EUR curve, monetary-policy and issuance drivers, FX transmission and the latest yields by maturity.

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Product Updates 2026-07-22

Introducing the Monetary Stance Factor Endpoint

FXMacroData now exposes a precomputed monetary stance factor for major currencies, turning rates, inflation, and labour-market data into a model-ready score with optional stored components and source observations.

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Macro Education 2026-10-05

FXMacroData vs Federal Reserve H.15 and Data Download Program: US Rates Data for FX Traders

A comparison of the Federal Reserve's H.15 release, its Data Download Program, and the New York Fed Markets Data API with FXMacroData for FX traders and developers who need US rates, FOMC decision timestamps, yields, and rate differentials.

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