FXMacroData author profile
Robert Tidball
Founder of FXMacroData, former quant developer at Westpac, and former data platform lead at Macquarie Bank. Robert builds macroeconomic data infrastructure for FX traders, quant researchers, developers, and AI agents working with official release data.
Work focus
Macroeconomic data products for FX workflows
Robert founded FXMacroData to make central-bank and statistical release data easier to use in systematic FX research, dashboards, notebooks, and agent workflows. The product focuses on point-in-time macro history, release calendars, forecast context, and developer-ready API access.
FX macro data
Release calendars
Point-in-time history
Python APIs
AI data workflows
Recent writing
Articles by Robert Tidball
How-To Guides - 2026-10-29
Build a Macro Research Workbook with the Google Sheets Add-on
Install the FXMacroData Google Sheets add-on, copy the 16-tab trading template and connect your own API key to refresh its linked data views.
How-To Guides - 2026-10-20
Add a Macro Observation Card to a PHP Application
Use the generated FXMacroData PHP client, configure header authentication, and handle an empty release history before rendering a card.
How-To Guides - 2026-10-20
Handle Macro Data Success and Failure Explicitly in OCaml
Use the FXMacroData OCaml client with Lwt and explicit result matching to keep missing macro data out of numeric calculations.
How-To Guides - 2026-10-20
Load Macro Release History in Julia with Explicit Revision Scope
Use FXMacroData.jl to request a bounded indicator history and keep revision-aware research separate from a latest-value snapshot.
How-To Guides - 2026-10-20
Use the JavaScript Client to Build a Macro Data Service Boundary
Request macro observations with @fxmacrodata/client and keep subscription credentials outside browser bundles.
How-To Guides - 2026-10-20
Give a CLI Agent Orchestrator Researcher a Macro Evidence Feed
Use the AWS Labs CLI Agent Orchestrator FXMacroData example to assign a bounded macro research task and return a source-linked brief.
How-To Guides - 2026-10-20
Apache Airflow Macro Pipelines: Wait for a New Release Record
Build a release-dependent Apache Airflow workflow with the FXMacroData provider, explicit announcement cursors, a rescheduling sensor, and an XCom handoff.
Product Updates - 2026-10-16
FXMacroData on Zapier: Instant Macro Release Triggers in Beta
FXMacroData is on Zapier in open beta: instant triggers for new official releases and scheduled releases, plus searches for indicator values, FX rates, commodities and CFTC positioning.