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Viðskiptahorfur BoC (CAD)

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Latest reading: -2.09 (2016-06-30)  ·  Balance

Category: Additional Indicators

API Endpoint

/api/v1/announcements/cad/boc_business_outlook

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

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

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About Viðskiptahorfur BoC (CAD)

The Bank of Canada's Business Outlook Survey (BOS) is a quarterly survey of approximately 100 businesses across Canada. It captures sales expectations, hiring and investment intentions, capacity pressures, and inflation expectations.

Why FX traders watch it

The BOS is the Bank of Canada's proprietary gauge of domestic business conditions. A strong BOS is often a precursor to BoC tightening; a weak BOS raises the probability of rate cuts and is CAD-negative.

How to interpret the data

The survey's 'balance of opinion' indicator—the share of positive minus negative responses—is the key metric. A positive balance above zero is broadly CAD-positive. Watch capacity pressures and hiring intentions for inflation and labour market signals.

Historical Viðskiptahorfur BoC (CAD)

Source: Bank of Canada/StatCan  ·  Quarterly  ·  Balance

Data provided by FXMacroData via the /api/v1/announcements/cad/boc_business_outlook endpoint. For access, see pricing.

Data Source

Primary Source

Bank of Canada/StatCan

Official Series ID

BoC BOS Survey

Data Format and Properties

Data Frequency

Quarterly

Unit of Measure

Balance

JSON Response Structure

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

{
    "currency": "CAD",
    "indicator": "boc_business_outlook",
    "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 announcement requests. USD announcement requests are public without an API key.

Example Usage

To retrieve Viðskiptahorfur BoC data for CAD from 2023: 

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