Providing several request methods to query our databases, it is the best way to export data in XML, CSV or JSON format and to keep your events calendar up to date.
The API can be used to feed a website, off-the-shelf software like Microsoft Excel or a custom developed application. The Trading Economics API provides you with direct access to our calendar and historical data on thousands of indicators. The event release time is colored according to its importance. We also provide forecasts which are driven by our analysts’ expectations and technically projected using an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model. Survey consensus figures are provided displaying the average forecast among a representative group of economists. Previous values are available before an economic indicator is reported and marked as revised (*) accordingly. Trading Economics provides its users with a near real-time economic calendar updated 24 hours a day.Īctual values are based on official sources, not third party data providers.