Overview
The FXStreet allows investors to track the economic performance of a state, country or region, as well as make forecasts about upcoming performance. The FXStreet economic calendar not only lists daily events, but the volatility levels attached to them. A volatility level refers to the likelihood that a specific event will impact the markets. The API also delivers commentary and consensus estimates prior to the announcement.
Data descriptions
Event |
Array |
Id |
The event ID – This is a unique identifier for all instances of an event. For example, if the event is yearly, the eventdate row for next year’s event will match the event ID of this year’s event, but the eventdate IDs will differ. |
Name |
The name of the eventdate |
Description |
This field seems to always be null |
HTML Description |
Description of the event. This field includes HTML markup tags |
CountryID |
The unique ID of the country for the eventdate |
InternationalCountryCode |
The short country code of the country for the eventdate |
CountryName |
Array |
EventTypeID |
The unique ID of the category for the eventdate: Central Banks – c94405b5-5f85-4397-ab11-002a481c4b92 Consump. & Inflation – 33303f5e-1e3c-4016-ab2d-ac87e98f57ca Confidence Indice – se229c890-80fc-40f3-b6f4-b658f3a02635 Employment – 91da97bd-d94a-4ce8-a02b-b96ee2944e4c Industrial & Non-Industrial Activity – 24127f3b-edce-4dc4-afdf-0b3bd8a964be Liquidity & Balance – fa6570f6-e494-4563-a363-00d0f2abec37 Government – e9e957ec-2927-4a77-ae0c-f5e4b5807c16 |
EventTypeDescription |
Body paragraph of content |
Potency |
The number associated to PotencySymbol. Importance of event |
PotencySymbol |
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CurrencyID |
The abbreviated currency code like that used in currency pairs |
CurrencySymbol |
The symbol used for the currency. For example, $ for USD. |
IsSpeech |
True if event is a speech. |
IsReport |
True if event is a report. |
RiseType |
Rise type – Positive, Negative or Neutral. Used to calculate IsBetterThanExpected. If RiseType is positive, and the actual is higher than the consensus, IsBetterThanExpected will be true. |
Id |
Unique ID of the eventdate. |
DateUTC |
The date/time that the eventdate occurs. |
Comments |
Section for commentary |
IsPreliminary |
True if the eventdate is preliminary |
PeriodType |
The period type. For example, PeriodType will be `Q` if the event is an announcement of quarterly numbers. |
ForPeriod |
The date/time that the eventdate is regarding. For example, if it is an announcement of numbers from Q1, this field will be `2017-03-31T00:00:00Z |
Volatility |
Volatility for the eventdate |
Actual |
Actual numbers announced |
Consensus |
Consensus estimate for numbers to be announced at eventdate |
HasRelatedContent |
True if the eventdate has related content |
Previous |
Value of the numbers previously announced at same event |
Revised |
Revised numbers for the eventdate if applicable |
IsTentative |
True if the eventdate is tentative |
IsAllDay |
True if the eventdate lasts all day |
IsBetterThanExpected |
True if the numbers announced are better than expected |
HasNews |
True if the eventdate has news |
HasRelateds |
True if the eventdate has relateds |
HasHistory |
True if the eventdate has history |
UrlSource |
The URL source of the eventdate if applicable |
CreateDateUtc |
The date/time that the eventdate was created in FXstreet’s DB |
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