# asiaref - Asian Government Reference Data (Country/Series Lookup)

> asiaref - Asian Government Reference Data (Country/Series Lookup) is a paid API for AI agents from asiaref.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns a single authoritative government reference value (policy rate, VAT rate, minimum wage, or public holidays) for a specified Asian country, with citation, effective date, and staleness flag.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://asiaref.dev/v1/%7Bcountry%7D/%7Bseries%7D
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/asiaref-asian-government-reference-data-country-series-lookup-53731cfc
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_qJNPzHyGovYh2B4EL_het

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability asiaref-asian-government-reference-data-country-series-lookup-53731cfc
```

Example prompt: What is India's current central bank policy rate? I need the official figure with the source citation and effective date so I can verify it against the RBI's own statement.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a single, authoritative, cited reference value for a specific Asian country's policy rate, VAT rate, minimum wage, or public holidays — especially when you need traceability to official government or central bank primary sources. Prefer this over general web search when accuracy, citation integrity, and a machine-readable staleness flag matter (e.g. compliance workflows, financial models, or regulatory reporting). It covers only IN, JP, KR, PH, and SG; use other sources for other countries.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid country code returns an error (supported: in, jp, kr, ph, sg)
- Invalid series name returns an error (supported: policy-rate, vat-rate, minimum-wage, public-holidays)
- stale flag set to true when the value has not been reconfirmed recently against the primary source
- Payment failure (HTTP 402) if USDC micropayment is not provided
- Upstream source unavailable may delay last_confirmed refresh

## How this service works

Authoritative Asian government reference values as clean JSON: central-bank policy rates, VAT rates, national minimum wages and public holidays for India (in), Japan (jp), South Korea (kr), Philippines (ph), Singapore (sg). Every value carries a citation to its official primary source (government gazette or central-bank statement), an effective date, a last-confirmed date and a staleness flag.

## Output

A JSON object containing: the numeric or structured reference value, its unit, the country and series identifiers, an effective_from date, a last_confirmed date, a stale boolean flag, a source object with the official document name and URL, human-readable notes explaining context or recent changes, and a disclaimer noting the service is independent of government.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "unit": "percent",
  "notes": "MPC voted unanimously on 2025-12-05 to cut the repo rate 25bp to 5.25% with immediate effect, retaining a neutral stance. Rate corridor: Standing Deposit Facility 5.00%, Marginal Standing Facility and Bank Rate 5.50%. Held at 5.25% through the February 4-6, April 6-8 and June 3-5, 2026 MPC meetings (June 5, 2026 statement: unchanged, neutral stance; FY27 CPI projection raised to 5.1%). rbi.org.in homepage rate ticker confirmed 5.25% 'as at 1.00pm of July 20, 2026'. Next scheduled review: August 2026.",
  "stale": false,
  "value": 5.25,
  "series": "policy-rate",
  "source": {
   "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_PressReleaseDisplay.aspx?prid=61749",
   "name": "Reserve Bank of India, Monetary Policy Statement 2025-26 — Resolution of the Monetary Policy Committee (58th meeting, December 3-5, 2025), press release of 5 December 2025"
  },
  "country": "IN",
  "disclaimer": "Independent service, not affiliated with any government. Verify against the cited official source before legal or financial use.",
  "effective_from": "2025-12-05",
  "last_confirmed": "2026-07-20"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/asiaref-asian-government-reference-data-country-series-lookup-53731cfc/health.json
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