# Brasil Dados API - SELIC Policy Rate

> Brasil Dados API - SELIC Policy Rate is a paid API for AI agents from brasil-dados-api.onrender.com, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns Brazil's current SELIC policy interest rate target and recent rate history from the Central Bank of Brazil

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://brasil-dados-api.onrender.com/economy/selic
- Price: $0.005/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/brasil-dados-api-selic-policy-rate-aae0b212
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_MZlaZO9B3JTxK2z2xfhBO

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 brasil-dados-api-selic-policy-rate-aae0b212
```

Example prompt: What is Brazil's current SELIC policy interest rate, and can you show me the recent rate history from the Central Bank of Brazil?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the official Brazilian SELIC benchmark policy rate (current target and recent history) sourced directly from the Central Bank of Brazil. Prefer this over scraping news or financial data aggregators when you need the authoritative BCB figure. Part of a broader Brazil macro data suite — consider the macro snapshot endpoint if you also need IPCA inflation, CDI, and FX in one call.

## Known failure modes

- Upstream Central Bank data source unavailable — service may return 503 or stale data
- Network timeout if the Render.com hosted service is cold-starting
- No input parameters accepted; malformed requests return 400
- Rate history depth may be limited or fixed and not configurable

## How this service works

Brazil SELIC policy interest rate, current target and recent history. Central Bank of Brazil.

## Output

Returns the current SELIC policy rate target set by the Central Bank of Brazil, along with a recent historical series of rate readings, enabling comparison of where the rate stands today versus prior periods.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
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}
```

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