# Brazil SELIC Interest Rate API

> Brazil SELIC Interest Rate API 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 the 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/brazil/economy/interest-rate
- 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/brazil-selic-interest-rate-api-0bf7bead
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_XsRoajl2MEx99zFN5gFsC

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 brazil-selic-interest-rate-api-0bf7bead
```

Example prompt: What is Brazil's current SELIC interest rate and its recent history according to the Central Bank of Brazil?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need the official Brazilian SELIC policy rate directly sourced from the Central Bank of Brazil, especially for financial modeling, emerging market analysis, or compliance purposes requiring authoritative data. Prefer this over scraped or third-party aggregated data when accuracy and official sourcing matter.

## Known failure modes

- Upstream Central Bank data source unavailable — service may return a 503 or stale data
- Rate-limiting or payment failure if the x402 micropayment is not processed correctly
- Empty or partial history if Central Bank data feed has not been updated recently
- Network timeout from the Render-hosted service under load

## How this service works

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

## Output

Returns the current SELIC interest rate target set by the Central Bank of Brazil, along with a recent history of rate decisions, including dates and rate values, enabling tracking of Brazil's monetary policy direction.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
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   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {}
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
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    "example": {
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   }
  }
 }
}
```

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