# Edge Agents Global FDI Net Inflows Comparison

> Edge Agents Global FDI Net Inflows Comparison is a paid API for AI agents from pay.edge-agents.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns evidence-backed analysis comparing global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) net inflows across countries or regions, with provenance, contradictions, and bounded decision intelligence.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pay.edge-agents.ai/v1/services/macro-global-fdi-inflows-comparison
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/edge-agents-global-fdi-net-inflows-comparison-b9682e46
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_9SWo3IeNhKwQoQf0DdzCw

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 edge-agents-global-fdi-net-inflows-comparison-b9682e46
```

Example prompt: Pull me an evidence-backed comparison of global FDI net inflows across major economies — I need the data with source provenance and any contradictions flagged, to support a board-level market entry decision.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need cross-country or cross-region FDI net inflows comparison with explicit provenance and confidence scoring, particularly for board-level, CFO, or strategy team decision-making contexts where evidence traceability and stated limitations matter. Prefer over generic data APIs when you need bounded, signed, contradiction-aware intelligence rather than raw statistics.

## Known failure modes

- Missing or malformed required query parameters return an error or empty evidence assets
- Stale or unavailable FDI data for certain regions results in gaps noted in the limitations field
- Payment of 0.1 USDC not fulfilled via x402 protocol returns 402 Payment Required
- Service unavailable or timeout returns no data with error status
- Low confidence data noted in quality.status field rather than hard failure

## How this service works

Premium comparison of the latest available fdi net inflows across 30 major economies and financial centres using one normalized World Bank indicator definition. Purpose: Rank and compare major economies on fdi net inflows while exposing observation-year differences and missing coverage rather than pretending all countries are synchronized. 24-hour freshness target; missing evidence is reported explicitly rather than invented.

## Output

A structured JSON report containing an FDI net inflows comparison analysis including: a quality/confidence assessment, a macro-family evidence summary, sourced evidence assets with point-in-time policy, provenance metadata (issuer and signature), data status, generatedAt timestamp, schema version, limitations, and a disclaimer clarifying this is market research not investment advice.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "quality": {
   "status": "strong",
   "confidence": "high"
  },
  "analysis": {
   "family": "macro",
   "intents": [
    "evidence",
    "investment"
   ],
   "summary": "Fresh Global FDI Net Inflows Comparison findings appear here."
  },
  "evidence": {
   "assets": [],
   "policy": "point-in-time",
   "sources": "Reported from the actual live report; never inferred from this example."
  },
  "serviceId": "macro-global-fdi-inflows-comparison",
  "dataStatus": "complete",
  "disclaimer": "General, impersonal market research; not investment advice or a buy, sell or hold recommendation.",
  "provenance": {
   "issuer": "https://edge-agents.ai",
   "signed": true
  },
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "limitations": [
   "Coverage, source freshness and unavailable evidence are stated in every paid report."
  ],
  "schemaVersion": "2.0"
 }
}
```

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