# Forex Factory Economic Calendar API

> Forex Factory Economic Calendar API is a paid API for AI agents from api.x402node.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns upcoming high-impact macroeconomic events (FOMC, CPI, NFP, GDP, rate decisions) from the live Forex Factory calendar with forecast, previous, and actual values plus minutes until release

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.x402node.dev/finance/econ-calendar
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/forex-factory-economic-calendar-api-a7887718
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_DUSZB1n1FOO1edV4v__oR

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 forex-factory-economic-calendar-api-a7887718
```

Example prompt: Pull the upcoming high-impact USD economic events from the live Forex Factory calendar — I want to see what's coming up in the next few hours, including the CPI and FOMC, with their forecast and previous values and how many minutes until each one drops.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when an agent needs real-time, structured macroeconomic event data not available in LLM training — especially before making trading decisions, when checking for market-moving releases like FOMC, CPI, NFP, or GDP, or when filtering by specific currency or impact level. Prefer over static or LLM-recalled calendar data since this pulls live from Forex Factory.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient (402 Payment Required)
- No events returned if filters are too narrow (empty events array with count 0)
- Stale data if Forex Factory upstream is delayed or unreachable
- Invalid filter parameter values may return unfiltered or error response

## How this service works

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## Output

Returns a JSON object with an array of upcoming economic events each containing title, currency, impact level, scheduled date, minutes until release, forecast value, previous value, and actual value (if already released); also includes a count, applied filter echo, data source label, and a convenience 'next_high_impact' field showing the soonest upcoming high-impact event with its title, currency, date, and minutes until release.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "hours": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Only events within the next N hours (optional)."
      },
      "limit": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Max events to return, 1-100 (default 30)."
      },
      "impact": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Minimum impact: high (default), medium, low, or all."
      },
      "currency": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "Filter by currency code(s), comma = OR, e.g. USD,EUR (default all)."
      },
      "upcoming": {
       "type": "string",
       "description": "true (default) for future events only; false to include past events this/next week."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  }
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/forex-factory-economic-calendar-api-a7887718/health.json
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