# GlobalAPI — US Federal Reserve Interest Rate

> GlobalAPI — US Federal Reserve Interest Rate is a paid API for AI agents from globalapi.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.005/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns the current US Federal Reserve benchmark interest rate (fed funds rate) as a live, machine-readable data point.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://globalapi.dev/us/fed-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/globalapi-us-federal-reserve-interest-rate-c85e275d
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_p_04y617qZITyVlu7J_hg

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 globalapi-us-federal-reserve-interest-rate-c85e275d
```

Example prompt: What's the current US Federal Reserve interest rate? I need the live fed funds rate for my financial model.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a low-cost, no-subscription, pay-per-call lookup of the current US Federal Reserve interest rate. Ideal for agents that need occasional or infrequent access to the fed funds rate without committing to a data subscription. Best for financial modeling, macro dashboards, or compliance checks where you need the current Fed rate and want to pay per query via USDC.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure: insufficient USDC balance or x402 payment not accepted
- Rate temporarily unavailable: Fed data source not updated
- Network timeout: globalapi.dev unreachable
- Malformed response if upstream Federal Reserve data feed is delayed or down

## How this service works

GlobalAPI x402 provides machine-ready access to live economic indicators, company registries, and sanctions screening. $0.002–$0.10 USDC per call. No subscriptions. No API keys.

## Output

Returns the current US Federal Reserve benchmark interest rate, likely including the rate value (percentage), effective date, and possibly the rate type (e.g. fed funds target rate or effective rate). Delivered as machine-readable JSON for a $0.005 USDC per-call fee with no API key required.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

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

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/globalapi-us-federal-reserve-interest-rate-c85e275d/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from globalapi.dev](https://www.zero.xyz/host/globalapi.dev/llms.txt)