Connect economic release schedules to country indicators, FX and public holidays with Narwhal. REST and hosted MCP share the same account and monthly allowance. Finnhub combines an economic calendar with stocks, forex, crypto and company fundamentals through REST and WebSocket access.
Choose Narwhal for country economics and release calendars that your app and agent can use together, with commercial app access included in the free tier.
The example and qualifying-plan prices cover the economic calendar, rather than Finnhub's full market-data bundle.
| Requirement | Narwhal API | Finnhub |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ✓ 3,000 requests/month | ✓ 60 calls/minute; personal use |
| Cheapest paid plan | Basic: $60/month; $600/year available | Not published for calendar access |
| Update speed | Dataset schedule; timestamps retained | Not published for economic calendar |
| History | Free: 12 months; Basic: 5 years; available records only | Historical events: Enterprise |
| Coverage | Economics, FX, holidays and published commodities | Stocks, forex, crypto and economics |
| Interfaces | REST and MCP; WebSocket not published | REST and WebSocket; MCP not published |
| SDKs | Not published | ✓ Official client libraries |
| Commercial use on free tier | ✓ Commercial apps; resale needs Enterprise | ✗ Personal use |
Prices cover economic calendar requests.
| Requests per month | Narwhal API | Finnhub |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | Free: $0/month | Not published for calendar access |
| 10,000 | Basic: $60/month | Not published for calendar access |
| 100,000 | Basic: $60/month | Not published for calendar access |
List October 2026 economic releases
# Change: URL and key
curl --get \
"https://api.finnhub.io/api/v1/calendar/economic" \
--data-urlencode "from=2026-10-01" \
--data-urlencode "to=2026-10-31" \
--data-urlencode "token=YOUR_API_KEY"# Change: URL and key
curl --get \
"https://api.narwhalapi.com/v1/economics/calendar" \
--data-urlencode "start_date=2026-10-01" \
--data-urlencode "end_date=2026-10-31" \
--data-urlencode "limit=25" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"Narwhal Free includes 3,000 successful requests each month and permits commercial apps. Use that allowance for a dashboard, scheduled data fetches or an agent integration. Move to Basic for 100,000 monthly requests as usage grows, with the same account and authentication.
REST and hosted MCP reach the same data through one account. Your application can fetch JSON while an agent uses the hosted tools, with every successful call counted once against the shared allowance. One quota makes the combined workload straightforward to budget.
Narwhal's economics catalogue spans 36 countries, with a coverage table for each indicator. Country and indicator paths organize requests around the data your application uses. Combine observations with FX, public holidays and release dates to build country dashboards through the same account.
Finnhub is the better pick for stock or crypto data, company fundamentals and WebSocket streams. It also provides official client libraries for developers working across those market datasets. Its calendar documentation reserves historical events and surprises for Enterprise clients, which matters for event research. Individual plans are for personal use, and the public pricing material does not clearly map the economic calendar to the cheapest qualifying plan.
Yes. Narwhal Free includes 3,000 successful requests per month, commercial app use and both REST and hosted MCP access. Use the economic calendar request to retrieve release schedules alongside country indicators and public holidays.
It returns economic release schedules and preserves publication versions. Events carry schedule precision, so a date-only announcement stays distinct from one with a published release time. The October example sets an explicit start date, end date and page limit, making the requested window clear in your application's calendar logic.
Replace the request URL and authentication, then map the JSON response into your application's fields. The examples use standard fetch in JavaScript and requests in Python, so integration fits an ordinary HTTP client. Keep your key on the server and carry the response's units, dates and missing values into your display or calculations.
The shared cap applies to successful REST and MCP requests together. There are no automatic overage charges. Basic includes 100,000 monthly requests; quotas reset each month even when you pay yearly.
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