Narwhal API
Official national indicators alongside release calendars, FX and MCP.
Trading Economics API alternatives
Trading Economics Standard costs $199/month for 500 requests, with no free tier. Compare Narwhal and five other providers for official indicators, calendars, revision vintages and forecasts.
Decision
Choose Narwhal for curated official indicators across 36 countries and 5,000 free monthly requests. Use FRED for revision vintages, IMF for forecasts or World Bank for annual development data; none is a complete substitute for Trading Economics.
Provider shortlist
Narwhal's calendar covers 39 countries and areas, without consensus or importance fields; it has no macro forecasts. Narwhal API is owned and operated by Nusantara Ventures, LLC.
FRED
Free economic-series access and ALFRED revision vintages.
Financial Modeling Prep
Economic indicators, calendars, treasury rates and commodity quotes in one financial API.
IMF Data API
IMF datasets and World Economic Outlook forecasts.
World Bank API
Free annual development indicators without an API key.
API Ninjas
Inflation and selected macro endpoints alongside a general API catalogue.
Compare the options
Best fit is not feature parity. Check the evidence and limitation together.
| Provider | Best for | Evidence checked | Important limitation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Narwhal API | Official national indicators alongside release calendars, FX and MCP. | Its curated economics API spans 36 countries; Free includes 5,000 successful monthly requests and commercial apps. | It offers no macro forecasts or calendar consensus; calendar coverage is 39 countries and areas. |
| FRED | Free economic-series access and ALFRED revision vintages. | A free API key covers US and international series, observations and release-date endpoints. | US-centric coverage has no consensus fields or live market prices. |
| Financial Modeling Prep | Economic indicators, calendars, treasury rates and commodity quotes in one financial API. | Free allows 250 daily calls; Starter costs $29/month. | Individual plans are personal use, and display requires a separate licence. |
| IMF Data API | IMF datasets and World Economic Outlook forecasts. | It publishes SDMX 2.1 and 3.0 APIs plus a DataMapper JSON API. | SDMX structures require integration work, and forecast values must remain distinct from observed data. |
| World Bank API | Free annual development indicators without an API key. | It lists nearly 16,000 indicator series across more than 45 databases. | Annual development data does not provide an economic event calendar. |
| API Ninjas | Inflation and selected macro endpoints alongside a general API catalogue. | It covers inflation for 38 countries, plus GDP, unemployment, interest rates and treasury yields, with MCP. | No release calendar was found; Free has 3,000 monthly calls and excludes commercial use. |
Choose by requirement
Start with the required dataset
Narwhal covers curated official indicators for 36 countries and a calendar for 39 countries and areas. Check the exact series and country before switching.
Separate observations from forecasts
Narwhal has no macro forecast product or consensus fields. IMF publishes World Economic Outlook forecasts; FRED supplies revision vintages and release dates.
Compare usable free access
Narwhal Free permits commercial apps and 5,000 monthly requests. FRED and World Bank offer free access; API Ninjas Free excludes commercial use.
Sources and review date
Each detailed provider page lists the first-party documentation used, its evidence boundaries, and its review date.
Reviewed:
- FRED evidence and sources
- Financial Modeling Prep evidence and sources
- IMF Data API evidence and sources
- World Bank API evidence and sources
- API Ninjas evidence and sources
- Financial Modeling Prep pricing site.financialmodelingprep.com
- API Ninjas inflation documentation api-ninjas.com
- API Ninjas plan pricing api-ninjas.com