Bank of Japan (BOJ) vs FXMacroData comparison

Bank of Japan (BOJ) focuses on Central Bank Watcher, Calendar, and Alerts while FXMacroData specializes in Central Bank Watcher, Interest Rates, and Inflation Rates. They overlap in 4 categories, so choose based on your preferred workflow and pricing.

Good news—both Bank of Japan (BOJ) and FXMacroData offer free plans. You can try each platform without commitment and only pay when you need premium features.

Bank of Japan (BOJ) is more beginner-friendly with an approachable interface. Both can work for intermediate users.

FXMacroData provides API access for programmatic data retrieval and custom integrations. Bank of Japan (BOJ) doesn't currently offer an API, so you'll need to use their web interface.

Choose Bank of Japan (BOJ) if you need Home page “What’s New” feed includes an RSS link and publishes downloadable releases (commonly PDF and XLSX)., and BOJ Time-Series Data Search enables searching, downloading, and graph drawing for ~200,000 long-term BOJ time-series data items.. Go with FXMacroData if REST API for macro indicators by currency (e.g., `/api/usd/inflation`) returning JSON time-series with `start`/`end` query parameters; indicator docs show an API-key parameter., and Indicator catalog includes GDP gr, inflation, trade balance, unemployment/employment metrics, policy & interbank rates, and government bond yields (by currency). better fits how you invest.

Both cover Bonds, and Currencies. Bank of Japan (BOJ) also includes Other.

FXMacroData offers real-time data feeds, which is essential for active traders. Bank of Japan (BOJ) uses delayed or end-of-day data, which works fine for longer-term investors who don't need up-to-the-second quotes.

Bank of Japan (BOJ) supports data exports to Excel, and PDF. FXMacroData has more limited export options.