BIS Data Portal vs Office of Financial Research (U.S. Treasury) comparison

BIS Data Portal focuses on Data APIs, Data Visualizations, and Calendar while Office of Financial Research (U.S. Treasury) specializes in Data APIs, APIs & SDKs, and Interest Rates. They overlap in 3 categories, so choose based on your preferred workflow and pricing.

Good news—both BIS Data Portal and Office of Financial Research (U.S. Treasury) offer free plans. You can try each platform without commitment and only pay when you need premium features.

Office of Financial Research (U.S. Treasury) is more beginner-friendly with an approachable interface. Both can work for intermediate users.

Yes, both platforms offer API access for developers and quants who want to build custom integrations or automate their workflows.

Choose BIS Data Portal if you need Global BIS macro‑financial time series across topics such as international banking, debt securities, credit, global liquidity, derivatives, property prices, consumer prices, exchange rates, central bank statistics and payment statistics., and Search time series across all topics, refine with filters, and explore data sets by country/topic/key characteristics.. Go with Office of Financial Research (U.S. Treasury) if Short‑term Funding Monitor (STFM): curated repo/CP/CD/FF market charts plus **open REST API** (JSON, HTTPS) with series search, metadata, and spread endpoints; no tokens required., and U.S. Money Market Fund Monitor: interactive holdings transparency by asset type, counterparty, country; per‑chart **CSV download**. better fits how you invest.

Both cover Bonds. BIS Data Portal also includes Currencies, Real Estate, Options, Futures, and Other. Office of Financial Research (U.S. Treasury) adds coverage for Mutual Funds, and Hedge Funds.

Both platforms let you export data to spreadsheets (CSV, and JSON). This is useful for custom analysis or record-keeping.