Central bank policy rates, interbank benchmarks, and treasury yields for 50+ countries — one normalized REST API, no data stitching required.
$ curl "https://rates-api.com/api/v1/latest" \
-H "X-API-Key: sk_live_••••••••" \
-G -d "symbols=FED_FUNDS,ECB_MRO,SOFR,SONIA"
{
"success": true,
"date": "2026-04-20",
"rates": {
"FED_FUNDS": { "value": 4.33, "country": "US" },
"ECB_MRO": { "value": 2.65, "country": "EU" },
"SOFR": { "value": 4.31, "country": "US" },
"SONIA": { "value": 4.70, "country": "GB" }
}
}
Official data sourced from central banks & market institutions
4 APIs, one integration
Policy rates, benchmarks, treasury yields, and rate comparisons — all normalized under a single REST API with consistent symbols and schemas.
Track central bank policy rates across major and emerging economies through a normalized symbol model. Supports latest, historical, and timeseries lookups.
Query SOFR, SONIA, EURIBOR tenors and related benchmarks for pricing, valuation, and risk models. Ready for mortgage and lending engines.
Access sovereign benchmark tenors and aggregate them into OHLC series for charting and analysis. Built for analytics and risk dashboards.
Compare loan impact between two reference rates in one request and compute spread-driven savings. Designed for lending and mortgage scenarios.
Developer-first
A standard REST API with JSON responses, consistent symbol names, and a single authentication header. Full SDK support coming soon.
One API key
Single header authentication across all endpoints — no OAuth flows, no token rotation.
Consistent schema
Every symbol returns the same normalized structure regardless of the underlying source.
Comprehensive docs
Interactive reference, code samples in cURL, Python, JS, and PHP, plus a live API explorer.
Fast response times
Optimized for production dashboards and high-frequency lending workflows.
curl -X GET "https://rates-api.com/api/v1/latest?symbols=FED_FUNDS,SOFR" \
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50+ countries spanning major and emerging economies, updated from official central bank sources daily.
Optimized endpoints return clean JSON responses suitable for real-time dashboards and lending engines.
API traffic encrypted in transit. Infrastructure designed for regulated financial production workloads.
Latest, historical, timeseries, OHLC, fluctuation, and convert — one consistent API for every use case.
Consistent symbol names and schema across all providers. No custom mapping, no data wrangling.
Technical support for onboarding, integration, and production troubleshooting — real humans, fast responses.
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FAQ
rates-api provides normalized central bank rates, interbank benchmarks, and reference yields through a single REST API. You can query latest values, historical snapshots, timeseries windows, fluctuations, OHLC aggregates, and benchmark comparisons.
Most teams start with /symbols to discover available data, /latest to fetch current rates, then /timeseries to build analytics. From there, add /historical, /fluctuation, /ohlc, and /convert as your use case grows.
Include your API key in the X-API-Key header for every request. Example: X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY.
rates-api continuously ingests official data from central banks and market data providers, then normalizes symbols and histories so your integrations remain stable across source updates.
All endpoints return standard JSON for simple integration in any language or framework. The API is REST-based and designed for fast onboarding in analytics, treasury, and lending stacks.
Yes — all plans include a 7-day free trial with full quota access so you can validate your integration before going live.
Policy Rates: 50+ central banks. Interbank Benchmarks: SOFR, SONIA, EURIBOR tenors and related references. Treasury Yields: key sovereign benchmark tenors across major economies.
API traffic is encrypted in transit and infrastructure controls are designed for reliable production use in regulated financial workloads.
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