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Using APIs to get economic data with Python — list of Jupyter notebooks
I’ve cleaned up jupyter notebook examples of using data providers’ APIs to request data using python. Each notebook works through at leas...
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Where Did IFS Go? Accessing IMF Data After the 2025 API Restructuring
Update (2025): The IMF reorganized International Financial Statistics (IFS) data into topic-specific datasets. This post explains the cha...
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Brexit and the feedback of uncertainty through asset prices
The medium- and long-run consequences of Brexit are unknown, but increased uncertainty in response to the event will likely have real glo...
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Global trade network analysis with Python: central players in bluefin tuna and large aircraft
Network analysis provides useful insights into complex bilateral trade data. Two methods are presented for calculating with Python each c...
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Machine Reading IMF Data: Data Retrieval with Python (2025 Update)
Update (2025): The IMF API has changed significantly. This post has been completely rewritten to use the new SDMX-based API and the sdmx1...
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Dollar-indices: hitting recent lows (and how to plot with Python)
While the dollar has depreciated against most major currencies over the past month (notably 4.4% against the Canadian dollar, 3.3% agains...
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Oil Price Data with Python
This example shows how Python can be used to take a look at oil prices. The script gathers daily oil price data from Quandl and plots how...