What it returns
Bank of Japan statistics from its official Time-Series Data Search API, as flat rows with ISO periods and units. - **Presets**: `policy-rates` (uncollateralized overnight call rate, daily; basic loan rate), `fx` (USD/JPY 17:00 Tokyo, daily and monthly average), `money` (monetary base and M2, level and year-on-year), `producer-prices` (PPI all commodities, index and year-on-year), `tankan` (business conditions DI, large manufacturers, non-manufacturers and all industries, actual and forecast) - **Any series**: `database` + `codes` - **Search**: `database` + `search` lists series codes, names, frequency and coverage
| field | meaning |. |---|---|. | `database`, `code`, `name`, `category` | the BOJ series |. | `frequency`, `period` | DAILY / MONTHLY / QUARTERLY, and `2026-10-15`, `2026-09`, `2026Q3` |. | `value`, `unit` | the figure and its unit as published |. | `lastUpdate`, `preset`, `source` | when the BOJ last updated it, the preset used, the BOJ database page |. Tankan periods are survey quarters; forecast series run one quarter ahead.
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/bank-of-japan-data/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
presets | list of strings | Any of: policy-rates, fx, money, producer-prices, tankan. Default (when no codes are given): policy-rates, fx, money, tankan. |
database | string | BOJ database code for codes or search, e.g. FM01 (call rates), FM08 (FX), IR01 (basic loan rate), MD01 (monetary base), MD02 (money stock), PR01 (producer prices), PR02 (services producer prices), CO (Tankan). |
codes | list of strings | Series codes in that database, e.g. FXERD04. Find them with search. |
lastN | integer | Latest observations per series, used when no start date is given. Default: 12. |
startDate | string | YYYY-MM. Returns everything from that month. |
endDate | string | YYYY-MM. |
search | string | Words to find in series codes, names and categories of the given database. Returns matching series instead of data. |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/bank-of-japan-data/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"presets": ["policy-rates", "fx"], "maxItems": 20}'Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.16 per 1,000 values. No charge for errors or empty searches.
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