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Interest Rate API

The Interest Rate API provides current central bank interest rates for 22 countries, all major benchmark interest rates (such as LIBOR, EURIBOR, and SOFR), and prime rates.

Interest rates are refreshed every 4 hours to ensure up-to-date information.

Available endpoints:

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/v2/interestrate GETPremium only

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v2/interestrate

Get a specific interest rate by name. Returns the rate value, name, and last updated timestamp.

Parameters

  • rate  required

    Name of the interest rate to retrieve. The following rates are supported:

    Central Bank Rates ▶
    Benchmark Rates ▶

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

  • rate_name

    The name of the interest rate.

  • rate_pct

    The interest rate value as a percentage.

  • last_updated

    Date when the rate was last updated (MM-DD-YYYY format).

Sample Request Live Demo!

rate

Try this API endpoint with all available parameters in our API playground

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v2/interestrate?rate=central_bank_us

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 { "rate_name": "United States Federal Reserve", "rate_pct": 4.5, "last_updated": "12-18-2024" }

Code Examples

1 2 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v2/interestrate?rate=central_bank_us" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.

/v2/interestratehistorical GETPremium only

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v2/interestratehistorical

Returns historical interest rates for specific central banks or benchmark rates using a single rate parameter. You can specify a time range to retrieve data from. The maximum number of data points returned per API call is 100.

Parameters

  • rate  required

    The specific interest rate identifier. Supports both central bank rates and benchmark rates.

    Central Bank Rates ▶
    Benchmark Rates ▶
  • start_time  optional

    Start time for the data range, specified as a UNIX timestamp in seconds.

  • end_time  optional

    End time for the data range, specified as a UNIX timestamp in seconds.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

Response

  • name

    The name of the interest rate.

  • data

    Array of historical rate data objects, each containing timestamp (UNIX timestamp in seconds) and rate_pct (interest rate as a percentage).

Sample Request Live Demo!

rate
start_time
end_time

Try this API endpoint with all available parameters in our API playground

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v2/interestratehistorical?rate=central_bank_us

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

JSON
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 { "name": "United States Federal Reserve", "data": [ { "timestamp": 647827200, "rate_pct": 8 }, { "timestamp": 657158400, "rate_pct": 7.75 }, { "timestamp": 658454400, "rate_pct": 7.5 }, { "timestamp": 660528000, "rate_pct": 7.25 }, { "timestamp": 661478400, "rate_pct": 7 }, { "timestamp": 663379200, "rate_pct": 6.75 }, { "timestamp": 665366400, "rate_pct": 6.25 }, { "timestamp": 668390400, "rate_pct": 6 }, ... ] }