Building an Economic Calendar using Python and APIs
A short and sweet way of acknowledging the latest economic events
Financial news is not the only major factor that influences the stock market but also another prominent aspect which is the economic events. To define it in plain english, economic events are events related to a company’s finance that have economic significance and influences the stock market as well as the company’s financial condition.
Like how stock screeners are built to easily get the latest information on the price changes of the desired stocks, economic calendars are used for updating themselves with the latest and upcoming economic events and making investments accordingly.
Since I’m not really fond of using external economic calendars tools and building things myself is my forte, my go-to for this task is always Python and with the help of EOD Historical Data’s (EODhd) APIs, the process is made easier. In this article, we will be building two different types of economic calendars using EOD Historical Data’s API for economic calendars in Python. Without further ado, let’s dive into the article!
Note: This article is intensely based on the APIs provided by EOD Historical Data. So to follow up with the upcoming content without any distress, make sure that you have an…
