# Central Bank Speech Monitor (`junipr/central-bank-speech-monitor`) Actor

Monitor central bank speeches, statements, and policy communication changes from public sources.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/junipr/central-bank-speech-monitor.md
- **Developed by:** [junipr](https://apify.com/junipr) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $6.50 / 1,000 record checkeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Central Bank Speech Monitor

### Store Positioning

**Store title:** Central Bank Speech Monitor

**Short description:** Monitor central bank speeches, statements, and policy communication changes from public sources.

**SEO title:** Central Bank Speech Monitor — official public data extraction and monitoring

**SEO description:** Monitor central bank speeches, statements, and policy communication changes from public sources. Use it to normalize official public data into clean Apify datasets with source-specific fields and report artifacts.

**Categories:** AUTOMATION

**Keywords:** central, bank, speech, monitor, change monitor, public data, official/public-data actor

### Fixed-Inclusive PPE Pricing

This actor uses pay-per-event pricing. Event prices include Apify platform usage; users are not expected to pay a separate platform-usage pass-through charge for the configured pricing model.

- Tier: D1 — Official/public-data actor
- Primary event: `record-checked` at $0.00908 base
- Default max charge: $15.00
- Store discounts: FREE/BRONZE base, SILVER discounted, GOLD deepest approved discount

Event set:

- `actor-start`: base $0.02000, GOLD $0.01760. Central Bank Speech Monitor: charged when actor start is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
- `record-checked`: base $0.00908, GOLD $0.00799. Central Bank Speech Monitor: charged when record checked is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
- `event-detected`: base $0.01300, GOLD $0.01140. Central Bank Speech Monitor: charged when event detected is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.
- `report-generated`: base $0.05000, GOLD $0.04400. Central Bank Speech Monitor: charged when report generated is completed. The price includes Apify platform usage; no separate usage pass-through is intended.

### Public Task Concepts

- Compare previous and current Central Bank Speech snapshots
- Monitor Central Bank Speech changes for a capped watchlist
- Build a Central Bank Speech change digest from supplied evidence
- Prioritize high-impact Central Bank Speech changes
- Export Central Bank Speech change rows for client review

Monitor central bank speeches, statements, and policy communication changes from public sources.

### What This Actor Does

Central Bank Speech Monitor turns small, explicit watchlists or supplied records into structured Apify dataset rows and a concise report. It is built for local-first and Store-safe default runs: the default input uses deterministic fixture records, applies tight caps, and does not spend network, browser, proxy, LLM, or live Apify usage by default.

The actor checks each supplied record for source identity, matched watch terms, actor-specific metadata, issue signals, severity, recommendations, and pricing metadata. It writes one dataset row per processed record and, when enabled, key-value-store JSON and Markdown summaries for review workflows.

### What This Actor Does Not Do

- It does not provide legal, medical, financial, investment, safety, or compliance advice.
- It does not guarantee completeness of any public source or third-party dataset.
- It does not collect sensitive personal data by default.
- It does not rely on unsupported private APIs.
- It does not run live Apify publication, pricing, icon upload, or smoke-test steps from local validation.

### Best Use Cases

- policy speech monitoring
- inflation-topic alerts
- speaker watchlists

### Input Fields Explained

| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `records` | array | fixture records | Records or snapshots to check. Each item can include title, description, body, entity, category, keywords, and metadata. |
| `urls` | array | \[] | Reserved for optional source URLs. Defaults do not fetch URLs. |
| `fetchUrls` | boolean | false | Enables HTTP fetching for records with sourceUrl and no body. Keep false for deterministic local runs. |
| `watchTerms` | array | actor defaults | Terms used to mark relevant records and alerts. |
| `includeReport` | boolean | true | Writes JSON and Markdown report artifacts to the key-value store. |
| `maxItems` | integer | 2 | Caps processed records. Maximum is 50. |
| `maxTextBytes` | integer | 500000 | Caps analyzed text per record. |
| `debug` | boolean | false | Enables debug logging. |

### Example Input

```json
{
  "records": [
    {
      "sourceId": "fed-speech-1",
      "sourceUrl": "https://centralbank.example/fed/speeches/inflation-outlook",
      "title": "Inflation outlook and financial stability",
      "description": "Federal Reserve governor speech discussing inflation risks, rates, and financial stability.",
      "entityName": "Federal Reserve",
      "category": "speech",
      "date": "2026-06-25",
      "keywords": [
        "inflation",
        "rates"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "institution": "Federal Reserve",
        "speaker": "A. Governor",
        "role": "Governor",
        "documentUrl": "https://centralbank.example/fed/speeches/inflation-outlook"
      }
    },
    {
      "sourceId": "central-bank-thin",
      "sourceUrl": "https://centralbank.example/speech/thin",
      "title": "Policy remarks",
      "description": "Short policy remarks without speaker metadata.",
      "entityName": "Example Central Bank",
      "category": "speech",
      "date": "2026-06-24",
      "keywords": [
        "policy"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "institution": "Example Central Bank"
      }
    }
  ],
  "includeReport": true,
  "maxItems": 2
}
```

### Output Fields Explained

| Field | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| `auditId` | Stable hash for the checked record. |
| `sourceId`, `sourceUrl` | Source identifiers for traceability. |
| `status`, `severity`, `score` | Normalized outcome and 0-100 quality/risk score. |
| `matchedKeywords` | Watch terms found in the record text or metadata. |
| `issues`, `issueCodes` | Actor-specific findings with severity and messages. |
| `recommendations` | Next actions for the operator or content/data owner. |
| `metadata` | Original metadata plus derived helper fields when applicable. |
| `pricingTemplate`, `pricingEventName` | Pricing source and primary PPE event used by the actor. |

### Example Output

```json
{
  "auditId": "central_0696992e18126df0",
  "actorSlug": "central-bank-speech-monitor",
  "actorName": "Central Bank Speech Monitor",
  "sourceType": "fixture",
  "sourceId": "fed-speech-1",
  "sourceUrl": "https://centralbank.example/fed/speeches/inflation-outlook",
  "title": "Inflation outlook and financial stability",
  "status": "warn",
  "severity": "low",
  "score": 100,
  "matchedKeywords": [
    "financial stability",
    "inflation",
    "rates"
  ],
  "primaryEntity": "Federal Reserve",
  "category": "speech",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-25",
  "summary": "Federal Reserve governor speech discussing inflation risks, rates, and financial stability.",
  "issueCount": 1,
  "issues": [
    {
      "code": "policy-topic-match",
      "severity": "info",
      "message": "Policy topic matched the watchlist.",
      "recommendation": "Review the speech text and route to the policy monitoring workflow."
    }
  ],
  "issueCodes": [
    "policy-topic-match"
  ],
  "recommendations": [
    "Review the speech text and route to the policy monitoring workflow."
  ],
  "metadata": {
    "institution": "Federal Reserve",
    "speaker": "A. Governor",
    "role": "Governor",
    "documentUrl": "https://centralbank.example/fed/speeches/inflation-outlook",
    "sourceSpecific": {
      "speechRows": [
        {
          "institution": "Federal Reserve",
          "speaker": "A. Governor",
          "speechDate": "2026-06-25",
          "topics": [
            "financial stability",
            "inflation",
            "rates"
          ],
          "sourceUrl": "https://centralbank.example/fed/speeches/inflation-outlook"
        }
      ]
    },
    "normalizedTextPreview": "fed-speech-1 https://centralbank.example/fed/speeches/inflation-outlook Inflation outlook and financial stability Federal Reserve governor speech discussing inflation risks, rates, and financial stability.  Federal Reserve speech inflation "
  },
  "textBytes": 396,
  "checkedAt": "2026-07-02T00:00:00.000Z",
  "pricingTemplate": "D1 — Official/public-data actor",
  "pricingEventName": "record-checked"
}
```

### Cost-Control Tips

- Keep `maxItems` small for default and scheduled checks.
- Use supplied records or snapshots for deterministic QA runs.
- Leave `fetchUrls` off unless live source fetching is explicitly needed.
- Review warning rows before increasing caps.
- Schedule small frequent runs instead of broad one-off sweeps.

### Scheduling Examples

- Daily watchlist check with two to five high-value records.
- Weekly QA run before publishing a site, data, or actor update.
- Post-migration or post-release validation using a fixed fixture set.

### Public Task Examples

- `tiny-default-check` - Run a two-record central bank speech monitor fixture check with report artifacts enabled.
- `watchlist-digest` - Process a small supplied watchlist and summarize matched terms.
- `risk-triage-report` - Return only records with warning or fail status for review workflows.
- `scheduled-monitor` - Run Central Bank Speech Monitor on a daily or weekly schedule with tight caps.
- `schema-and-billing-preflight` - Validate output shape and PPE event names before live setup.

### FAQ

#### Does this actor make live Apify changes?

No. The local package does not push, publish, create tasks, write live pricing, or upload live icons. Those cloud steps are intentionally deferred.

#### Can I use this with live URLs?

Yes, set `fetchUrls` to true and provide records with `sourceUrl`, but the default path is fixture-only so local validation is deterministic and cheap.

#### Why does it charge before pushing output?

Pay-per-event actors must charge before paid output is written. Local runs bypass PPE so tests and smoke checks do not require cloud billing.

#### What happens on charge limits?

The actor stops gracefully and writes a summary instead of pushing unpaid result rows.

#### Is this legal, financial, safety, or compliance advice?

No. The actor produces operational signals and structured data for review. Human owners remain responsible for decisions.

### Troubleshooting

- If the dataset is empty, check that `maxItems` is greater than zero and that records are supplied or defaults are enabled.
- If a record is flagged unexpectedly, inspect `issueCodes`, `matchedKeywords`, and the normalized metadata preview.
- If live fetching fails, rerun with supplied record bodies or snapshots and keep `fetchUrls` false.

### Limitations

This actor only sees the records, snapshots, or URLs supplied to it. It does not guarantee complete public-source coverage, private-source access, or all edge-case parsing. Browser and proxy flows are not used by default.

### Source And Safety Notes

The default fixtures are synthetic and safe for local QA. When connecting public sources, use official or permissioned endpoints where possible and avoid sensitive personal data. Do not use the output as a substitute for professional advice.

### Changelog

- 2026-07-02: Initial local-first actor package with schemas, fixture tests, pricing source, icon registration, and cloud-deferred QA evidence.

# Actor input Schema

## `records` (type: `array`):

Records, snapshots, or source observations to process. Defaults to a tiny deterministic fixture.

## `urls` (type: `array`):

Optional URLs reserved for live fetching when Fetch URLs is true.

## `fetchUrls` (type: `boolean`):

Fetch sourceUrl text over HTTP. Default is false for deterministic local runs.

## `watchTerms` (type: `array`):

Keywords or topics used to flag relevant records.

## `includeReport` (type: `boolean`):

Write JSON and Markdown report artifacts to the key-value store.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum records to process in one run.

## `maxTextBytes` (type: `integer`):

Maximum searchable text bytes per record.

## `dryRun` (type: `boolean`):

Validate input and write a dry-run summary without PPE charges or dataset output.

## `debug` (type: `boolean`):

Enable debug logging.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "records": [
    {
      "sourceId": "fed-speech-1",
      "sourceUrl": "https://centralbank.example/fed/speeches/inflation-outlook",
      "title": "Inflation outlook and financial stability",
      "description": "Federal Reserve governor speech discussing inflation risks, rates, and financial stability.",
      "entityName": "Federal Reserve",
      "category": "speech",
      "date": "2026-06-25",
      "keywords": [
        "inflation",
        "rates"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "institution": "Federal Reserve",
        "speaker": "A. Governor",
        "role": "Governor",
        "documentUrl": "https://centralbank.example/fed/speeches/inflation-outlook"
      }
    },
    {
      "sourceId": "central-bank-thin",
      "sourceUrl": "https://centralbank.example/speech/thin",
      "title": "Policy remarks",
      "description": "Short policy remarks without speaker metadata.",
      "entityName": "Example Central Bank",
      "category": "speech",
      "date": "2026-06-24",
      "keywords": [
        "policy"
      ],
      "metadata": {
        "institution": "Example Central Bank"
      }
    }
  ],
  "urls": [],
  "fetchUrls": false,
  "watchTerms": [
    "inflation",
    "rates",
    "financial stability"
  ],
  "includeReport": true,
  "maxItems": 2,
  "maxTextBytes": 500000,
  "dryRun": false,
  "debug": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Structured result rows in the default dataset.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

Summary JSON in the key-value store when includeReport is enabled.

## `markdownReport` (type: `string`):

Markdown report in the key-value store when includeReport is enabled.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("junipr/central-bank-speech-monitor").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("junipr/central-bank-speech-monitor").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call junipr/central-bank-speech-monitor --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=junipr/central-bank-speech-monitor",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/0g36GvZrUhLiPnNYR/builds/Mx1NeGHOAr5feFdV1/openapi.json