Global Economic Pulse

Real-time aggregation of 5 international economic APIs with composite economic health scoring (0-100).

Purpose

This Actor analyzes the economic health of any country by combining data from:

• World Bank - GDP growth, inflation, poverty metrics
• OECD - Unemployment, labor statistics
• European Central Bank (ECB) - Interest rates, monetary policy (Euro zone)
• Eurostat - EU economic and social statistics
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) - US economic indicators

Produces a single Economic Health Score (0-100) combining:

1. GDP Growth Rate (25% weight)
2. Inflation Rate (20% weight)
3. Unemployment Rate (20% weight)
4. Government Debt/GDP Ratio (20% weight)
5. Current Account Balance (15% weight)

Input

Required

• countryCode (string) — Two-letter ISO country code (e.g., KR, US, DE)

Optional

• includeHistorical (boolean, default: true) — Return 3-year historical trend data
• verbose (boolean, default: false) — Include detailed API metadata and source info

Output

{
  "countryCode": "KR",
  "countryName": "South Korea",
  "economicHealthScore": 72.3,
  "indicators": {
    "gdpGrowthRate": 2.5,
    "inflationRate": 3.1,
    "unemploymentRate": 4.2,
    "governmentDebtToGdp": 45.6,
    "currentAccountBalance": 2.1
  },
  "dataAvailability": {
    "worldBank": true,
    "oecd": true,
    "ecb": false,
    "eurostat": false,
    "bls": false
  },
  "historicalTrends": [...],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "World Bank",
      "url": "https://data.worldbank.org",
      "license": "CC-BY 4.0",
      "attribution": "Data source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)"
    },
    ...
  ],
  "disclaimer": "...",
  "timestamp": "2024-04-08T15:30:00Z"
}

Examples

Basic Usage

{
  "countryCode": "KR"
}

With Historical Trends

{
  "countryCode": "DE",
  "includeHistorical": true,
  "verbose": false
}

Verbose Output

{
  "countryCode": "US",
  "verbose": true
}

Data Coverage

Country	World Bank	OECD	ECB	Eurostat	BLS
South Korea	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌
United States	✅	✅	❌	❌	✅
Germany	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌
UK	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌
Japan	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌
China	✅	✅	❌	❌	❌

Pricing

• $0.15 per country analysis (Pay-per-Event model)
• Billed only when analysis completes successfully
• No charge if API fails

⚠️ Legal Disclaimer

This Actor aggregates publicly available economic data from:

• World Bank Open Data (CC-BY 4.0)
• OECD Data (CC-BY 4.0)
• European Central Bank (public data)
• Eurostat (CC-BY 4.0 / free re-use)
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics (public domain)

NOT investment advice. This Actor provides statistical aggregation and historical data visualization only.

• Does NOT recommend BUY/SELL/HOLD decisions
• Does NOT guarantee data accuracy or forecasting
• Does NOT constitute financial, economic, or investment advice
• Users are responsible for verifying data with original sources
• Historical data does not predict future performance

All source data is redistributed under the original license terms with attribution. Data retrieved in real-time; not cached or stored by this Actor.

Attribution:

• "Data source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)"
• "Data source: OECD (CC BY 4.0)"
• "Data source: Eurostat (© European Union, free re-use allowed)"

Technical Details

• Runtime: Node.js 18+
• Timeout: 120 seconds per country
• Memory: ~128MB per run
• Concurrent API calls: 5 (parallel fetch)
• Source availability: 5 international government/institutional APIs

Support

For issues or questions, please contact the developer. Data accuracy is subject to source API availability and update frequency.

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Last updated: 2026-04-08