Connect Trading Economics to clariBI with your API key to sync macroeconomic indicators (GDP, inflation, unemployment and more) for the country you choose, read-only, with auto-generated dashboards next to your business data.
What is Trading Economics?
Trading Economics provides macroeconomic and market indicators for countries worldwide, covering GDP, inflation, unemployment, interest rates and thousands more historical series through one REST API.
clariBI reads Trading Economics through its historical API using your own key: the time series of the indicators you choose, for the country you set. You enter the indicator names (for example gdp or inflation rate), and the connector reads the series read-only. The key is Fernet-encrypted at rest.
How to connect Trading Economics
- Open Data Sources in clariBI. In clariBI, go to Data Sources → Add Data Source, find Trading Economics, and paste your Trading Economics key in the form
client:secret(from tradingeconomics.com). The key is Fernet-encrypted at rest. - Choose indicators and country. Enter the indicator names to track (for example gdp or inflation rate) and set the country. clariBI pulls the historical series and reads it read-only.
- Sync, then get dashboards. clariBI syncs the values, preprocesses them, and builds an insights dashboard. Ask "How did inflation track our pricing?" and the AI engine queries the synced indicators alongside your business data.
What you can analyze
- Value per indicator over your chosen window
- Long-run trend and turning points by country
- Period-over-period change in an indicator
- Comparison across the indicators you track
- Macro context lined up with your revenue periods
- Cross-source: GDP and inflation → demand → revenue
What gets synced
clariBI pulls the historical series of the indicators you select through the Trading Economics REST API, lands it as a preprocessed dataset, and refreshes it on your schedule. Access is read-only.
For each selected indicator, clariBI syncs the historical value for the country you choose, then builds an insights dashboard you can query, extend, or pull into reports.
clariBI only ever reads. It never changes anything in your Trading Economics account.
Questions across your other data
Once your records are synced, the AI engine can join them to the rest of your business data. A few examples:
| Pairing | Question | How clariBI answers |
|---|---|---|
| Trading Economics × Revenue | "How much of our growth tracked the wider economy?" | Planner: read GDP from Trading Economics, align to your revenue by period, and split the change into market growth versus share gains. |
| Trading Economics × Pricing | "Did local inflation outpace our price increases?" | Planner: read the inflation indicator for the country, join to your average selling price by period, and report the real-terms gap. |
Frequently asked questions
What do I need to connect Trading Economics?
A Trading Economics key in the form client:secret from tradingeconomics.com. You paste it into clariBI once; it is Fernet-encrypted at rest, and there is no OAuth popup or app to register.
Can clariBI change anything in Trading Economics?
No. The connector only reads the historical series for the indicators and country you select. It never changes anything in your account.
Which clariBI plan includes the Trading Economics connector?
Data-source connectors are available on the Trial, Starter, Professional, and Enterprise plans. You can connect Trading Economics during the free 14-day trial.