specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Trading Economics
providerId: tradingeconomics
created: '2026-07-11'
modified: '2026-07-11'
reconciled: true
tags:
- Economic Indicators
- Interest Rates
- Macroeconomics
- Financial Data
- FinOps
- Cost Management
- FOCUS
description: >-
  FinOps view of Trading Economics API spend. Unlike usage-metered AI or
  infrastructure APIs, Trading Economics bills flat subscription tiers
  (Standard, Professional, Enterprise) sized by features used, request
  volume, and redistribution rights, billed monthly on yearly commitments.
  Cost optimization is therefore about right-sizing the tier against actual
  request volume and row consumption rather than per-call metering.
notes: >-
  Tier prices were grounded from a June 2026 third-party comparison
  (Standard $149/month, Professional $299/month, billed yearly); verify on
  the provider pricing page during reconciliation.
sources:
- https://tradingeconomics.com/api/pricing.aspx
- https://docs.tradingeconomics.com/get_started/rate-limits/
- https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: Trading Economics
serviceCategory: Analytics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Committed
  billingFrequency: Monthly
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
  - Purchase
  - Adjustment
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Trading Economics API
  ServiceCategory: Analytics
  ProviderName: Trading Economics
  PublisherName: Trading Economics
  InvoiceIssuerName: Trading Economics
  BillingCurrency: USD
  ChargeCategory: Purchase
  PricingCategory: Committed
meters:
- name: api_requests
  description: REST API requests made against the subscription; not billed per call but bounded by plan volume and the 2 requests/second limit.
  unit: requests
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - endpoint_group
- name: data_points
  description: Data points (rows) returned; trial accounts are capped at 100,000 data points, and paid plan sizing tracks volume consumed.
  unit: rows
  aggregation: sum
  dimensions:
  - account
  - endpoint_group
- name: streaming_connections
  description: Concurrent WebSocket connections to wss://stream.tradingeconomics.com and topics subscribed.
  unit: connections
  aggregation: max
  dimensions:
  - account
  - topic
principles:
- name: Visibility
  description: Log request counts and rows returned per endpoint group (indicators, calendar, markets, forecasts, historical) to see what the subscription is actually used for.
- name: Allocation
  description: Front the single API key with an internal proxy that tags consuming teams and workloads, since the provider bills one subscription per account.
- name: Optimization
  description: Cache slow-moving indicator and forecast data (most macro series update monthly or quarterly), use the updates endpoints to sync deltas instead of re-pulling full series, and use the WebSocket stream instead of polling for calendar releases and market ticks.
- name: Accountability
  description: Review request volume against plan size at renewal; downgrade or upgrade the yearly commitment based on observed volume.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com