boi-economic-data
Installation
SKILL.md
BOI Economic Data
Instructions
Step 1: Identify the Data Type
Ask the user what economic data they need:
| Data Type | Hebrew | Source | Update Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interest rate | ריבית בנק ישראל | BOI Monetary Committee | Announced ~6 times/year |
| Exchange rates | שערי חליפין (שער יציג) | BOI | Daily (published ~15:30) |
| CPI (Consumer Price Index) | מדד המחירים לצרכן | CBS (Lishkat HaStatistika) | Monthly (around 15th of following month) |
| Inflation expectations | ציפיות אינפלציה | BOI | Monthly |
| Government bonds yield | תשואת אג"ח ממשלתי | BOI / TASE | Daily |
| Monetary aggregates | אגרגטים מוניטריים | BOI | Monthly |
Step 2: Fetch Data from BOI API
The Bank of Israel serves public data from its "new series database" (Fusion Edge Server) using the SDMX 2.1 REST API. The working data path is https://edge.boi.gov.il/FusionEdgeServer/ws/public/sdmxapi/rest/data/{DATAFLOW}/{series} (the older sdmx/v2/data/dataflow/BOI/... path returns 404). The API returns SDMX-XML; observations come as <Obs TIME_PERIOD="..." OBS_VALUE="..."/> elements. The server rejects the default urllib User-Agent, so send a normal browser User-Agent. The canonical endpoint reference is references/boi-api.md.