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Banco Central do Brasil Dados Abertos

Brazilian PTAX exchange rates, Selic policy rate, IPCA inflation, and SGS economic time series via open OData and JSON APIs.

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About

The Banco Central do Brasil operates an open data portal delivering Brazilian macroeconomic, monetary, and financial market data. Through open OData and REST endpoints, developers query PTAX exchange rates (the benchmark currency rate for the Brazilian Real), the Selic policy interest rate, IPCA inflation indexes, and thousands of financial time series from the Time Series Management System (SGS).

Through Fibric, an operator tracks Brazilian foreign exchange rates and interest rate releases, proposing currency conversion calculations for Brazilian contracts or inflation adjustments for treasury teams.

This is a reference listing. It documents what Fibric would read from Banco Central do Brasil Dados Abertos and what it could propose, based on the publisher's published interfaces. Fibric builds it under a managed deployment when you request it; selecting it here installs nothing.

Inputs

  • PTAX exchange rates for US Dollar and foreign currencies via Olinda OData CotacaoDolarDia endpoints
  • Closing PTAX exchange rate bulletins published daily at the conclusion of financial trading
  • Target and effective Selic interest rates tracked through the SGS time series API
  • Broad Consumer Price Index (IPCA) monthly inflation series via SGS series lookups
  • Open data catalog definitions and metadata from the Brazilian open data portal

Proposed actions

Read-only. This feed informs operators; it changes nothing.

Proposed actions are target capabilities. Every action runs propose-first and needs a validated deployment and the appropriate permissions.

What you can build

  • Convert cross-border Brazilian invoices at PTAX

    Query closing PTAX foreign exchange rates daily to convert international USD contracts into Brazilian Real for compliant local tax and customs filings.

    With Price List Drift, Customs Declaration

  • Track Latin American inflation adjustments

    Retrieve monthly IPCA inflation figures from the SGS time series API and propose contractual price adjustments on Brazilian service agreements.

    With Unit Cost, Price List Drift

  • Reconcile Brazilian settlement payouts

    Match daily remittance payouts against published BCB exchange rates to identify foreign exchange conversion variances on regional merchant settlements.

    With Payout Reconciliation

Requirements

  • Scheduled querying aligned with BCB PTAX bulletin release windows throughout the Brazilian trading day
  • Series code numbers matching target SGS economic indicators (e.g., series 432 for target Selic rate)
  • Attribution to Banco Central do Brasil under the Open Database License terms
Authentication
None. The Banco Central do Brasil open data portal and Olinda APIs require no registration, API keys, or access tokens.

Limits

  • Olinda OData endpoints return paginated collections with maximum $top limits on bulk queries
  • PTAX rates reflect calculated benchmark averages from currency dealer surveys across four daily windows
  • SGS time series APIs require numeric series identifiers rather than semantic text searches

Access and pricing

Reference listing. Public feed access is separate from Fibric integration. If you request this feed, your quote covers the build, usage, and support.

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Questions and answers

What is the PTAX exchange rate in Brazil?
PTAX is the benchmark foreign exchange rate calculated and published daily by Banco Central do Brasil, derived from arithmetic averages of interbank foreign exchange market rates surveyed during four operating windows.
What protocols does the BCB Open Data portal support?
The BCB portal provides OData v4 query interfaces through its Olinda service, returning structured JSON or CSV data, as well as REST endpoints for its legacy SGS time series system.
Is an API key required to access BCB data?
No. Banco Central do Brasil provides open access to its datasets under Brazil's open government data framework without requiring accounts or API keys.
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This Commons signal listing is developed, published, and supported by Fibric. It reads public data published by Banco Central do Brasil (dadosabertos.bcb.gov.br). Upstream agencies and projects are the property of their respective owners, who are not affiliated with Fibric and do not sponsor or endorse this listing. Trademark policy