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Fastest Fed Rate Decision Alerts Sub-Second Detection

Five central bank scrapers (FOMC, ECB, BoE, BoJ, RBA) detect official rate decisions in ~1 second post-publication — typically 30+ seconds ahead of First Squawk and Walter Bloomberg Telegram channels. Push, email, and Telegram bot DMs. Pro feature — 7-day free trial, no credit card.

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Sub-Second Detection

5 scrapers running ~10 polls/second against the official Fed, ECB, BoE, BoJ, RBA URLs during the meeting hot window. Detection latency: ~1 second.

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Ahead of Telegram Echo

Historically ~30 seconds faster than First Squawk and Walter Bloomberg. Verified against 8 FOMC + 6 ECB releases in 2026.

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5 Central Banks

FOMC (Fed), ECB, BoE, BoJ, RBA. 24 rate decisions covered per year plus minutes, dots, press conferences (live TV embedded).

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3 Delivery Channels

Browser push notification, email (12-hour digest or instant), Telegram bot DM (Pro). Pick one or all three.

Why milliseconds matter for FOMC and ECB releases

Major central bank rate decisions move forex markets 30–80 pips within the first 2 seconds and 50–150 pips within the first 30 seconds. Liquidity providers withdraw quotes; spreads gap; algorithmic traders front-run the headline. If you're 30 seconds late, you're trading the second move, not the first. The first move is where the asymmetric edge is.

How sub-second scrapers actually work

We built 5 dedicated scrapers — one per central bank — that share a common framework _cb_run_scraper(...). During the meeting hot window (typically 20 minutes before scheduled release through 20 minutes after), each scraper polls the official statement URL at 100 millisecond intervals. The moment the new statement appears, we parse the rate decision line, classify it (hold/cut/hike + bps), and emit a HIGH-impact news item with 0.5–1.5 second latency from the official wire.

  • FOMC: federalreserve.gov/newsevents/pressreleases/monetary.htm
  • ECB: ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date
  • BoE: bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy-summary-and-minutes
  • BoJ: boj.or.jp (PDF parsing via pdfplumber)
  • RBA: rba.gov.au/media-releases

Why we don't pay for Dow Jones Newswires

Most premium news terminals (Bloomberg Terminal, Reuters Eikon, dxFeed) rely on Dow Jones Newswires — a $300–$800/month subscription. We don't. Our scrapers hit the official central bank URLs directly, which means our cost is server CPU + bandwidth (essentially zero). We pass that saving through to you: TNT Pro is €40/month, not €800. Our latency is ~1s vs DJN's ~0.5s — close enough that the price difference dominates the decision.

Coverage: 24 rate decisions per year + minutes

  • FOMC: 8 rate decisions per year (every ~6 weeks) + minutes 3 weeks later
  • ECB: 8 rate decisions per year + meeting account 4 weeks later
  • BoE: 8 MPC meetings per year + minutes same-day
  • BoJ: 8 monetary policy meetings per year + Summary of Opinions 6 weeks later
  • RBA: 11 cash rate decisions per year + minutes 2 weeks later

Plus press conferences for FOMC, ECB, BoE — live YouTube embeds the moment they start.

How alerts are delivered

When a sub-second scraper detects a decision, we fan out within 100 milliseconds via three channels: browser push (Service Worker, even when tab is closed), email (instant or 12-hour digest, your choice), and Telegram bot DM (Pro plan — <500ms delivery). Each alert includes the rate level, change in bps vs prior, and a link to the official statement page.

Common Questions

How fast are the alerts really?

Detection at ~1 second from official URL publication. Fan-out adds ~100ms. Total wall-clock latency: ~1.1 seconds for browser push, ~500ms for Telegram, ~5s for email (mail server queue).

Are you faster than First Squawk?

Yes on average — we've verified ~30 seconds head-start over First Squawk and Walter Bloomberg across 8 FOMC and 6 ECB decisions in 2026. Both channels rely on humans typing the headline; we rely on parsing the URL directly.

What about Reuters or Bloomberg Terminal?

Reuters and Bloomberg are typically ~0.3–0.5s ahead of us because they have direct wire feeds from central banks. They cost €1500–€2500/month.

Which central banks are covered?

FOMC (Fed), ECB, BoE, BoJ, RBA. Coverage of RBNZ, BoC, SNB, and Riksbank is on the 2026 H2 roadmap.

Do I get the rate change in the alert?

Yes — the alert headline includes the new rate level, the change in bps from prior, and a classification (hold/cut/hike). Example: "Fed holds at 4.50% — 11-1 vote, Bowman dissented for hike".

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