Track Federal Reserve Updates
Fetch and summarize Federal Reserve press releases, news, events, and calendars with impact tags and email or Telegram alerts.
Federal ReserveMonetary PolicyNews MonitoringEmail Alerts
Overview
Stay updated on the latest Federal Reserve press releases, news, speeches, and events with this workflow. It fetches official public feeds, extracts and cleans key information, tags items by topic, assesses impact levels, and sends concise summaries via email and Telegram.
Key Features
This workflow performs the following actions:
- Fetches multiple XML feeds and a calendar page from official Federal Reserve sources.
- Parses XML and HTML content to extract titles, summaries, dates, categories, URLs, and speakers.
- Cleans text by removing HTML tags and decoding special characters.
- Applies custom logic to tag items (e.g., "Monetary Policy", "FOMC") and determines impact levels (e.g., HIGH for significant policy announcements).
- Merges, deduplicates, and sorts all items from different feeds.
- Sends a formatted HTML email listing top updates with impact highlights.
- Sends Telegram messages summarizing key news and events.
- Optionally creates calendar events and logs entries in Notion for further tracking.
Requirements
- Access to the Needle platform to run workflows.
- Connected Gmail account for sending emails.
- Connected Telegram bot for sending messages.
- Connections for Google Calendar and Notion are optional for event and data logging.
How It Works
| Step | Description |
|---|---|
| Scheduled Trigger | Runs daily at 6 PM EST to initiate data collection. |
| HTTP Requests | Retrieve XML feeds and calendar HTML from Federal Reserve URLs. |
| Code Nodes | Parse content, clean text, and extract structured data with tags and impact levels. |
| Merge & Deduplication | Combine all sources into one sorted list, removing duplicates. |
| Email & Telegram | Compose and send digest summaries highlighting high-impact items. |
| Optional Nodes | Create Google Calendar events and Notion pages for logged items. |
Outputs
- An email with a clean, concise summary of the latest Federal Reserve updates.
- Telegram messages with key news/event highlights.
- (Optional) Google Calendar events and Notion database entries for tracking.
Notes
- The workflow focuses on major terms related to Federal Reserve policies and key figures to highlight important developments.
- Limitations include a maximum of six items in the email for brevity.
- Runs daily but can be rescheduled as needed.
- Workflow can be extended to integrate additional communication channels or data stores.
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