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Automate FOMC and CPI Alerts with n8n and a Free API
A developer built an n8n workflow that scrapes ForexFactory's economic calendar and sends high-impact USD event alerts to Telegram. The setup uses an Apify actor to parse the calendar into clean JSON, costs nothing on free tiers, and takes about 15 minutes to deploy. It solves the problem of manually checking for market-moving events like FOMC decisions and CPI releases.
Meridian48 take
The workflow is clever but relies on a third-party actor from the same developer, raising questions about long-term reliability and potential lock-in.
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