diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 67fc04a..42be349 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Imports:
     digest,
     evaluate,
     ggplot2,
+    jsonlite,
     pbapply,
     PerformanceAnalytics,
     parallel,
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 84591e5..ffa70ea 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ export(backtestSelector)
 export(backtestSummary)
 export(backtestTable)
 export(financialDataResample)
+export(fxmacrodataCalendar)
 export(genRandomFuns)
 export(listPortfoliosWithFailures)
 export(plotPerformanceVsParams)
diff --git a/R/fxmacrodataCalendar.R b/R/fxmacrodataCalendar.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f25f90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/fxmacrodataCalendar.R
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#' Download FXMacroData release-calendar events
+#'
+#' Fetch official-source macroeconomic release events from FXMacroData and
+#' return an \code{xts} object that can be joined with portfolio price windows.
+#'
+#' @param currency ISO currency code, for example \code{"usd"}.
+#' @param limit Maximum number of events to request.
+#' @param min_tier Optional market-tier filter. Use \code{1} for top-tier
+#'   events, \code{2} for medium-or-higher impact, or \code{NULL} for all rows.
+#' @param api_key Optional FXMacroData API key. Defaults to the
+#'   \code{FXMACRODATA_API_KEY} environment variable.
+#' @param base_url FXMacroData REST API base URL.
+#'
+#' @return An \code{xts} object indexed by release date with market tier and
+#'   top-tier flags.
+#' @export
+fxmacrodataCalendar <- function(currency = "usd",
+                                limit = 100,
+                                min_tier = 2,
+                                api_key = Sys.getenv("FXMACRODATA_API_KEY"),
+                                base_url = "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1") {
+  limit <- max(1L, min(as.integer(limit), 100L))
+  params <- paste0("?limit=", limit)
+  if (nzchar(api_key))
+    params <- paste0(params, "&api_key=", utils::URLencode(api_key, reserved = TRUE))
+
+  url <- paste0(
+    sub("/$", "", base_url),
+    "/calendar/",
+    tolower(currency),
+    params
+  )
+
+  payload <- jsonlite::fromJSON(url)
+  events <- payload$data
+  if (is.null(events) || NROW(events) == 0L)
+    return(xts::xts())
+
+  if (!is.null(min_tier) && "market_tier" %in% names(events))
+    events <- events[events$market_tier <= min_tier, , drop = FALSE]
+
+  if (NROW(events) == 0L)
+    return(xts::xts())
+
+  events <- utils::head(events, limit)
+  idx <- as.Date(events$date)
+  values <- data.frame(
+    market_tier = events$market_tier,
+    top_tier_for_currency = events$top_tier_for_currency,
+    release = events$release,
+    name = events$name
+  )
+  xts::xts(values, order.by = idx)
+}
diff --git a/man/fxmacrodataCalendar.Rd b/man/fxmacrodataCalendar.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3cdbe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/fxmacrodataCalendar.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+\name{fxmacrodataCalendar}
+\alias{fxmacrodataCalendar}
+\title{Download FXMacroData release-calendar events}
+\usage{
+fxmacrodataCalendar(currency = "usd", limit = 100, min_tier = 2,
+  api_key = Sys.getenv("FXMACRODATA_API_KEY"),
+  base_url = "https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1")
+}
+\arguments{
+  \item{currency}{ISO currency code, for example \code{"usd"}.}
+  \item{limit}{Maximum number of events to request.}
+  \item{min_tier}{Optional market-tier filter. Use \code{1} for top-tier
+  events, \code{2} for medium-or-higher impact, or \code{NULL} for all rows.}
+  \item{api_key}{Optional FXMacroData API key. Defaults to the
+  \code{FXMACRODATA_API_KEY} environment variable.}
+  \item{base_url}{FXMacroData REST API base URL.}
+}
+\description{
+Fetch official-source macroeconomic release events from FXMacroData and return
+an \code{xts} object that can be joined with portfolio price windows.
+}
+\value{
+An \code{xts} object indexed by release date with market tier and top-tier
+flags.
+}
+\examples{
+\dontrun{
+events <- fxmacrodataCalendar("usd", min_tier = 1)
+}
+}