def market_clock ( self ):
	"""Receive information about the state of the exchange
	"""
	url_suffix = 'market/clock.json'

	results = self.call_api (
		method		= 'GET',
		url_suffix	= url_suffix,
		use_auth	= False
	)

	x = { k:v
		for k,v in results.items()
		if k in ( 'message','status')
	}
	return x