Economic Indicators

CPI Data

GET/v2/economy/cpi/{country}

Returns Consumer Price Index data for a country, grouped by metric. For AE, SA, QA and KW this shortcut selects CPI_WB, the annual World Bank index (2010=100), not the inflation percentage. Availability starts after the country dimensions and observations have been loaded.

Included in: Growth.

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Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
country	path	string	yes	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., `US`, `DE`, `JP`) Example `US`

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country required path

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g., `US`, `DE`, `JP`)

GET /v2/economy/cpi/US

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Example response 200

{
  "data": {
    "category": "inflation",
    "country": "US",
    "metrics": [
      {
        "code": "CPI",
        "name": "CPI All Urban Consumers (Index 1982-1984=100)",
        "frequency": "Monthly",
        "unit": "INDEX_1982",
        "seriesCode": "CPIAUCSL",
        "data": [
          {
            "referencePeriod": "2026-08-01",
            "value": 334.131
          },
          {
            "referencePeriod": "2026-07-01",
            "value": 332.813
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "code": "CPI",
        "name": "CPI All Urban Consumers (Index 2015=100)",
        "frequency": "Monthly",
        "unit": "INDEX_2015",
        "seriesCode": "DSD_PRICES@DF_PRICES_ALL/{CC}.M.N.CPI.PA._T.N.GY",
        "data": [
          {
            "referencePeriod": "2026-02-01",
            "value": 2.414113
          },
          {
            "referencePeriod": "2026-01-01",
            "value": 2.386431
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "parameters": {
      "country": "US",
      "metric": "CPI"
    },
    "time": 40
  }
}

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Response 200

Successful response · application/json

dataEconomyIndicatorResponse
Macroeconomic indicator data grouped by metric.
- categorystring | null
  Metric category
  One of business_confidence consumer_confidence consumer_spending economic_sentiment employment gdp government housing income industrial_production inflation interest_rates investment manufacturing money_supply trade
  Example inflation
- countrystring | null
  ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code
  Example US
- metricsarray of EconomyMetricrequired
  Metrics matching the query, each with its own data array
metaResponseMeta
Response envelope metadata. Always present on a 200: time is set by core/response.py on every successful response. Errors carry the same block, built by the same code, so a client parses one meta shape whether the call succeeded or failed.
- timeinteger
  Server-side processing time in milliseconds
  Example 17
- parametersobject
  Echo of the request parameters the endpoint resolved

Errors

400Invalid request parameters. Returned when required query parameters are missing, have invalid types, or violate constraints (e.g., providing both symbol and isin when they are mutually exclusive).
401Missing or invalid API key.
404Resource not found.
429Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the `Retry-After` header interval.
500An unexpected error occurred on the server. If the issue persists, contact support with the X-Request-Id header value.
502Upstream data provider returned an error or is temporarily unavailable. Retry after a short delay.
504The request timed out waiting for a response from the upstream data provider. This may occur for complex queries or during peak load.
defaultAn unexpected error occurred on the server. If the issue persists, contact support with the X-Request-Id header value.