cpi

Get Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Returns either the rescaled index value, or a rate of change (inflation).

Examples

from openbb import obb
obb.economy.cpi(country='japan,china,turkey', provider='fred')
# Use the `transform` parameter to define the reference period for the change in values. Default is YoY.
obb.economy.cpi(country='united_states,united_kingdom', transform='period', provider='oecd')

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Parameters

• standard
• fred
• oecd

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
country	Union[str, List[str]]	The country to get data. Multiple items allowed for provider(s): fred, oecd.	united_states	True
transform	Literal['index', 'yoy', 'period']	Transformation of the CPI data. Period represents the change since previous. Defaults to change from one year ago (yoy).	yoy	True
frequency	Literal['annual', 'quarter', 'monthly']	The frequency of the data.	monthly	True
harmonized	bool	If true, returns harmonized data.	False	True
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
country	str	The country to get data.	united_states	True
transform	Literal['index', 'yoy', 'period']	Transformation of the CPI data. Period represents the change since previous. Defaults to change from one year ago (yoy).	yoy	True
frequency	Literal['annual', 'quarter', 'monthly']	The frequency of the data.	monthly	True
harmonized	bool	If true, returns harmonized data.	False	True
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True

Name	Type	Description	Default	Optional
country	str	Country to get CPI for. This is the list of OECD supported countries	united_states	True
transform	Literal['index', 'yoy', 'period']	Transformation of the CPI data. Period represents the change since previous. Defaults to change from one year ago (yoy).	yoy	True
frequency	Literal['annual', 'quarter', 'monthly']	The frequency of the data.	monthly	True
harmonized	bool	If true, returns harmonized data.	False	True
start_date	Union[date, str]	Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
end_date	Union[date, str]	End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.	None	True
expenditure	Literal['total', 'all', 'actual_rentals', 'alcoholic_beverages_tobacco_narcotics', 'all_non_food_non_energy', 'clothing_footwear', 'communication', 'education', 'electricity_gas_other_fuels', 'energy', 'overall_excl_energy_food_alcohol_tobacco', 'food_non_alcoholic_beverages', 'fuels_lubricants_personal', 'furniture_household_equipment', 'goods', 'housing', 'housing_excluding_rentals', 'housing_water_electricity_gas', 'health', 'imputed_rentals', 'maintenance_repair_dwelling', 'miscellaneous_goods_services', 'recreation_culture', 'residuals', 'restaurants_hotels', 'services_less_housing', 'services_less_house_excl_rentals', 'services', 'transport', 'water_supply_other_services']	Expenditure component of CPI.	total	True

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Returns

OBBject
    results : List[ConsumerPriceIndex]
        Serializable results.

    provider : Optional[Literal['fred', 'oecd']]
        Provider name.

    warnings : Optional[List[Warning_]]
        List of warnings.

    chart : Optional[Chart]
        Chart object.

    extra : Dict[str, Any]
        Extra info.

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Data

• standard
• fred
• oecd

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[date, str]	The date of the data.
country	str	None
value	float	CPI index value or period change.

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[date, str]	The date of the data.
country	str	None
value	float	CPI index value or period change.

Name	Type	Description
date	Union[date, str]	The date of the data.
country	str	None
value	float	CPI index value or period change.
expenditure	str	Expenditure component of CPI.