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retail_prices

Get retail prices for common items.

Examples

from openbb import obb
obb.economy.retail_prices(provider='fred')
# The price of eggs in the northeast census region.
obb.economy.retail_prices(item='eggs', region=northeast, provider='fred')
# The percentage change in price, from one-year ago, of various meats, US City Average.
obb.economy.retail_prices(item='meats', transform=pc1, provider='fred')

Parameters

item: str
The item or basket of items to query.

country: str
Default: united_states
The country to get data.

start_date: date | str
Start date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

end_date: date | str
End date of the data, in YYYY-MM-DD format.


Returns

results: list[RetailPrices]

Serializable results.

provider: Optional[Literal['fred']]

Provider name.

warnings: Optional[list[Warning_]]

list of warnings.

chart: Optional[Chart]

Chart object.

extra: dict[str, Any]

Extra info.


Data

date: date | str
The date of the data.

symbol: str
Symbol representing the entity requested in the data.

country: str
description: str
Description of the item.

value: float
Price, or change in price, per unit.