US CPI Data & Inflation Report

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  title: US CPI Data & Inflation Report
  description: Gives you official United States inflation numbers from the government's BLS Consumer Price Index. Ask for
    the newest reading, a specific month in the past, or a whole range of months, and get back clear percentages for overall
    inflation and 'core' inflation (which ignores food and energy prices), plus a plain-English summary sentence.
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    end while providing neither period returns the newest single report. Do not send 'period' together with 'start'/'end'
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    historical month. Send 'start' and/or 'end' as YYYY-MM to get a series of months for charting or analysis; omitting both
    start and end while providing neither period returns the newest single report. Do not send 'period' together with 'start'/'end'
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    for that month, not an error.
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    description: Gives you official United States inflation numbers from the government's BLS Consumer Price Index. Ask for
      the newest reading, a specific month in the past, or a whole range of months, and get back clear percentages for overall
      inflation and 'core' inflation (which ignores food and energy prices), plus a plain-English summary sentence.
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      - cost of living
      - price index
      - economic indicators
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      summary: Latest, single-month, or ranged US CPI inflation data from BLS with plain-English summary.
      description: Looks up official United States inflation figures from BLS. Send nothing for the newest month on record,
        a 'period' for one specific month, or a 'start'/'end' pair for a range of months.
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        omitting both start and end while providing neither period returns the newest single report. Do not send 'period'
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        both start and end while providing neither period returns the newest single report. Do not send 'period' together
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      properties:
        reference_period:
          type: string
          title: Reference Period
          description: The month this data covers, shown as year-month.
        headline_index:
          type: number
          title: Headline Index
          description: The overall price index number for this month.
        core_index:
          type: number
          title: Core Index
          description: The price index number for this month, leaving out food and energy prices.
        headline_yoy_pct:
          anyOf:
          - type: number
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          title: Headline Yoy Pct
          description: How much overall prices rose compared to the same month one year earlier, as a percent. Blank if not
            enough history exists yet.
        core_yoy_pct:
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          - type: number
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          title: Core Yoy Pct
          description: How much prices rose compared to the same month one year earlier, leaving out food and energy, as a
            percent. Blank if not enough history exists yet.
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      example:
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        core_yoy_pct: 3.3
        headline_index: 314.796
        headline_yoy_pct: 3.4
        reference_period: 2024-03
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          description: A single month to look up, written as year-month, like 2024-03. Leave this out if you want the newest
            data or a range instead.
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          description: The first month of a historical range, written as year-month, like 2023-01. Leave out to start from
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          description: The last month of a historical range, written as year-month, like 2024-12. Leave out to end at the
            newest available month.
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      title: Request
      example:
        period: 2024-03
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          title: Api Version
          description: API version
          default: 1.0.0
        reference_period:
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          description: The single month this data covers, shown as year-month. Only present for single-month requests.
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          description: The overall price index number for the requested month. Only present for single-month requests.
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          description: The price index number for the requested month, leaving out food and energy prices. Only present for
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          description: How much overall prices rose compared to the same month one year earlier, as a percent. Only present
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          description: A plain-English sentence describing the inflation figures.
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          description: A list of monthly figures, one entry per month, in chronological order. Only present when a range of
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          description: How many months are included in the data list. Only present when a range of months was requested.
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        core_yoy_pct: 3.3
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        headline_yoy_pct: 3.4
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        summary: In 2024-03, prices overall were up 3.4% compared to a year earlier, and core prices (excluding food and energy)
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