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USCPI
U.S. Consumer Price Index
A synthetic asset that tracks the latest price for the U.S. Consumer Price index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average.
Display Name: U.S. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average
Symbol: USCPI
EMP Price Identifier: Numerical
Market: Published by https://www.bls.gov/
Data Update Frequency: Monthly
Price Feed Source: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/fred/
Data Providers:
- Real-time or latest price: Use the chart provided by this link https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCSL
- Historical data: Configure the following URL by inputting values for 'api_key=' and 'observation_start=':
To determine the monthly price for USCPI for the given month of a request timestamp, voters must do the following:
- 1.Get the request timestamp.
- 2.Convert the timestamp to UTC time.
- 3.Get the exact date/month/year.
- 5.Acquire an API key.
- 6.Using the following URL, enter the required values for 'api_key=' and 'observation_start=':
- 7.Paste the configured URL into your browser's search bar.
- 8.Retrieve the CPI Price from the response JSON. The correct CPI price for a given date will be located beside the “value” keyword within the response JSON.
Example response object
{"realtime_start":"2023-03-06","realtime_end":"2023-03-06","observation_start":"2022-12-22","observation_end":"9999-12-31","units":"lin","output_type":1,"file_type":"json","order_by":"observation_date","sort_order":"asc","count":2,"offset":0,"limit":100000,"observations":[{"realtime_start":"2023-03-06","realtime_end":"2023-03-06","date":"2022-12-01","value":"298.990"},{"realtime_start":"2023-03-06","realtime_end":"2023-03-06","date":"2023-01-01","value":"300.536"}]}
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