Inflation
Inflation
Inflation
Monthly snapshot of US price inflation across three major indices — CPI, PCE, and PPI — each provided as both an index level and a month-over-month percentage change, with headline and core variants. Sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) via FRED covering consumer prices, the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, and producer/pipeline price pressure. Date field reflects the first day of the reference month.
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Use Cases
Fed policy and rate expectations modeling (core PCE is the Fed's 2% target benchmark), real wage growth analysis (nominal wage growth vs. CPI), equity sector rotation (inflation winners and losers), fixed income duration and yield analysis, earnings margin analysis (PPI as input cost signal), pipeline inflation monitoring (PPI leads CPI), consumer purchasing power assessment, alert triggers on MoM CPI or PCE threshold breaches, and cross-referencing with INTEREST_RATES and LABOR_MARKET_MONTHLY for a complete macro picture.
Highlights
The MONTHLY_INFLATION dataset covers twelve inflation fields covering the full price measurement stack from producer inputs (PPI) through consumer prices (CPI) to the Fed's own preferred gauge (core PCE). Headline and core variants are provided for all three indices, enabling both the market-facing inflation narrative and the Fed's underlying signal to be read side by side. PPI leads CPI by weeks, making the producer price fields a valuable forward indicator of consumer price pressure. Together, these fields support everything from a one-line macro backdrop sentence to a full inflation regime analysis.
Provider
Methods
https://api.blueskyapi.com/v1/data/CORE/MONTHLY_INFLATIONhttps://api.blueskyapi.com/v1/data/CORE/MONTHLY_INFLATION/:country
Time Series Query Parameters
You can use any time series query parameters with this dataset.
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Response Attributes
| Key | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| coreCpi | number, null | |
| coreCpiMoMChgPc | number, null | |
| corePcepi | number, null | |
| corePcepiMoMChgPc | number, null | |
| corePpi | number, null | |
| corePpiMoMChgPc | number, null | |
country* key | string | |
| cpi | number, null | |
| cpiMoMChgPc | number, null | |
date* index | string | |
| pcepi | number, null | |
| pcepiMoMChgPc | number, null | |
| ppi | number, null | |
| ppiMoMChgPc | number, null |
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| Field | Description | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| cpi | Consumer Price Index, all items | Index level |
| cpiMoMChgPc | CPI month-over-month change | % (e.g. 0.27 = 0.27%) |
| coreCpi | CPI excluding food and energy | Index level |
| coreCpiMoMChgPc | Core CPI month-over-month change | % |
| pcepi | PCE Price Index, all items | Index level |
| pcepiMoMChgPc | PCEPI month-over-month change | % |
| corePcepi | Core PCE Price Index (ex. food & energy) | Index level |
| corePcepiMoMChgPc | Core PCEPI month-over-month change | % |
| ppi | Producer Price Index, final demand | Index level |
| ppiMoMChgPc | PPI month-over-month change | % |
| corePpi | Core PPI (ex. food, energy & trade) | Index level |
| corePpiMoMChgPc | Core PPI month-over-month change | % |
Disclaimer
Monthly inflation data is sourced from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) via the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED). This data is provided for informational purposes only and is subject to the terms of use of the respective data providers. Blue-Sky Data Platform LLC makes no representations as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the data and accepts no liability for decisions made in reliance upon it. Users are responsible for ensuring their use of this data complies with applicable provider terms and licensing requirements.
Attribution
CPI and PPI data: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) via the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED). PCE and core PCE data: US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) via FRED. Key FRED series: CPIAUCSL (CPI), CPILFESL (core CPI), PCEPI (PCE price index), PCEPILFE (core PCE), PPIACO (PPI), PPIFID (core PPI).