---
title: "Inflation (Snapshot)"
method: GET
path: "/macro/inflation/snapshot"
tags: ["Macroeconomics"]
---

# Inflation (Snapshot)

`GET /macro/inflation/snapshot`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.financialdatasets.ai`
- URL: `https://api.financialdatasets.ai/macro/inflation/snapshot`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-KEY`

The most recent month of every inflation series (fourteen rows: twelve CPI, two PCE), or of one series when series is given, each with the month-over-month and year-over-year percent changes.

## Query parameters

- `series` string

## Response `200`

Inflation snapshot response

- InflationSnapshotResponse
  - `inflation` InflationObservation[]
    - `series` string: The series id, e.g. cpi_all_sa or pce_core_sa.
    - `date` string: The reference month as its first day in YYYY-MM-DD format, e.g. 2026-08-01 for August 2026. Not the release date.
    - `value` number, nullable: The published index level (1982-84 = 100 for CPI series, 2017 = 100 for PCE series). Null when the month was not published.
    - `change_1m_pct` number, nullable: Percent change from the prior month, rounded to one decimal. Null when either month was not published.
    - `change_12m_pct` number, nullable: Percent change from the same month a year earlier, rounded to one decimal. Null when either month was not published. For cpi_all_nsa this is the headline inflation rate; for pce_core_sa it is the Federal Reserve's preferred measure.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `402`: The request requires a paid subscription
- `404`: The specified resource was not found

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `5872e134b56c`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/financialdatasets/apis/financial-datasets-api/changes/macro/inflation/snapshot/get.md)

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