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Get the latest quarterly CPI for Australia

ABS publishes headline CPI every quarter. This endpoint returns the most recent print as JSON.

Steps

  1. 1Call /v1/data/abs/cpi with limit=1.
  2. 2Read the index value and reference period.

Code

cURL
curl https://api.ausdata.io/v1/data/abs/cpi?limit=1 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"
Python
import requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.ausdata.io/v1/data/abs/cpi?limit=1",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_KEY"},
)
print(r.json())
JavaScript
const r = await fetch("https://api.ausdata.io/v1/data/abs/cpi?limit=1", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_KEY" },
});
console.log(await r.json());

Watch out for

  • ABS revises trimmed-mean numbers in later releases.
  • The headline series is not seasonally adjusted by default.

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