Consumer Price Index for *All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)* from U.S. Department Of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is a monthly time series from January 1913. Values are U.S. city averages for all items and 1982-84=100. Note that there are many price indices and this is only one of them (albeit the most standard and with the longest set of data). ## Preparation Run the following script to get the final data at `data/` folder: ``` # Install libraries pip install -r scripts/requirements.txt # Run the script python scripts/process.py ``` ## Data Data is sourced from [bls.gov](https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v2/timeseries/data/) and combined with previous data from 2014 which is now outdated and requires an API for this case. ## Data notes - All `Date` values are formatted as `YYYY-MM-DD` and are always the first day of the month (e.g. `1913-01-01` represents January 1913). - The `Inflation` field is empty for the first row (1913-01-01) because month-on-month percent change requires a prior month value. ## Automation Up-to-date (auto-updates every month) cpi-us dataset could be found on the datahub.io: https://datahub.io/core/cpi-us Automated using Github Actions ## License This Data Package is made available under the Public Domain Dedication and License v1.0 whose full text can be found at: http://www.opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/