# US CPI inflation release history: actual vs forecast

**Use case:** 

Every US consumer price index release since 2020 (headline and core, month over month and year over year) with actual, forecast and previous values and the surprise versus the forecast, one row per release.

## Input

```json
{
  "dateRange": "next_7_days",
  "startDate": "2020-01-01",
  "endDate": "2026-09-16",
  "timezone": "UTC",
  "countries": [
    "US"
  ],
  "importance": [
    "high",
    "medium"
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "Inflation Rate"
  ],
  "actualFilter": "with-actual",
  "includeDescription": false,
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "monitoringMode": false,
  "resetMonitoringState": false,
  "useProxy": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "currency": {
    "label": "Currency",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "importance": {
    "label": "Importance",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "dateTimeUtc": {
    "label": "Date Time Utc",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "localDateTime": {
    "label": "Local Date Time",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "actual": {
    "label": "Actual",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "forecast": {
    "label": "Forecast",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "previous": {
    "label": "Previous",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "unit": {
    "label": "Unit",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scale": {
    "label": "Scale",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "surprise": {
    "label": "Surprise",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "surpriseDirection": {
    "label": "Surprise Direction",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "change": {
    "label": "Change",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "note": {
    "label": "Note",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "requestedRange": {
    "label": "Requested Range",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "requestUrl": {
    "label": "Request Url",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "httpStatus": {
    "label": "Http Status",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scrapedAt": {
    "label": "Scraped At",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "eventId": {
    "label": "Event Id",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "indicator": {
    "label": "Indicator",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "countryName": {
    "label": "Country Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "importanceCode": {
    "label": "Importance Code",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "dateUtc": {
    "label": "Date Utc",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "timeUtc": {
    "label": "Time Utc",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "localDate": {
    "label": "Local Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "localTime": {
    "label": "Local Time",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "timezone": {
    "label": "Timezone",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "period": {
    "label": "Period",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "referenceDate": {
    "label": "Reference Date",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "actualRaw": {
    "label": "Actual Raw",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "forecastRaw": {
    "label": "Forecast Raw",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "previousRaw": {
    "label": "Previous Raw",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "hasActual": {
    "label": "Has Actual",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "surprisePercent": {
    "label": "Surprise Percent",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "category": {
    "label": "Category",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ticker": {
    "label": "Ticker",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "sourceName": {
    "label": "Source Name",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "sourceUrl": {
    "label": "Source Url",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "description": {
    "label": "Description",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "changes": {
    "label": "Changes",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "isFirstCheck": {
    "label": "Is First Check",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "previousCheckedAt": {
    "label": "Previous Checked At",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "previousActual": {
    "label": "Previous Actual",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "previousForecast": {
    "label": "Previous Forecast",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

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