oecd.economy.inflation
Get consumer price index (CPI) data and year-on-year inflation rates for any OECD country. Returns all-items CPI growth rate (annual % change) based on the COICOP 1999 classification. Covers all 38 OECD members plus selected non-members at monthly frequency with typical lags of 2–4 weeks. Include...
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What oecd.economy.inflation does on Apibase
AI agents call oecd.economy.inflation to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
country | string | Yes | ISO 3-letter OECD country code (e.g. USA, GBR, DEU, FRA, JPN, CAN, AUS, KOR, ITA, ESP). See OECD reference area codes for the full list of 38 member countries. |
end_period | string | — | End month for CPI data in YYYY-MM format (e.g. "2024-06"). Defaults to latest available. |
max_series | integer | — | Maximum number of time series to return (1–100, default 20). Each series is a unique combination of dimensions such as sector, measure, or adjustment type. |
start_period | string | — | Start month for CPI data in YYYY-MM format (e.g. "2023-01"). Defaults to 12 months ago. |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why oecd.economy.inflation is rated Low
Retrieves public economic data with no side effects or state changes.
From the tool's definition Get consumer price index (CPI) data and year-on-year inflation rates for any OECD country
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The rule that runs oecd.economy.inflation safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For oecd.economy.inflation, this is the rule to start with:
oecd.economy.inflation is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every oecd.economy.inflation call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about oecd.economy.inflation
Get consumer price index (CPI) data and year-on-year inflation rates for any OECD country. Returns all-items CPI growth rate (annual % change) based on the COICOP 1999 classification. Covers all 38 OECD members plus selected non-members at monthly frequency with typical lags of 2–4 weeks. Includes national CPI and Eurostat HICP (for EU members), broken down by expenditure category (food, energy, services, housing, transport, etc.). Essential for inflation monitoring, monetary policy analysis, and cost-of-living comparisons. Source: OECD SDMX API, CC BY 4.0, no auth required, unlimited. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
oecd.economy.inflation accepts 4 parameters: country, end_period, max_series, start_period. Required: country. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for oecd.economy.inflation: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
oecd.economy.inflation is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the oecd.economy.inflation rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for oecd.economy.inflation. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
oecd.economy.inflation is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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