What it returns
The US Census Bureau's principal economic indicators from its official Economic Indicators Time Series API, seasonally adjusted, one row per indicator and month, with the change from the previous month.
| field | meaning |. |---|---|. | `indicator`, `title` | preset name and description |. | `program`, `categoryCode`, `dataTypeCode` | the Census program and codes behind the series |. | `month`, `value`, `unit`, `change` | observation, unit and change from the previous month |. Values are the current published estimates, including Census revisions.
Request
POST https://api.pushbuild.com/census-economic-indicators/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
presets | list of strings | Census economic indicators, all seasonally adjusted. Default: retail sales, housing starts, new home sales, durable goods orders and the trade balance. |
lastN | integer | Most recent months per indicator. Ignored when startMonth is set. Default: 12. |
startMonth | string | Return every month from this month. Optional. |
changes | boolean | Add the change from the previous month. Default: true. |
maxItems | integer | Maximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100. |
Example
curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/census-economic-indicators/run \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"presets": ["retail-sales", "housing-starts", "new-home-sales", "durable-goods-orders", "trade-balance"], "maxItems": 20}'Response
{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.
Pricing
Pay only for results returned: $0.16 per 1,000 monthly values. No charge for errors or empty searches.
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