Official release row with the realised value, prior value, forecast field, exact announcement timestamp, and series chart in one canonical workspace.
2024-09-17 08:30 UTC
A release-date view of the official series, capped at the selected announcement so the chart matches the page timestamp.
The official Consumer Price Index inflation row printed 2 for 2024-08-31. The previous value was 2.5 and the forecast field was --.
Use the chart above to compare this release with the recent series path, then use the API endpoint below for point-in-time event studies and model features keyed to the stable release ID.
The values below are the machine-readable citation fields for this announcement. The local and UTC timestamps are kept visible because event studies and trading systems need the exact public release moment, not just the date.
| Public release ID | cad_inflation_2024-09-17 |
|---|---|
| API announcement ID | cad_inflation_2024-08-31 |
| Release time |
2024-09-17 08:30 UTC
|
| Reference period | 2024-08-31 |
| Actual value | 2 |
| Previous value | 2.5 |
| Forecast | -- |
| Surprise | -- |
| Announcement timestamp | 1726561800 |
Move through adjacent announcement records for the same inflation series.
Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.
{
"announcement_datetime": 1726561800,
"announcement_datetime_local": "2024-09-17T04:30:00-04:00",
"announcement_id": "cad_inflation_2024-08-31",
"date": "2024-08-31",
"observation_id": "cad_inflation_canonical_yoy_nsa_standard_period_2024-08-31",
"previous_value": 2.5,
"revisions": [
{
"epoch": 1726561800,
"val": 2.0
}
],
"val": 2.0
}