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About मुख्य मुद्रास्फीति (SAR)
Core inflation for Saudi Arabia excludes volatile food and energy prices from the consumer price basket, providing a cleaner measure of underlying price dynamics. The Saudi Central Bank places significant weight on this series when calibrating interest rate decisions.
Why FX traders watch it
Food and energy prices are subject to supply shocks that central banks cannot easily influence. Core inflation removes this noise and better reflects whether domestic demand and wage pressures are pushing prices sustainably higher.
How to interpret the data
Persistent core inflation above target gives the Saudi Central Bank justification to hold rates high or continue hiking, supporting the sar. Core inflation trending lower is the clearest signal that rate cuts may be approaching.
Historical मुख्य मुद्रास्फीति (SAR)
Source: ABS
· Quarterly
· %YoY
Chart data not available. Access the full historical series via the API endpoint above.
This page documents the exact request inputs, response fields, access model, and currently published history window for
/api/v1/announcements/sar/core_inflation.
Coverage window
Coverage metadata updating
History start
Updating
Latest documented date
Updating
Cadence
Quarterly
Unit
%YoY
Data Source
Primary Source
ABS
Official Series ID
Data Format and Properties
Data Frequency
Quarterly
Unit of Measure
%YoY
JSON Response Structure
The endpoint returns a chronological list of observations in JSON format, plus pagination metadata so larger series can be fetched page by page.
USD is free without a key. All other currencies require a Professional API key.
Public USD endpoint — anonymous callers receive the most recent 365 days. Add `?api_key=YOUR_API_KEY` to page through full stored USD history or to access any other currency. Date filters are applied before pagination. The default page size is 20 rows and the maximum is 100. Use either `page` or `offset`; when both are provided, `page` takes precedence. Forecasts are served separately by /v1/predictions/sar; join via `announcement_id`.
Data source and provenance
Macroeconomic announcement and catalogue rows are normalized from official central-bank, national statistics, treasury, or government publisher releases. Responses expose publisher metadata via source, source_url, and provenance fields where available.
Responses expose source, source_url, and provenance fields so consumers can cite the upstream publisher and FXMacroData serving path.
Path parameters
Parameter
Required
Type
Description
currency
YES
string
3-letter currency code.
indicator
YES
string
Indicator slug. Use /v1/data_catalogue/{currency} to list available slugs per currency.
Query parameters
Parameter
Required
Format
Description
start_date
NO
string (YYYY-MM-DD)
Earliest observation date to include. Date filters are applied before pagination. Authenticated requests page through full stored history when omitted; anonymous USD requests are limited to the most recent 365 days.
end_date
NO
string (YYYY-MM-DD)
Latest observation date to include. Defaults to today.
limit
NO
integer
Maximum number of rows to return per page. Defaults to 20; maximum 100.
page
NO
integer
One-based page number. When supplied, page takes precedence over offset; page=2 with limit=20 is equivalent to offset=20.
offset
NO
integer
Zero-based row offset after date filtering. Use with pagination.next_offset to request the next page.
api_key
Pro (USD: free for last 365 days)
string
Professional API key. Required for non-USD currencies and for USD requests that need history older than 365 days.
Pagination behavior
Use start_date and end_date to narrow the series first, then page through the filtered result with limit plus either page or offset.
The default page size is 20 rows and the maximum is 100. page is one-based; offset is zero-based, and page takes precedence when both are supplied.
Authenticated announcement requests without start_date page through the full stored history; anonymous USD requests are limited to the freemium window.
The response includes earliest_available_date and latest_available_date for the series coverage inside the requested date window, plus a pagination object with
returned_count, total_count, has_more, and next_offset.
Response fields
Field
Type
Description
currency
string
3-letter currency code.
indicator
string
Indicator slug as requested.
has_official_forecast
boolean
True if the central bank publishes an official forecast for this indicator.
start_date
string
Earliest date in the filtered result set (YYYY-MM-DD).
end_date
string
Latest date in the filtered result set (YYYY-MM-DD).
earliest_available_date
string | null
Earliest date available for this series before any date filter or pagination is applied.
latest_available_date
string | null
Latest date available for this series before pagination is applied.
pagination.limit
integer
Page size used for this response.
pagination.offset
integer
Zero-based offset used for this response.
pagination.returned_count
integer
Number of rows included in data[].
pagination.total_count
integer
Total number of rows matching the path and date filters before pagination.
pagination.has_more
boolean
True when another page is available.
pagination.next_offset
integer | null
Offset to use for the next page, or null when there are no more rows.
cb_target
object | null
Central bank target metadata (e.g. inflation target range), if applicable.
data[].date
string
Observation date (YYYY-MM-DD).
data[].announcement_id
string
Stable announcement identifier in the form `{currency}_{indicator}_{date}` — use it to join predictions from /v1/predictions/{currency} and revision history.
data[].val
number | null
Observed value in the indicator's native unit.
data[].announcement_datetime
integer | null
Unix timestamp (UTC) of the official data release.
data[].pct_change
number | null
Period-over-period percentage change.
data[].pct_change_12m
number | null
12-month rolling percentage change.
source
string
Human-readable upstream publisher or source family for this response.
source_url
string | null
Official publisher URL or source landing page when available.
provenance
object
Structured provenance metadata including publisher, storage layer, served_by, timestamp field, and value field.
source_series_name
string | null
Publisher's source-series label when FXMacroData stores one.
source_local_name
string | null
Local-language or publisher-native series name when available.
provenance.publisher
string
Official upstream publisher for the requested currency/indicator series.
provenance.storage
string
FXMacroData serving storage layer, typically FXMacroData Firestore.
Example Usage
To retrieve the first page of मुख्य मुद्रास्फीति data for SAR from 2023:
GET https://fxmacrodata.com/api/v1/announcements/sar/core_inflation?start_date=2023-01-01&end_date=2023-12-31&limit=20&page=1&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Saudi Central Bank use core or headline inflation to set rates?
Most central banks reference core or an equivalent 'underlying' measure as the primary policy guide, while also monitoring headline CPI for second-round effects.