Inflation check
Is the economy in recession territory? CPI, fed funds, unemployment, and Sahm rule in one call.
$0.10
per call · one payment for the whole workflow
POST /api/skill/inflation-check
4 tools run server-side in one request. You pay once, settle once, and get a single response - no orchestration, no per-step payments, and a partial-success envelope if any step fails. USDC over x402 on any supported chain.
When to use this pack
Quick macro health check - the four numbers that answer 'are we in a recession?'
Tools in this pack
All 4 run inside the single $0.10 call above. Each is also callable on its own if you only need one part.
- US CPI year-over-year inflation GET /api/cpi-yoy Latest US Consumer Price Index year-over-year inflation rate (headline CPI-U) plus the trailing 12 months of YoY readings - the headline inflation number. Source: FRED CPIAUCSL with pc1 transformation. No params.
- Effective federal funds rate GET /api/fed-funds Current effective federal funds rate plus a trailing N-day series. Source: FRED DFF (Board of Governors). ?days=30 (1-365, default 30).
- US unemployment rate (UNRATE) GET /api/unemployment-rate Latest US unemployment rate plus a trailing N-month series for trend. Source: FRED UNRATE (Bureau of Labor Statistics). ?months=12 (1-120, default 12).
- Sahm Rule recession indicator GET /api/sahm-rule Real-time Sahm Rule recession indicator from FRED (SAHMREALTIME series). The Sahm Rule triggers when the 3-month moving average of US unemployment rises ≥0.50 percentage points above its prior-12-month low - historically a clean recession signal. No params.
Workflow
- Pull CPI year-over-year for the headline inflation read.
- Get the effective fed funds rate for the current policy stance.
- Pull the unemployment rate (U-3).
- Compute the Sahm rule - triggers when 3-month unemployment average rises >0.5pp above its 12-month low.
Call it directly
Any x402 client pays the 402 and gets the whole workflow back in one response:
npx agent402-client call inflation-check {}
Run it in Claude
claude mcp add agent402 -s user -- npx -y agent402-mcp@latest
Then paste this prompt into Claude:
Run a recession check using Agent402's inflation-check skill pack. Get (1) CPI YoY, (2) fed funds rate, (3) unemployment rate, (4) Sahm rule. Is the economy in recession territory?