# agent402.tools Inflation Check

> agent402.tools Inflation Check is a paid API for AI agents from agent402.tools, paid per call via x402, $0.023/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Bundles CPI year-over-year, fed funds rate, unemployment rate, and Sahm rule into a single paid API call to assess recession risk

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://agent402.tools/api/skill/inflation-check
- Price: $0.023/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/agent402-tools-inflation-check-bd48782e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_5UkjT_AVFVdfbY-u2t4SF

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability agent402-tools-inflation-check-bd48782e -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Run the inflation check workflow and tell me if the US economy is currently in recession territory — I want CPI year-over-year, the fed funds rate, unemployment, and whether the Sahm rule has triggered.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need a comprehensive, single-call macro snapshot combining inflation, monetary policy, labor market, and recession-signal data. It saves four separate API calls and payments by bundling CPI, fed funds, unemployment, and Sahm rule into one x402 payment. Prefer this over individual indicator endpoints when building recession dashboards, economic health checks, or when you need correlated macro data in one shot.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure: x402 payment not processed, returning 402 Payment Required
- Partial tool failure: one or more of the 4 underlying data tools (cpi-yoy, fed-funds, unemployment-rate, sahm-rule) fails to return data, potentially returning partial results
- Rate limiting or upstream data source unavailability causing delayed or empty responses
- Invalid request body structure returning 400 Bad Request

## How this service works

Bundled execution of the Inflation check workflow - Is the economy in recession territory? CPI, fed funds, unemployment, and Sahm rule in one call. One x402 payment runs 4 underlying tools (cpi-yoy, fed-funds, unemployment-rate, sahm-rule); partial-success per step.

## Output

Returns aggregated results from four underlying tools: CPI year-over-year rate, current fed funds rate, unemployment rate, and the Sahm rule recession indicator — giving a composite macro snapshot to assess whether the economy is in or approaching recession territory.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "required": [],
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object",
     "required": [
      "pack",
      "args",
      "steps",
      "summary"
     ],
     "properties": {
      "args": {
       "type": "object"
      },
      "pack": {
       "type": "string"
      },
      "steps": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
         "ok": {
          "type": "boolean"
         },
         "slug": {
          "type": "string"
         },
         "result": {
          "type": "object"
         }
        }
       }
      },
      "summary": {
       "type": "string"
      }
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "args": {},
  "pack": "inflation-check",
  "steps": [
   {
    "ok": true,
    "slug": "cpi-yoy",
    "result": {}
   },
   {
    "ok": true,
    "slug": "fed-funds",
    "result": {}
   },
   {
    "ok": true,
    "slug": "unemployment-rate",
    "result": {}
   },
   {
    "ok": true,
    "slug": "sahm-rule",
    "result": {}
   }
  ],
  "summary": "4/4 steps succeeded"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/agent402-tools-inflation-check-bd48782e/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
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