# BLS CPI Component Inflation Data by Category

> BLS CPI Component Inflation Data by Category is a paid API for AI agents from www.stratalize.com, paid per call via x402, $0.1/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI inflation data broken down by category (food, energy, housing, medical care, transportation, core, etc.) with recent directional trends

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.stratalize.com/api/x402/bls-inflation-components
- Price: $0.1/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/bls-cpi-component-inflation-data-by-category-4dae6325
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_8ZJGSIVbnx5mitqOOY09R

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## 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 bls-cpi-component-inflation-data-by-category-4dae6325
```

Example prompt: Pull the current BLS CPI data for the housing category — I need the latest inflation rate and whether it's trending up or down for a contract escalation analysis.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative, verifiable, category-level CPI inflation data sourced directly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — especially when building pricing strategies, contract escalation clauses, cost pressure models, or treasury assumptions that require cryptographic auditability. Prefer over general macroeconomic endpoints when you need a specific inflation component (food, energy, housing, medical care, transportation, or core CPI) rather than a headline number.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid category enum value returns 400 error
- BLS data temporarily unavailable returns 503
- Payment not processed (x402 protocol failure) returns 402
- Rate limit exceeded returns 429

## How this service works

Stratalize — attested finance, legal, healthcare, and compliance intelligence. Signed, independently verifiable receipt on every call (trust.stratalize.com/verify). BLS CPI component inflation data by category (food, energy, housing, medical care, transportation, and core), including recent directionality. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index publications. Use when modeling cost pressure, pricing strategy, or contract escalation assumptions

## Output

Returns the current CPI inflation rate and recent directionality (rising/falling/flat) for the requested category (e.g., food, energy, housing, medical_care, transportation, core_cpi, or all_items), sourced from BLS publications, with an ML-DSA-65 cryptographic signature and a verifiable receipt URL at trust.stratalize.com/verify.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "category": {
   "enum": [
    "all_items",
    "food",
    "energy",
    "medical_care",
    "housing",
    "transportation",
    "education",
    "apparel",
    "core_cpi"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Request parameter: category"
  }
 }
}
```

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