# EU Inflation Divergence by Country

> EU Inflation Divergence by Country is a paid API for AI agents from api.datanexusai.org, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-01).

Returns year-over-year inflation rates for EU member states and their gap versus the EA20 eurozone benchmark for a given period

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.datanexusai.org/api/v1/macro/eu-inflation-divergence?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-01
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/eu-inflation-divergence-by-country-5386289e
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_4ZHrfUrcklxRMhM7yC3mH

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 eu-inflation-divergence-by-country-5386289e
```

Example prompt: Show me the EU country-level inflation divergence from the EA20 benchmark for August 2024 — I want to see which member states have the biggest gap versus the eurozone average.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, per-country EU inflation divergence data relative to the EA20 aggregate benchmark, especially for macroeconomic research, fixed income analysis, or policy monitoring. It is purpose-built for comparing member state inflation dispersion against a common eurozone reference, which generic statistics APIs do not provide in a single call.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid period format returns an error — must be YYYY-MM
- Requesting a period with no available data may return an empty results array
- Missing x402 USDC micropayment (0.01 USDC) results in 402 Payment Required response
- Network or upstream data source outage may cause 503 or timeout

## How this service works

Public data API for SEBRA payments, PTP road accidents, Hearthstone cards, EU agri-food prices, and trade/market analytics. Paid data endpoints use x402 (USDC micropayments). Docs and discovery endpoints are free.

Machine-readable discovery: `https://api.datanexusai.org/openapi.json`, `https://api.datanexusai.org/llms.txt`, `https://api.datanexusai.org/.well-known/x402`.

Human docs: `/docs` and `/api/`.

## Output

A JSON object containing a list of EU member states, each with their ISO country code, year-over-year inflation percentage, and gap in percentage points versus the EA20 eurozone benchmark. Also includes the EA20 benchmark inflation rate and the endpoint identifier.

## 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"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET",
      "HEAD",
      "DELETE"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {
      "period": {
       "type": "string",
       "example": "2024-08",
       "description": "Optional period filter (e.g. 2024-08). Default: latest."
      }
     }
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "results": [
   {
    "geo": "BG",
    "yoy_pct": 3.5,
    "gap_vs_benchmark_pp": 1.4
   }
  ],
  "endpoint": "eu_inflation_divergence",
  "benchmark": {
   "geo": "EA20",
   "yoy_pct": 2.1
  }
 }
}
```

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