# Stratalize Inflation Benchmark API

> Stratalize Inflation Benchmark API is a paid API for AI agents from www.stratalize.com, paid per call via x402, $0.02/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Returns current US inflation metrics including CPI, core CPI, PCE, core PCE, TIPS breakevens, and shelter/medical components sourced from FRED daily, with cryptographic ML-DSA-65 signatures.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.stratalize.com/api/x402/inflation-benchmark
- Price: $0.02/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/stratalize-inflation-benchmark-api-b022ab7f
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_-IbMnon7Jgqw2xOgiT4bM

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 stratalize-inflation-benchmark-api-b022ab7f
```

Example prompt: Pull all current US inflation benchmarks — CPI, core PCE, TIPS breakevens, and the Fed target gap — so I can assess how sticky inflation is right now.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when a macro agent, CFO dashboard, or financial model needs a single authoritative, cryptographically-verified snapshot of the US inflation landscape including both survey-based (CPI/PCE) and market-implied (TIPS breakeven) measures with Fed target gap context. Prefer over raw FRED API calls when you need pre-computed gap analysis, multiple measures bundled, and cryptographic auditability in one call.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid measure enum value returns 400 bad request
- FRED data unavailability causes stale or missing data
- Payment not accepted or USDC balance insufficient results in 402 error
- Network timeout if FRED upstream is slow
- Signature verification failure if response tampered in transit

## How this service works

Stratalize — attested finance, legal, healthcare, and compliance intelligence. Signed, independently verifiable receipt on every call (trust.stratalize.com/verify). Use when a macro agent or CFO needs current inflation trajectory and Fed target gap. Returns CPI, core CPI, PCE, core PCE, TIPS breakevens, shelter and medical components. Example: CPI 3.3%, core PCE 2.8%, Fed target gap 80bps — sticky inflation. Source: FRED daily

## Output

A structured response containing current readings for CPI, core CPI, PCE, core PCE, TIPS breakeven rates, shelter and medical subcomponents, and the gap between prevailing inflation and the Fed's 2% target in basis points, sourced from FRED daily data. Each response includes an ML-DSA-65 cryptographic signature and a verifiable receipt URL at trust.stratalize.com/verify.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "measure": {
   "enum": [
    "cpi",
    "pce",
    "breakeven",
    "components",
    "all"
   ],
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Request parameter: measure"
  }
 }
}
```

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