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compare_macro_series

Two to eight macro series on one date axis: unemployment or inflation across countries, government yields, GDP growth, CPI against the Fed funds rate. Mixed frequencies are aggregated at the source to the coarsest unless one is given; optional transformation and rebasing to 100. Returns metadata and a summary per series plus the aligned table. Find ids with search_macro_series.

Questions it answers

  • Compare unemployment in the US, Germany and Spain over five years.
  • Plot 10-year yields of Germany, Italy and Japan on one axis.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
series_idsrequired
string[]
Series ids to align, e.g. ['UNRATE','LRHUTTTTDEM156S','LRHUTTTTESM156S']. International ids follow patterns such as IRLTLT01DEM156N (Germany 10-year yield, monthly), LRHUTTTTESM156S (Spain unemployment rate), NAEXKP01GBQ657S (UK real GDP growth, q/q)
units
level | change | pct_change | yoy_change | yoy_pct | annualized_pct | log = "level"
Transformation applied to every series at the source
frequency
d | w | m | q | a
Align every series to this frequency (default: the coarsest among them); a series already coarser keeps its own
aggregation
avg | sum | eop = "avg"
How finer series are aggregated: average, sum or end of period
start
string
Only observations on or after this date
end
string
Only observations on or before this date
rebase
boolean = false
Index every series to 100 at the first date where all have a value (levels only)
limit
integer = 60
Most recent rows to return

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