# Economic Indicator

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/economy/{indicator}`

**Requires Advanced+ tier (Advanced, Enterprise, or Enterprise + Kafka).**

Returns a long-running US economic indicator series.

Indicators: gdp, gdp-per-capita, treasury-yield, fed-funds, cpi, inflation, retail-sales, durables, unemployment, payrolls.

The optional `interval` and `maturity` parameters apply only to indicators that support them
(e.g. `treasury-yield` accepts a maturity like `10year`).


## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Path Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `indicator` | string | Yes |  |

## Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `interval` | string | No |  |
| `maturity` | string | No | Only for treasury-yield. |


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `data` | array[Series Point] |  |
| `interval` | string |  |
| `name` | string |  |
| `unit` | string |  |


## Example

### curl

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/economy/{indicator}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/economy/{indicator}", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": {
    "data": [
      null
    ],
    "interval": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "unit": "string"
  }
}
```