NEWS
realtalk 2026.5.13
- update CPI-based data through April 2026
- update PCE through March 2026
realtalk 2026.4.26
- ensure monthly minimum wage example data is full-year
realtalk 2026.4.15
- correct error in chained CPI-U datasets due to duplicated months of data
realtalk 2026.4.10
- update CPI-based data through March 2026
- update PCE through February 2026
- update CPI-R-US through 2025
realtalk 2026.3.11
- update CPI through February 2026
realtalk 2026.02.23
- update PCE through December 2025
realtalk 2026.02.13
- update CPI-based data through January 2026 and PCE through November 2025
realtalk 2026.01.13
- update CPI-based data through Decemeber 2025 and 2025 annual data
realtalk 2025.12.18
- update CPI-based data through November 2025 and PCE through September 2025
- October CPI-based values are coded as NA
realtalk 2025.10.24
- update CPI-based data through September 2025 and PCE through August 2025
realtalk 2025.9.11
- update CPI-based data through August 2025 and PCE through July 2025
realtalk 2025.8.12
- update CPI-based data through July 2025 and PCE through June 2025
realtalk 2025.7.15
- update CPI-based data through June 2025 and PCE through May 2025
realtalk 2025.6.11
- updated CPI-based data through May 2025
realtalk 2025.5.30
- updated PCE through April 2025
realtalk 2025.5.13
- updated CPI data through April 2025
realtalk 2025.5.2
- updated PCE through March 2025
realtalk 2025.4.10
- updated series through March 2025 when available
realtalk 0.21.0
- updated series through February 2025 when available
realtalk 0.20.0
- updated series through January 2025 when available
realtalk 0.19.0
- updated series through December 2024 when available
realtalk 0.18.0
- updated series through November 2024 when available
realtalk 0.17.0
- updated series through October 2024 when available
realtalk 0.16.1
- remove irrelevant package dependencies
realtalk 0.16.0
- updated series through September 2024 when available
realtalk 0.15.0
- modified extended chained CPI calculation to prioritize annual averages, and then construct monthly and quarterly data.
realtalk 0.14.0
- updated series through August 2024 when available
realtalk 0.13.0
- updated series through July 2024 when available
realtalk 0.12.0
- updated series through May 2024 when available
realtalk 0.11.0
- added quarterly versions of CPI-U, C-CPI-U, extended C-CPI-U, and PCE
- updated series through April 2024 when available
realtalk 0.10.0
- updated series through March 2024 when available
realtalk 0.9.0
- modified C-CPI-U extended so that it matches original C-CPI-U index base
realtalk 0.8.0
- updated series through January 2024 when available
realtalk 0.7.0
- updated series through December 2023 when available
realtalk 0.6.0
- updated series through November 2023 when available
realtalk 0.5.0
- updated series through October 2023 when available
- rounded monthly extended Chained CPI-U and extended CPI-U-RS to one digit
realtalk 0.4.0
- added seasonally adjusted versions of extended Chained CPI-U and extended CPI-U-RS
realtalk 0.3.0
- updated CPI series through September 2023
- added example data: separate annual and monthly series
realtalk 0.2.5
- added extended Chained CPI-U
- updated series through August 2023 where applicable
- added example nominal minimum wage series
realtalk 0.2.4
- added May 2023 CPI-U and C-CPI-U series
realtalk 0.2.3
- corrected annual files to exclude partial year (2023)
realtalk 0.2.2
- Added Chained CPI-U (C-CPI-U)
realtalk 0.2.1
realtalk 0.2.0
- Actually made the package sort of useful and documented data.
realtalk 0.1.0