Rising prices, inflation, and the cost of living were seen by almost half of the people in the European Union as being one of the two most important issues facing their country in 2023. Among EU member states, the top three countries concerned with rising inflation were Croatia, Austria, and Bulgaria, while their counterparts in Sweden, Denmark, and Italy were the least concerned with inflation, compared to other issues.

When inflation occurs in a country, the value of the currency decreases. That means that the purchasing power consumers have with a fixed amount of money decreases. Wages, especially lower and middle class wages, usually increase at a MUCH slower rate than prices of consumer goods; so consumers are likely to make the same wage, but are not able to buy the same amount of goods and services. Consumers in countries with hyperinflation suffer greatly because of this economic phenomenon.

Data was downloaded from: Link

For notes/metadata regarding the definition, measurement, or data collection for a certain country or group can be found by downloading the excel file from the linked webpage.

Original data provider: International Monetary Fund, World Development Indicators. License : CC BY-4.0.

INDICATOR_CODE: FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

INDICATOR_NAME: Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)

SOURCE_NOTE: Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly.
The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

Years included: 1960-2016

The following countries have no values for any year:

• Somalia

• Puerto Rico

• Guam

• US Virgin Islands

The dataset also conains some records that refer to groups of countries, which may be useful for those with no recorded values. Some of those groups are:

• Fragile and conflict affected situations

• Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)

• Caribbean small states

• Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

• Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

• East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

• East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

• Least developed countries: UN classification

• Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)

If this data is being used for the Kiva Crowdfunding Data Science for Good event; The following countries (as they are named in this dataset), are named slightly differently in the Kiva dataset (to the best of my knowledge). For example, West Bank in Gaza is referred to as Palestine in the Kiva Dataset.

• Congo, Dem. Rep.

• Congo, Rep.

• Kyrgyz Republic

• Lao PDR

• Myanmar

• West Bank and Gaza

• St. Vincent and the Grenadines

• Virgin Islands (U.S.)

• Yemen, Rep.

Italy and the United Kingdom were the two countries in which the highest share of respondents were of the opinion that their leaders should do more to combat inflation following the rising inflation rates worldwide in 2022. In these countries, ********** of the respondents thought that their leaders were not doing enough as of **************. Except for China, a majority in all the countries where the survey was conducted thought that their leaders were not doing enough.

About the Dataset

The breakeven inflation rate represents a measure of expected inflation derived from 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Securities (BC_10YEAR) and 10-Year Treasury Inflation-Indexed Constant Maturity Securities (TC_10YEAR). The latest value implies what market participants expect inflation to be in the next 10 years, on average. Starting with the update on June 21, 2019, the Treasury bond data used in calculating interest rate spreads is obtained directly from the U.S. Treasury Department.

Dataset

This dataset was created by Usman Yaqoob

Released under Apache 2.0

Contents

Following years of high inflation around the world, people in most countries believe that inflation will be higher in 2025 than in 2024. Sweden and Argentina were the only two countries where less than half of the respondents believed that inflation would be higher, with Argentina coming from a period of hyperinflation.

Graph and download economic data for Inflation, consumer prices for the Lao People's Democratic Republic (FPCPITOTLZGLAO) from 1989 to 2024 about Laos, consumer, CPI, inflation, price index, indexes, and price.

This analysis presents a rigorous exploration of financial data, incorporating a diverse range of statistical features. By providing a robust foundation, it facilitates advanced research and innovative modeling techniques within the field of finance.

Inflation Drives People to Google Negative Concepts

Financial data:

• Historical daily stock prices (open, high, low, close, volume)

• Fundamental data (e.g., market capitalization, price to earnings P/E ratio, dividend yield, earnings per share EPS, price to earnings growth, debt-to-equity ratio, price-to-book ratio, current ratio, free cash flow, projected earnings growth, return on equity, dividend payout ratio, price to sales ratio, credit rating)

• Technical indicators (e.g., moving averages, RSI, MACD, average directional index, aroon oscillator, stochastic oscillator, on-balance volume, accumulation/distribution A/D line, parabolic SAR indicator, bollinger bands indicators, fibonacci, williams percent range, commodity channel index)

Machine learning features:

• Feature engineering based on financial data and technical indicators

• Sentiment analysis data from social media and news articles

• Macroeconomic data (e.g., GDP, unemployment rate, interest rates, consumer spending, building permits, consumer confidence, inflation, producer price index, money supply, home sales, retail sales, bond yields)

Potential Applications:

• Stock price prediction

• Portfolio optimization

• Algorithmic trading

• Market sentiment analysis

• Risk management

Use Cases:

• Researchers investigating the effectiveness of machine learning in stock market prediction

• Analysts developing quantitative trading Buy/Sell strategies

• Individuals interested in building their own stock market prediction models

• Students learning about machine learning and financial applications

Additional Notes:

• The dataset may include different levels of granularity (e.g., daily, hourly)

• Data cleaning and preprocessing are essential before model training

• Regular updates are recommended to maintain the accuracy and relevance of the data

This scatter chart displays population (people) against inflation (annual %). The data is about countries.

This scatter chart displays female population (people) against inflation (annual %). The data is about countries.

In 2023, consumers in Spain identified inflation as one of the factors impacting the family economy. The number of people who admitted to having stopped buying products from the 24 categories surveyed increased from July that year. Travel and smartphones, both above 23 percent, were the most rejected categories by Spaniards, followed by new cars at 21 percent. Only seven percent of respondents admitted they had not changed their buying behavior in relation to the products surveyed.

Cost of food in the United States increased 3.20 percent in August of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

More than half of the respondents in a global survey were at least slightly struggling with paying for basic needs as of September 2022. The single commodity that most people were struggling with was energy and utilities, followed by food. On the other hand, fewest were affected by credit card repayments. Rising inflation rates have seen cost of living surge in 2022, which has especially affected energy and certain types of food.

The United States and France were the two countries where the highest share of respondents were struggling to make ends meet as of September 2022. This is shown in i survey conducted in ** countries worldwide. During 2022, rising inflation rates worldwide have seen more people struggling with the increasing costs of living. However, in China, less tha 20 percent stated that they were struggling to make ends meet.

Inflation rate (GDP deflator) of Lao People’s Democratic Republic plummeted by 43.05% from 24.4 % in 2023 to 13.9 % in 2024. Since the 324.78% surge in 2022, inflation rate (GDP deflator) dropped by 11.82% in 2024. Inflation as measured by the annual growth rate of the GDP implicit deflator shows the rate of price change in the economy as a whole. The GDP implicit deflator is the ratio of GDP in current local currency to GDP in constant local currency.

Context

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. It is an accurate representation of inflation changes over the years.

Content

This dataset contains monthly CPI indexes from 1913 to 2022 (April). May through December 2022 information is not available, but I will update that as soon as it comes out.

Acknowledgement

Thanks to the US Bureau of Labor for making CPI data available. https://www.bls.gov/cpi/

According to a survey conducted in June 2023, due to high inflation ** people of French people said they had often looked for reduced prices when going grocery shopping, while a further ** percent were often going to discount stores. Moreover, ** percent of the surveyed admitted they sometimes refrained from buying meat, while ** percent said they were not heating their house even when it was cold.

23.1 (%) in 2024. Inflation as measured by the consumer price index reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used.

When asked about their concerns regarding the potential increased price of the goods they purchase often, a majority of Mexican people expressed being worried. Indeed, 71 percent of people aged 18 to 34 said they were concerned about inflation, making them the "least" worried age-group among all respondents.

This scatter chart displays urban population (people) against inflation (annual %) in the United States. The data is about countries per year.