Gov APIrba.gov.au ↗
Access RBA data via API: CPI inflation history since 1956, housing and business lending rates, AUD exchange rates, cash rate decisions, and weekly balance sheet.
What is the Gov API?
This API exposes 8 endpoints covering Reserve Bank of Australia economic data, from current and historical CPI inflation to the RBA balance sheet. The get_current_inflation endpoint returns year-ended quarterly and monthly CPI percentage changes alongside recent history, while get_economic_indicators_summary consolidates inflation, interest rates, and exchange rates into a single response. Data spans lending rates, daily AUD exchange rates, and monetary policy decisions back to 2003.
No input parameters required.
curl -X GET 'https://api.parse.bot/scraper/1554b579-2afa-4c9b-84dc-9745a61bbdc8/get_current_inflation' \ -H 'X-API-Key: $PARSE_API_KEY'
Typed, relational, agent-ready
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- Fully typed · autocompletes
- Objects link to objects
- Typed errors & pagination
Typed Python client. Set up the SDK in your uv project, then pull this API’s typed client:
uv add parse-sdk uv run parse init uv run parse add --marketplace rba-gov-au-api
uv run parse add --marketplace pulls a pinned snapshot of this canonical API — it won’t change underneath you. To customize it, subscribe and swap to your own copy.
"""Walkthrough: RBA SDK — Australian economic data, bounded and typed."""
from parse_apis.reserve_bank_of_australia_economic_data_api import RBA, UpstreamError
rba = RBA()
# Get latest exchange rates for AUD against major currencies
for rate in rba.currencies.list(limit=5):
print(rate.date, rate.usd, rate.eur, rate.jpy)
# Get recent monetary policy rate decisions
for decision in rba.decisions.list(limit=3):
print(decision.date, decision.cash_rate_change, decision.new_cash_rate_target)
# Get current inflation snapshot with recent CPI data
snapshot = rba.cpis.current()
print(snapshot.latest_period, snapshot.cpi_ye_monthly, snapshot.cpi_ye_quarterly)
for cpi in snapshot.recent_data[:3]:
print(cpi.date, cpi.cpi_ye_quarterly, cpi.cpi_ye_monthly)
# Get housing lending interest rates
first_rate = rba.rates.list(limit=1).first()
if first_rate:
print(first_rate.date, first_rate.owner_occupied_total_large, first_rate.owner_occupied_variable_large)
# Get consolidated economic indicators with error handling
try:
indicator = rba.indicators.fetch()
print(indicator.source, indicator.retrieved_at)
print(indicator.indicators.inflation.cpi_ye_monthly)
except UpstreamError as exc:
print(f"upstream issue: {exc}")
# Get RBA balance sheet data
balance = rba.balancesheets.fetch()
print(balance.table, balance.source, balance.latest_date)
print("exercised: currencies.list / decisions.list / cpis.current / rates.list / indicators.fetch / balancesheets.fetch")
Get the latest CPI (Consumer Price Index) inflation data with quarterly and monthly year-ended percentage change rates. Returns the most recent period, previous period for comparison, and 6 recent data points. Quarterly values are only populated on quarter-end months; monthly values from the ABS Monthly CPI Indicator are available every month.
No input parameters required.
{
"type": "object",
"fields": {
"source": "string, data provider name",
"recent_data": "array of recent CPI records with date, cpi_ye_quarterly, cpi_ye_monthly",
"latest_period": "string, date of the latest data point (DD/MM/YYYY)",
"cpi_ye_monthly": "string, year-ended monthly CPI percentage change",
"previous_period": "string, date of the previous data point",
"cpi_ye_quarterly": "string, year-ended quarterly CPI percentage change (empty on non-quarter months)",
"previous_cpi_ye_quarterly": "string, previous period's year-ended quarterly CPI change"
},
"sample": {
"data": {
"source": "Reserve Bank of Australia",
"recent_data": [
{
"date": "30/11/2025",
"cpi_ye_monthly": "3.4",
"cpi_ye_quarterly": ""
},
{
"date": "31/12/2025",
"cpi_ye_monthly": "3.8",
"cpi_ye_quarterly": "3.6"
}
],
"latest_period": "30/04/2026",
"cpi_ye_monthly": "4.2",
"previous_period": "31/03/2026",
"cpi_ye_quarterly": "",
"previous_cpi_ye_quarterly": "4.1"
},
"status": "success"
}
}About the Gov API
Inflation and CPI Data
The get_current_inflation endpoint returns the latest CPI figures including cpi_ye_quarterly and cpi_ye_monthly percentage changes, the latest_period date, and a recent_data array for short-term trend inspection. For full historical analysis, get_historical_inflation provides a continuous time series from 1956 to the present. It accepts a limit integer parameter to cap the number of records returned and includes a metadata object with series-level descriptors such as title, description, and frequency, plus a total_periods count for the full dataset.
Interest Rates and Lending
get_interest_rates returns the last 12 months of housing lending rates — owner-occupied and investment — from large institutions, with values keyed by RBA series IDs such as FLRHOOTL, FLRHOOTA, and FLRHOOVL. A separate get_business_lending_rates endpoint covers outstanding finance rates for small (FLRBFOSBT), medium (FLRBFOSBR), and large (FLRBFOSBF) businesses over the same 12-month window. Both endpoints include table (the RBA table identifier), metadata, and a latest_date field.
Exchange Rates and Monetary Policy
get_exchange_rates returns 30 trading days of daily AUD rates against USD, EUR, JPY, CNY, and the Trade-Weighted Index, with latest_rates keyed by series IDs including FXRUSD, FXREUR, FXRJY, FXRCR, and FXRTWI. The get_monetary_policy_rates endpoint surfaces the last 60 cash rate decisions from 2003 onward, with fields for the change in cash rate (ARBAMPCCCR), the new cash rate target (ARBAMPCNCRT), and related series.
Balance Sheet and Summary
get_rba_balance_sheet provides 12 weeks of weekly RBA balance sheet data. Asset and liability values are returned in AUD millions under latest_data, keyed by series ID. The get_economic_indicators_summary endpoint combines the freshest values from inflation, interest rate, and exchange rate sources into one response, tagged with a retrieved_at ISO 8601 timestamp so callers can detect data age without querying individual endpoints.
The Gov API is a managed, monitored endpoint for rba.gov.au — not a raw scraper you maintain. Every endpoint is automatically health-checked on a schedule, and when rba.gov.au changes and a check fails, the API is automatically queued for repair and re-verified. It is built to keep working as the site underneath it changes.
This isn't an official rba.gov.au API — it's an independent, maintained REST wrapper over public data. Where the source has no official API (or only a limited one), Parse gives you a stable contract over a source that never promised one, and keeps it current. Need a new endpoint or field? You can revise it yourself in plain English and the agent rebuilds it against the live site in minutes — contributing the change back to the shared API is free.
Will this API break when the source site changes?+
Is this an official API from the source site?+
Can I fix or extend this API myself if I need a new endpoint or field?+
What happens if I call an endpoint that has an issue?+
- Track quarterly and monthly CPI trend shifts using
cpi_ye_quarterlyandcpi_ye_monthlyfields fromget_current_inflation. - Build long-term inflation charts from the 1956-to-present time series returned by
get_historical_inflationwith a customlimit. - Monitor owner-occupied vs. investment lending rate spreads using the
FLRHOOTLandFLRHOOVLseries fromget_interest_rates. - Compare small, medium, and large business borrowing costs using the three series IDs in
get_business_lending_rates. - Display live AUD/USD and TWI rates in a currency dashboard using
FXRUSDandFXRTWIfromget_exchange_rates. - Audit the timing and magnitude of RBA cash rate changes using date and
ARBAMPCNCRTfields fromget_monetary_policy_rates. - Build a macroeconomic dashboard widget that polls
get_economic_indicators_summaryfor a single-call snapshot of key Australian indicators.
| Tier | Price | Credits/month | Rate limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/mo | 100 | 5 req/min |
| Hobby | $30/mo | 1,000 | 20 req/min |
| Developer | $100/mo | 5,000 | 100 req/min |
One credit = one API call regardless of which marketplace API you call. Exceeding the rate limit returns a 429 response. Authenticate with the X-API-Key header.
Does the Reserve Bank of Australia publish an official developer API?+
What does `get_historical_inflation` return, and can I limit the number of records?+
date, cpi_ye_quarterly, and cpi_ye_monthly fields, covering data from 1956 to the present. The optional limit integer parameter caps how many records are returned. The response also includes a total_periods integer showing the full dataset size and a metadata object with series descriptors.How current is the exchange rate data?+
get_exchange_rates endpoint returns the last 30 trading days of daily AUD rates. The latest_date field in the response shows the date of the most recent data point, and the RBA typically updates exchange rate data on business days. The data does not include intraday rates.Does the API cover RBA Governor speeches, meeting minutes, or forward guidance text?+
Can I retrieve full balance sheet history rather than just the last 12 weeks?+
get_rba_balance_sheet endpoint returns the most recent 12 weeks of weekly data. Longer historical balance sheet series are not exposed by the existing endpoints. You can fork the API on Parse and revise it to extend the lookback window or add a dedicated historical balance sheet endpoint.