Inflation Intelligence
Know what your money is really worth.
Track South Africa’s key economic indicators. FinVeil polls CPI, PPI, the repo rate, the prime lending rate and exchange rates from the South African Reserve Bank’s public API once a day, with source attribution on every number.
How it works
Three steps.
Pull national CPI
Headline CPI via the SARB public API, polled once a day.
Calculate real purchasing power
Inflation-adjusted take-home for any base date.
Compare year on year
Compare last year’s and this year’s income against CPI to see real growth.
Benefits
Why teams choose Inflation Intelligence.
Real purchasing power
See how much of a salary increase is left after inflation.
Source attribution
Every rate shows where it came from and when it was fetched.
Salary negotiation ammo
Show HR and employees the real cost-of-living change. Numbers, not vibes.
Regulatory rate tracking
Repo rate, prime rate, exchange rates — all in one place, all in one API.
Who it's for
Developer-friendly
Drop it into your stack.
REST API with an OpenAPI reference, and a test mode on the same API. Sign up for test API keys without a sales call. SDKs are available on request.
Read the docsPOST /api/analytics/purchasing-power
Authorization: Bearer $FINVEIL_API_KEY
{ "lastYearIncome": 480000, "thisYearIncome": 500000 }
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{
"nominalGrowth": ...,
"inflationRate": ...,
"realGrowth": ...,
"verdict": "..."
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