[openspending-dev] Currency normalisation

Tue May 21 04:36:44 UTC 2013

I have deflators about to arrive in data.okfn.org - what frequency do you
need - i assume annual?

Rufus

On 15 May 2013 00:04, Tryggvi Björgvinsson <tryggvi.bjorgvinsson at okfn.org>wrote:

>  On þri 14.maí 2013 14:13, Tryggvi Björgvinsson wrote:
>
> 4. What should be the base currency of openspending?
>
>
> On a related note. We probably have to collect some CPI (consumer price
> index) data (or similar data) for all countries (at least all supported
> currencies) in order to find value across time.
>
> I can't find a site with a good api and all of the data needed. Does
> anybody on the list know of such a site? We might have to scrape the data
> ourselves.
>
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