# Euro Area Inflation

The euro area's harmonised headline inflation — the number the ECB's rate decisions hang on, monthly.

- Method: `GET`
- Path: `/v1/finance/eu-inflation`

**Parameters**

| Name | Type | | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `months` | integer | optional | How many monthly readings, 1-60. |
| `max_age` | integer (seconds) | optional | Ask for data no older than this. Clamped to the product's own floor, so it can narrow the window but never force a refresh on every call. |

**Example request**

```bash
curl https://api.diraz.ae/v1/finance/eu-inflation \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer drz_live_…"
```

**Example response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "label": "HICP - monthly data (annual rate of change)",
    "latest": { "month": "2025-12", "ratePct": 2.0 },
    "points": [
      { "month": "2025-11", "ratePct": 2.1 },
      { "month": "2025-12", "ratePct": 2.0 }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_7Q2fK4mZ",
    "as_of": "2026-08-21T04:05:00.000Z",
    "age_seconds": 42,
    "next_update_at": "2026-08-22T04:05:00.000Z"
  }
}
```