Monthly Dollar Change vs. Inflation Analysis

This project contains two Python scripts that analyze the monthly change in the dollar and compare it with inflation using data from the National Institute of Statistics of Uruguay.

Script Descriptions

Analysis and Visualization Script

This script downloads inflation and dollar exchange rate data, calculates monthly changes, and generates a bar chart comparing the dollar change with inflation.

• Data Sources:

  • IPC: INE Uruguay
  • Currency Exchange Rates: INE Uruguay

• Libraries Used:

  • requests: For downloading files from the web.
  • pandas: For data manipulation.
  • matplotlib: For data visualization.

• Instructions:

  1. Run the script to download the data and generate the chart.
  2. The chart is automatically saved as cambio_dolar_vs_inflacion.png in the current directory.

Data Preparation Script

This script prepares the data by downloading the necessary files and processing them for analysis.

• Libraries Used:

  • requests: For downloading files from the web.
  • pandas: For data manipulation.

• Instructions:

  1. Run the script to download and prepare the data for analysis.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Libraries: requests, pandas, matplotlib

Installation

You can install the necessary libraries using pip:

pip install requests pandas matplotlib

License

This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0. For more details, see the LICENSE file.

Contact

For questions or comments, please contact [[email protected]].