EasyMoney
Overview
Feature Summary:
- Computing Inflation
- Currency Conversion
- Adjusting a given currency for Inflation
- 'Normalizing' a currency, i.e., adjust for inflation and then convert to a base currency.
- Relating ISO Alpha2/3 Country Codes, Currency Codes as well as a Region's Name to one another.
- This tool automatically obtains the latest inflation and exchange rate information from online databases.
NOTICE: THIS TOOL IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY.
Dependencies
EasyMoney requires: numpy, pandas, pycountry, requests and wbdata†.
Installation
Python Package Index:
$ pip install easymoney
Latest Build:
$ pip install git+git://github.com/TariqAHassan/EasyMoney@master
EasyMoney is compatible with Python 2.7 and 3.3+.
Examples
Import the tool
from easymoney.money import EasyPeasy
Create an instance of the EasyPeasy Class
The standard way to do this is as follows:
ep = EasyPeasy()
However, fuzzy searching can also easily be enabled.
ep = EasyPeasy(fuzzy_threshold=True)
Prototypical Conversion Problems
1. Currency Converter
ep.currency_converter(amount=100000, from_currency="USD", to_currency="EUR", pretty_print=True)
# 94,553.71 EUR
2. Adjust for Inflation and Convert to a base currency
ep.normalize(amount=100000, region="CA", from_year=2010, to_year="latest", pretty_print=True)
# 76,357.51 EUR
3. Convert Currency in a more Natural Way
ep.currency_converter(amount=100, from_currency="Canada", to_currency="Ireland", pretty_print=True)
# 70.26 EUR
Handling Common Currencies
1. Currency Conversion
ep.currency_converter(amount=100, from_currency="France", to_currency="Germany", pretty_print=True)
# 100.00 EUR
EasyMoney understands that these two nations share a common currency.
2. Normalization
ep.normalize(amount=100, region="France", from_year=2010, to_year="latest", base_currency="USD", pretty_print=True)
# 111.67 USD
ep.normalize(amount=100, region="Germany", from_year=2010, to_year="latest", base_currency="USD", pretty_print=True)
# 113.06 USD
EasyMoney also understands that, while these two nations may share a common currency, the rate of inflation in these regions could differ.
Region Information
EasyPeasy's region_map()
method exposes some of the functionality from the pycountries
package in
a streamlined manner.
ep.region_map('GB', map_to='alpha_3')
# GBR
ep.region_map('GB', map_to='currency_alpha_3')
# GBP
If fuzzy searching is enabled, the search term does not have to exactly match
those stored in the databases cached by an EasyPeasy
instance.
For example, it is possible to find the ISO Alpha 2 country code for 'Germany' by passing 'German'.
ep.region_map('German', map_to='alpha_2')
# DE
Options
It's easy to explore the terminology understood by EasyPeasy
, as well as the dates for which
data is available.
ep.options()
Region | Alpha2 | Alpha3 | Currencies | InflationDates | ExchangeDates | Overlap |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | AU | AUS | AUD | [1960, 2015] | [04/01/1999, 29/11/2016] | [04/01/1999, 31/12/2015] |
Austria | AT | AUT | EUR | [1960, 2015] | [04/01/1999, 29/11/2016] | [04/01/1999, 31/12/2015] |
Belgium | BE | BEL | EUR | [1960, 2015] | [04/01/1999, 29/11/2016] | [04/01/1999, 31/12/2015] |
... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Above, the 'InflationDates' and 'ExchangeDates' columns provide the range of dates for which inflation and exchange rate information
is available, respectively. Additionally, all dates for which data is available can be show by setting the
range_table_dates
parameter to False
. The 'Overlap' column shows the range of dates shared by the 'InflationDates'
and 'ExchangeDates' columns.
Documentation
For complete documentation please click here.
License
This software is provided under a BSD License.
Resources
Indicators used:
-
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
- Source: International Monetary Fund (IMF), International Financial Statistics.
- Note: All inflation-related results obtained from easymoney (including, but not necessarily limited to, inflation rate and normalization) are the result of calculations based on IMF data. These results do not constitute a direct reporting of IMF-provided data.
-
Euro foreign exchange reference rates - European Central Bank
- Source: European Central Bank (ECB).
- Notes:
- The ECB data used here can be obtained directly from the link provided above.
- Rates are updated by the ECB around 16:00 CET.
- The ECB states, clearly, that usage of this data for transaction purposes is strongly discouraged. This sentiment is echoed here; as stated above, this tool is for information purposes only.
- All exchange rate-related results obtained from EasyMoney (including, but not necessarily limited to, currency conversion and normalization) are the result of calculations based on ECB data. These results do not constitute a direct reporting of ECB-provided data.
†Sherouse, Oliver (2014). Wbdata. Arlington, VA.