{
  "title": "Fridge.com Appliance Price Index",
  "description": "The matched-model refrigeration price index: the base month, the latest published reading, the full month series, and every published category — the same figures the index page publishes.",
  "home_page_url": "https://fridge.com/data/price-index",
  "feed_url": "https://fridge.com/feeds/price-index.json",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Free to republish under CC BY 4.0 — credit Fridge.com and link the page the item comes from.",
  "index": {
    "category": "all-refrigerators",
    "label": "All refrigerators",
    "base_month": "2024-05",
    "base_value": 100,
    "latest_month": "2026-06",
    "latest_value": 99.83,
    "change_from_base": -0.17,
    "matched_models": 680,
    "months_covered": 26,
    "published_categories": 16,
    "tracked_categories": 18,
    "publication_min_n": 30,
    "methodology_version": "v1.0",
    "methodology_url": "https://fridge.com/data/methodology",
    "computed_at": "2026-07-11T00:53:56.563Z"
  },
  "series": [
    {
      "month": "2024-05",
      "index": 100
    },
    {
      "month": "2024-06",
      "index": 99.69
    },
    {
      "month": "2024-07",
      "index": 99.79
    },
    {
      "month": "2024-08",
      "index": 99.42
    },
    {
      "month": "2024-09",
      "index": 96.74
    },
    {
      "month": "2024-10",
      "index": 96.97
    },
    {
      "month": "2024-11",
      "index": 95.38
    },
    {
      "month": "2024-12",
      "index": 94.27
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-01",
      "index": 94.55
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-02",
      "index": 93.71
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-03",
      "index": 93.63
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-04",
      "index": 95.31
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-05",
      "index": 97.23
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-06",
      "index": 98.3
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-07",
      "index": 98.72
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-08",
      "index": 99.46
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-09",
      "index": 98.73
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-10",
      "index": 99.34
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-11",
      "index": 98.59
    },
    {
      "month": "2025-12",
      "index": 98.33
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-01",
      "index": 98.79
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-02",
      "index": 96.68
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-03",
      "index": 98.2
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-04",
      "index": 98.45
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-05",
      "index": 99.49
    },
    {
      "month": "2026-06",
      "index": 99.83
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "category": "all-commercial",
      "label": "All commercial refrigeration",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 97.91,
      "matched_models": 81
    },
    {
      "category": "all-freezers",
      "label": "All freezers",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 101.09,
      "matched_models": 123
    },
    {
      "category": "all-refrigerators",
      "label": "All refrigerators",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 99.83,
      "matched_models": 680
    },
    {
      "category": "all-specialty",
      "label": "All specialty refrigeration",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 98.42,
      "matched_models": 350
    },
    {
      "category": "beverage-cooler",
      "label": "Beverage coolers",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 90.46,
      "matched_models": 65
    },
    {
      "category": "bottom-freezer",
      "label": "Bottom-freezer refrigerators",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 92.43,
      "matched_models": 56
    },
    {
      "category": "chest-freezer",
      "label": "Chest freezers",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 99.73,
      "matched_models": 58
    },
    {
      "category": "compact",
      "label": "Compact refrigerators",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 108.4,
      "matched_models": 230
    },
    {
      "category": "french-door",
      "label": "French-door refrigerators",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 96.48,
      "matched_models": 146
    },
    {
      "category": "ice-maker",
      "label": "Ice makers",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 96.44,
      "matched_models": 34
    },
    {
      "category": "kegerator",
      "label": "Kegerators",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 97.51,
      "matched_models": 75
    },
    {
      "category": "side-by-side",
      "label": "Side-by-side refrigerators",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 102.43,
      "matched_models": 47
    },
    {
      "category": "refrigerator",
      "label": "Standard refrigerators",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 100.17,
      "matched_models": 59
    },
    {
      "category": "top-freezer",
      "label": "Top-freezer refrigerators",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 88.76,
      "matched_models": 124
    },
    {
      "category": "upright-freezer",
      "label": "Upright freezers",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 101.53,
      "matched_models": 63
    },
    {
      "category": "wine-cooler",
      "label": "Wine coolers",
      "latest_month": "2026-06",
      "index": 101.72,
      "matched_models": 176
    }
  ],
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    "name": "Fridge.com Appliance Price Index",
    "description": "A matched-model (chained Jevons) price index for refrigeration appliances, computed by Fridge.com from its own catalog and recorded NEW-condition retail price history. The base month is set to 100. A category is published only once it clears a minimum of 30 matched models in a month.",
    "url": "https://fridge.com/data/price-index",
    "isAccessibleForFree": true,
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "version": "1.0.0-draft",
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    "spatialCoverage": {
      "@type": "Place",
      "name": "United States"
    },
    "measurementTechnique": "Chained matched-model (Jevons) price index; per-model monthly median price; equal weighting; no imputation and no seasonal adjustment.",
    "variableMeasured": [
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Price index",
        "description": "Chained matched-model price index for the category, base month = 100."
      },
      {
        "@type": "PropertyValue",
        "name": "Matched models (n)",
        "description": "Number of individual models priced in both months of each comparison."
      }
    ],
    "dateModified": "2026-07-11T00:53:56.563Z",
    "temporalCoverage": "2024-05-01/2026-06-01",
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}