Module: Timeprice::Compare

Defined in:
lib/timeprice/compare.rb

Overview

Compare combines FX and inflation across two (currency, date) points.

CONVENTION (critical): convert at SOURCE date first, then inflate in destination currency. See README.md “Compare semantics” section.

This preserves purchasing-power equivalence in the destination economy. The naive alternative (inflate in source currency first, then convert at destination date) double-counts source-country inflation because nominal FX rates already absorb relative inflation between the two currencies.

If a future refactor flips the order, the regression test in spec/timeprice/compare_spec.rb will fail.

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.resolve_points(from, to) ⇒ Object

Coerce both points and resolve to_country.

Raises:



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# File 'lib/timeprice/compare.rb', line 78

def resolve_points(from, to)
  from_point = Point.coerce(from)
  to_point   = Point.coerce(to)
  raise UnsupportedCurrency, from_point.currency unless Supported.country_for_currency(from_point.currency)

  to_country = Supported.country_for_currency(to_point.currency)
  raise UnsupportedCurrency, to_point.currency unless to_country

  [from_point, to_point, to_country]
end

.run(amount:, from:, to:) ⇒ CompareResult

Compare an amount across two (currency, date) points.

Parameters:

  • amount (Numeric)
  • from (Timeprice::Point, Array(String, String)) —

    source point; accepts a Point or a 2-tuple like ‘[“USD”, “2010”]` or `[“USD”, “2010-06”]`

  • to (Timeprice::Point, Array(String, String)) —

    destination point

Returns:

Raises:



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# File 'lib/timeprice/compare.rb', line 41

def run(amount:, from:, to:)
  from_point, to_point, to_country = resolve_points(from, to)

  # Step 1: convert at source date into destination currency.
  fx_result = Exchange.convert(
    amount: amount,
    from: from_point.currency,
    to: to_point.currency,
    date: from_point.fx_anchor_date
  )
  converted = fx_result.amount

  # Step 2: inflate that destination-currency amount from source date to
  # destination date using destination-country CPI.
  infl = Inflation.adjust(
    amount: converted,
    from: from_point.date.to_s,
    to: to_point.date.to_s,
    country: to_country
  )

  CompareResult.new(
    amount: infl.amount,
    original_amount: amount.to_f,
    from_currency: from_point.currency,
    from_date: from_point.date.to_s,
    to_currency: to_point.currency,
    to_date: to_point.date.to_s,
    country: to_country,
    fx_rate: fx_result.rate,
    cpi_ratio: infl.to_index.to_f / infl.from_index,
    converted_amount: converted,
    granularity: infl.granularity
  )
end