# getInflationGovernor

Returns the current inflation governor

#### Parameters required for this RPC call

* **configuration** : This contains the following parameters, all are optional fields.
  * **commitment**: The commitment describes how finalized a block is at that point in time. <mark style="color:yellow;">processed</mark>, <mark style="color:yellow;">confirmed</mark> and <mark style="color:yellow;">finalized</mark> are supported.

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

<pre class="language-bash"><code class="lang-bash">curl https://rpc.shyft.to?api_key=YOUR-API-KEY -s -X \
<strong>  POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d ' 
</strong>   {
     "jsonrpc": "2.0",
     "id": 1,
     "method": "getInflationGovernor",
     "params": [
       {
         "commitment": "finalized"
       }
     ]
   }
 '
</code></pre>

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Web3.js" %}

```javascript
import { Connection, PublicKey, clusterApiUrl } from "@solana/web3.js";

const connection = new Connection("https://rpc.shyft.to?api_key=YOUR-API-KEY", "confirmed");

let commitment = "finalized";
let inflationGovener = await connection.getInflationGovernor();

console.log(inflationGovener);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "foundation": 0.05, //Percentage of total inflation allocated to the foundation
    "foundationTerm": 7, //Duration of foundation pool inflation in years
    "initial": 0.15, //Initial inflation percentage from time 0
    "taper": 0.15, //Rate per year at which inflation is lowered. (Rate reduction is derived using the target slot time in genesis config)
    "terminal": 0.015 //Terminal inflation percentage
  },
  "id": 1
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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