US Inflation Since 1946

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YEAR

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

OCT

NOV

DEC

AVG

2008

4.28%

4.03%

3.98%

3.94%

4.18%

5.02%

5.60%

5.37%

4.94%

3.66%

1.07%

2007

2.08%

2.42%

2.78%

2.57%

2.69%

2.69%

2.36%

1.97%

2.76%

3.54%

4.31%

4.08%

2.85%

2006

3.99%

3.60%

3.36%

3.55%

4.17%

4.32%

4.15%

3.82%

2.06%

1.31%

1.97%

2.54%

3.24%

2005

2.97%

3.01%

3.15%

3.51%

2.80%

2.53%

3.17%

3.64%

4.69%

4.35%

3.46%

3.42%

3.39%

2004

1.93%

1.69%

1.74%

2.29%

3.05%

3.27%

2.99%

2.65%

2.54%

3.19%

3.52%

3.26%

2.68%

2003

2.60%

2.98%

3.02%

2.22%

2.06%

2.11%

2.11%

2.16%

2.32%

2.04%

1.77%

1.88%

2.27%

2002

1.14%

1.14%

1.48%

1.64%

1.18%

1.07%

1.46%

1.80%

1.51%

2.03%

2.20%

2.38%

1.59%

2001

3.73%

3.53%

2.92%

3.27%

3.62%

3.25%

2.72%

2.72%

2.65%

2.13%

1.90%

1.55%

2.83%

2000

2.74%

3.22%

3.76%

3.07%

3.19%

3.73%

3.66%

3.41%

3.45%

3.45%

3.45%

3.39%

3.38%

1999

1.67%

1.61%

1.73%

2.28%

2.09%

1.96%

2.14%

2.26%

2.63%

2.56%

2.62%

2.68%

2.19%

1998

1.57%

1.44%

1.37%

1.44%

1.69%

1.68%

1.68%

1.62%

1.49%

1.49%

1.55%

1.61%

1.55%

1997

3.04%

3.03%

2.76%

2.50%

2.23%

2.30%

2.23%

2.23%

2.15%

2.08%

1.83%

1.70%

2.34%

1996

2.73%

2.65%

2.84%

2.90%

2.89%

2.75%

2.95%

2.88%

3.00%

2.99%

3.26%

3.32%

2.93%

1995

2.80%

2.86%

2.85%

3.05%

3.19%

3.04%

2.76%

2.62%

2.54%

2.81%

2.61%

2.54%

2.81%

1994

2.52%

2.52%

2.51%

2.36%

2.29%

2.49%

2.77%

2.90%

2.96%

2.61%

2.67%

2.67%

2.61%

1993

3.26%

3.25%

3.09%

3.23%

3.22%

3.00%

2.78%

2.77%

2.69%

2.75%

2.68%

2.75%

2.96%

1992

2.60%

2.82%

3.19%

3.18%

3.02%

3.09%

3.16%

3.15%

2.99%

3.20%

3.05%

2.90%

3.03%

1991

5.65%

5.31%

4.90%

4.89%

4.95%

4.70%

4.45%

3.80%

3.39%

2.92%

2.99%

3.06%

4.25%

1990

5.20%

5.26%

5.23%

4.71%

4.36%

4.67%

4.82%

5.62%

6.16%

6.29%

6.27%

6.11%

5.39%

1989

4.67%

4.83%

4.98%

5.12%

5.36%

5.17%

4.98%

4.71%

4.34%

4.49%

4.66%

4.65%

4.83%

1988

4.05%

3.94%

3.93%

3.90%

3.89%

3.96%

4.13%

4.02%

4.17%

4.25%

4.25%

4.42%

4.08%

1987

1.46%

2.10%

3.03%

3.78%

3.86%

3.65%

3.93%

4.28%

4.36%

4.53%

4.53%

4.43%

3.66%

1986

3.89%

3.11%

2.26%

1.59%

1.49%

1.77%

1.58%