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The Democratic presidents were in office for a total of 429 months, with 164,000 jobs per month added on average, while the Republicans were in office for 475 months, with a 61,000 jobs added per month average. This monthly average rate was 2.4 times faster under Democratic presidents. [7]
However, from December 1982 through December 2011, the all-items CPI-E rose at an annual average rate of 3.1 percent, compared with increases of 2.9 percent for both the CPI-U and CPI-W. [28] This suggests that the elderly have been losing purchasing power at the rate of roughly 0.2 (=3.1–2.9) percentage points per year.
And hotel rates fell 1%, partly reversing a 3.2% increase the previous month. Some goods prices also moderated. Appliances slid 2.9% while furniture slipped nearly 1% and apparel inched up just 0.1%.
Inflation measured by the consumer price index for all items rose from 1.3% in 2016 to 2.1% in 2017 and 2.5% year-to-date (YTD) June 2018. This was mainly driven by higher energy prices. Core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was relatively flat, at 2.2% in 2016, 1.8% in 2017, and 2.1% YTD June 2018. [263]
Prior to December's print, core CPI had been stuck at a 3.3% annual gain for the past four months. It was the first time since July that year-over-year core CPI saw a deceleration in price growth.
Inflation has proven surprisingly resilient during President Biden’s term, even as the Fed has aggressively raised interest rates to their highest levels in 40 years to contain it. While CPI ...
From the trough of the recession of 1945 to the late-2000s recession, there have been eleven periods of expansion, lasting an average of fifty-nine months. [ 1 ] Included during this period is the post–World War II economic expansion through the 1973–75 recession , a period of stagflation between 1974 and 1981, and the Great Moderation from ...
The consumer price index ... US consumer price inflation surged 9.1 percent over the past 12 months to June, the fastest increase since November 1981, according to government data released on July ...