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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.
History of inflation in the US from Jan 1914 - Mar 2009. Year-over-year data calculated for each month using (This year-last year)/last year: Date: 27 April 2009: Source: CPI-U (all urban consumers, U.S. cities average) data from Department of Labor / Bureau of Labor Statistics . Author: Lalala666: Other versions: longer time-scale
The economic data published on FRED are widely reported in the media and play a key role in financial markets. In a 2012 Business Insider article titled "The Most Amazing Economics Website in the World", Joe Weisenthal quoted Paul Krugman as saying: "I think just about everyone doing short-order research — trying to make sense of economic issues in more or less real time — has become a ...
2. Kennedy: 1.1%. 1961-1963. Slow and steady was the inflation rate during JFK's short presidency. This was the tail end of the idyllic 1950s, and tax cuts helped stimulate the economy even more.
The Fed retreated in its fight against inflation over the final months of last year, lowering interest rates by a percentage point. Still, the Fed's interest rate remains at a historically high ...
As the 1980s started with a recession, the inflation rate hit its highest point since 1947. While falling and rising multiple times over the decade, inflation rates mostly stayed above 3%. 1980: 13.5%
Historical inflation, using data from (pre-1913: McCusker study; post-1913: CPI-U [annual averages]) Pre-1774 data can be found in How Much is that in Real Money?: A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States [0-944026-33-8] McCusker (not shown in linked source)
Annual inflation ticked up for a third straight month in December as food, energy costs rose, CPI report showed. But underlying price measure eased. Inflation rose to 5-month high in December.