US Inflation Rate

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Current US Inflation Rate: 2.96
Dec 2011 — reported Jan 19, 2012
Mean: 2.27
Median: 2.36
Min: -19.70 (May 1878)
Max: 23.67 (Jun 1920)

Inflation rate based on 12-month change in CPI.

Data courtesy the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and Robert Shiller.