Inflation rate based on 12-month change in CPI.
Data courtesy the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and Robert Shiller.
| Date | US Inflation Rate |
|---|---|
| 2011-12-01 | 2.96 |
| 2011-01-01 | 1.63 |
| 2010-01-01 | 2.63 |
| 2009-01-01 | 0.03 |
| 2008-01-01 | 4.28 |
| 2007-01-01 | 2.08 |
| 2006-01-01 | 3.99 |
| 2005-01-01 | 2.97 |
| 2004-01-01 | 1.93 |
| 2003-01-01 | 2.60 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1.14 |
| 2001-01-01 | 3.73 |
| 2000-01-01 | 2.74 |
| 1999-01-01 | 1.67 |
| 1998-01-01 | 1.57 |
| 1997-01-01 | 3.04 |
| 1996-01-01 | 2.73 |
| 1995-01-01 | 2.80 |
| 1994-01-01 | 2.52 |
| 1993-01-01 | 3.26 |
| 1992-01-01 | 2.60 |
| 1991-01-01 | 5.65 |
| 1990-01-01 | 5.20 |
| 1989-01-01 | 4.67 |
| 1988-01-01 | 4.05 |
| 1987-01-01 | 1.46 |
| 1986-01-01 | 3.89 |
| 1985-01-01 | 3.53 |
| 1984-01-01 | 4.19 |
| 1983-01-01 | 3.71 |
| 1982-01-01 | 8.39 |
| 1981-01-01 | 11.83 |
| 1980-01-01 | 13.91 |
| 1979-01-01 | 9.28 |
| 1978-01-01 | 6.84 |
| 1977-01-01 | 5.22 |
| 1976-01-01 | 6.72 |
| 1975-01-01 | 11.80 |
| 1974-01-01 | 9.39 |
| 1973-01-01 | 3.65 |
| 1972-01-01 | 3.27 |
| 1971-01-01 | 5.29 |
| 1970-01-01 | 6.18 |
| 1969-01-01 | 4.40 |
| 1968-01-01 | 3.65 |
| 1967-01-01 | 3.46 |
| 1966-01-01 | 1.92 |
| 1965-01-01 | 0.97 |
| 1964-01-01 | 1.64 |
| 1963-01-01 | 1.33 |
| 1962-01-01 | 0.67 |
| 1961-01-01 | 1.71 |
| 1960-01-01 | 1.03 |
| 1959-01-01 | 1.40 |
| 1958-01-01 | 3.62 |
| 1957-01-01 | 2.99 |
| 1956-01-01 | 0.37 |
| 1955-01-01 | -0.74 |
| 1954-01-01 | 1.13 |
| 1953-01-01 | 0.38 |
| 1952-01-01 | 4.33 |
| 1951-01-01 | 8.09 |
| 1950-01-01 | -2.08 |
| 1949-01-01 | 1.27 |
| 1948-01-01 | 10.23 |
| 1947-01-01 | 18.13 |
| 1946-01-01 | 2.25 |
| 1945-01-01 | 2.30 |
| 1944-01-01 | 2.96 |
| 1943-01-01 | 7.64 |
| 1942-01-01 | 11.35 |
| 1941-01-01 | 1.44 |
| 1940-01-01 | -0.71 |
| 1939-01-01 | -1.41 |
| 1938-01-01 | 0.71 |
| 1937-01-01 | 2.17 |
| 1936-01-01 | 1.47 |
| 1935-01-01 | 3.03 |
| 1934-01-01 | 2.33 |
| 1933-01-01 | -9.79 |
| 1932-01-01 | -10.06 |
| 1931-01-01 | -7.02 |
| 1930-01-01 | 0.00 |
| 1929-01-01 | -1.16 |
| 1928-01-01 | -1.14 |
| 1927-01-01 | -2.23 |
| 1926-01-01 | 3.47 |
| 1925-01-01 | 0.00 |
| 1924-01-01 | 2.98 |
| 1923-01-01 | -0.59 |
| 1922-01-01 | -11.05 |
| 1921-01-01 | -1.55 |
| 1920-01-01 | 16.97 |
| 1919-01-01 | 17.86 |
| 1918-01-01 | 19.66 |
| 1917-01-01 | 12.50 |
| 1916-01-01 | 2.97 |
| 1915-01-01 | 1.00 |
| 1914-01-01 | 2.04 |
| 1913-01-01 | 7.34 |
| 1912-01-01 | -1.08 |
| 1911-01-01 | -6.77 |
| 1910-01-01 | 10.74 |
| 1909-01-01 | 3.23 |
| 1908-01-01 | -2.15 |
| 1907-01-01 | 4.49 |
| 1906-01-01 | 0.00 |
| 1905-01-01 | 2.29 |
| 1904-01-01 | -4.39 |
| 1903-01-01 | 9.62 |
| 1902-01-01 | 2.46 |
| 1901-01-01 | -2.41 |
| 1900-01-01 | 16.86 |
| 1899-01-01 | 1.50 |
| 1898-01-01 | 2.94 |
| 1897-01-01 | -2.85 |
| 1896-01-01 | 1.37 |
| 1895-01-01 | -4.09 |
| 1894-01-01 | -13.29 |
| 1893-01-01 | 7.78 |
| 1892-01-01 | -6.03 |
| 1891-01-01 | 2.50 |
| 1890-01-01 | -4.76 |
| 1889-01-01 | -4.54 |
| 1888-01-01 | 4.76 |
| 1887-01-01 | 0.00 |
| 1886-01-01 | -3.50 |
| 1885-01-01 | -10.29 |
| 1884-01-01 | -7.61 |
| 1883-01-01 | -1.87 |
| 1882-01-01 | 8.07 |
| 1881-01-01 | -5.71 |
| 1880-01-01 | 20.65 |
| 1879-01-01 | -10.29 |
| 1878-01-01 | -15.63 |
| 1877-01-01 | 0.83 |
| 1876-01-01 | -5.73 |
| 1875-01-01 | -6.95 |
| 1874-01-01 | -4.40 |
| 1873-01-01 | 2.29 |
| 1872-01-01 | 1.52 |