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| Below is a year by year chart of the U.S. inflation rate based on the changes in the consumer price index and the gross domestic product implicit price deflator. |
Year |
CPI Based |
GDP Based |
1946 |
18.8% |
- |
1947 |
8.8% |
- |
1948 |
3.0% |
- |
1949 |
-2.1% |
- |
1950 |
5.9% |
- |
1951 |
6.0% |
- |
1952 |
0.8% |
- |
1953 |
0.7% |
- |
1954 |
-0.7% |
- |
1955 |
0.4% |
- |
1956 |
3.0% |
- |
1957 |
2.9% |
- |
1958 |
1.8% |
- |
1959 |
1.7% |
- |
1960 |
1.4% |
1.6% |
1961 |
0.7% |
1.0% |
1962 |
1.3% |
1.3% |
1963 |
1.6% |
1.5% |
1964 |
1.0% |
1.4% |
1965 |
1.9% |
2.2% |
1966 |
3.5% |
3.4% |
1967 |
3.0% |
3.4% |
1968 |
4.7% |
4.5% |
1969 |
6.2% |
4.9% |
1970 |
5.6% |
5.1% |
1971 |
3.3% |
4.9% |
1972 |
3.4% |
4.3% |
1973 |
8.7% |
6.9% |
1974 |
12.3% |
10.6% |
1975 |
6.9% |
7.6% |
1976 |
4.9% |
5.5% |
1977 |
6.7% |
6.7% |
1978 |
9.0% |
7.6% |
1979 |
13.3% |
8.7% |
1980 |
12.5% |
10.0% |
1981 |
8.9% |
8.4% |
1982 |
3.8% |
5.3% |
1983 |
3.8% |
3.8% |
1984 |
3.9% |
3.5% |
1985 |
3.8% |
3.4% |
1986 |
1.1% |
2.5% |
1987 |
4.4% |
3.2% |
1988 |
4.4% |
4.0% |
1989 |
4.6% |
3.9% |
1990 |
6.1% |
4.7% |
1991 |
3.1% |
3.4% |
1992 |
2.9% |
2.6% |
1993 |
2.7% |
2.6% |
1994 |
2.7% |
2.5% |
1995 |
2.5% |
2.1% |
1996 |
3.3% |
1.8% |
1997 |
1.7% |
1.7% |
1998 |
1.6% |
1.2% |
|
1999 |
2.7% |
1.5% |
|
2000 est |
3.15% |
2.8% |
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