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Inflation United States - consumer price index (CPI)
Graphs - historic inflation
Graph CPI United States last year |
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Graph CPI United States long-term |
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When we talk about the rate of inflation in United States, this often refers to the rate of inflation based on the consumer price index, or CPI for short. The American CPI shows the change in prices of a standard package of goods and services which American households purchase for consumption. In order to measure inflation, an assessment is made of how much the CPI has risen in percentage terms over a give period compared to the CPI in a preceding period. If prices have fallen this is called deflation (negative inflation).
This page shows the current and historic CPI inflation figures for United States.
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Tables - current and historic CPI United States
CPI US recent months
| april 2013 |
1.063 % |
| march 2013 |
1.474 % |
| february 2013 |
1.978 % |
| january 2013 |
1.595 % |
| december 2012 |
1.741 % |
| november 2012 |
1.764 % |
| october 2012 |
2.162 % |
| september 2012 |
1.991 % |
| august 2012 |
1.692 % |
| july 2012 |
1.408 % |
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CPI US recent years
| april 2013 |
1.063 % |
| april 2012 |
2.303 % |
| april 2011 |
3.164 % |
| april 2010 |
2.236 % |
| april 2009 |
-0.736 % |
| april 2008 |
3.936 % |
| april 2007 |
2.574 % |
| april 2006 |
3.546 % |
| april 2005 |
3.511 % |
| april 2004 |
2.285 % |
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