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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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For detailed background information about inflation please click here.
Tables - current and historic CPI United States
CPI US recent months
| may 2022 |
8.582 % |
| april 2022 |
8.259 % |
| march 2022 |
8.542 % |
| february 2022 |
7.871 % |
| january 2022 |
7.480 % |
| december 2021 |
7.036 % |
| november 2021 |
6.809 % |
| october 2021 |
6.222 % |
| september 2021 |
5.390 % |
| august 2021 |
5.251 % |
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CPI US recent years
| may 2022 |
8.582 % |
| may 2021 |
4.993 % |
| may 2020 |
0.118 % |
| may 2019 |
1.790 % |
| may 2018 |
2.801 % |
| may 2017 |
1.875 % |
| may 2016 |
1.019 % |
| may 2015 |
-0.040 % |
| may 2014 |
2.127 % |
| may 2013 |
1.362 % |
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