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History starts: January 1948
History ends: August 2026
Frequency: Monthly observations
Unit: Percent

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12 observations · January 1972 to December 1972

Selected historical observations
Date or period	Value · Percent	Source
January 1972	3.3%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
February 1972	3.5%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
March 1972	3.5%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
April 1972	3.5%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
May 1972	3.2%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
June 1972	2.7%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
July 1972	2.9%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
August 1972	2.9%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
September 1972	3.2%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
October 1972	3.4%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
November 1972	3.7%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau
December 1972	3.4%	Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS); Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA); US Census Bureau

United States inflation rate history by year

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United States inflation rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2026 (to date)	3.3%	4.2%May 2026	2.4%January 2026	▲ +1.0
2025	2.7%	3.0%September 2025	2.3%April 2025	▼ −0.3
2024	3.0%	3.5%March 2024	2.4%September 2024	▼ −0.2
2023	4.1%	6.4%January 2023	3.0%June 2023	▼ −3.0
2022	8.0%	9.1%June 2022	6.5%December 2022	▼ −1.0
2021	4.7%	7.0%December 2021	1.4%January 2021	▲ +5.6
2020	1.2%	2.5%January 2020	0.1%May 2020	▼ −1.1
2019	1.8%	2.3%December 2019	1.5%February 2019	▲ +0.7
2018	2.4%	3.0%July 2018	1.9%December 2018	▼ −0.2
2017	2.1%	2.7%February 2017	1.6%June 2017	▼ −0.4
2016	1.3%	2.1%December 2016	0.8%July 2016	▲ +0.7
2015	0.1%	0.7%December 2015	−0.2%April 2015	▲ +0.8
2014	1.6%	2.1%May 2014	0.8%December 2014	▼ −0.8
2013	1.5%	2.0%February 2013	1.0%October 2013	▼ −0.1
2012	2.1%	2.9%January 2012	1.4%July 2012	▼ −1.2
2011	3.2%	3.9%September 2011	1.6%January 2011	▲ +1.4
2010	1.6%	2.6%January 2010	1.1%June 2010	▼ −1.1
2009	−0.3%	2.7%December 2009	−2.1%July 2009	▲ +2.7
2008	3.8%	5.6%July 2008	0.1%December 2008	▼ −4.2
2007	2.9%	4.3%November 2007	2.0%August 2007	▲ +2.0

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United States inflation rate history by year
Year	Average	High	Low	Change
2006	3.2%	4.3%June 2006	1.3%October 2006	▼ −1.5
2005	3.4%	4.7%September 2005	2.5%June 2005	▲ +0.4
2004	2.7%	3.5%November 2004	1.7%February 2004	▲ +1.4
2003	2.3%	3.0%March 2003	1.8%November 2003	▼ −0.7
2002	1.6%	2.4%December 2002	1.1%June 2002	▲ +1.3
2001	2.8%	3.7%January 2001	1.6%December 2001	▼ −2.1
2000	3.4%	3.8%March 2000	2.7%January 2000	▲ +0.7
1999	2.2%	2.7%December 1999	1.6%February 1999	▲ +1.0
1998	1.6%	1.7%May 1998	1.4%March 1998	0.0
1997	2.3%	3.0%January 1997	1.7%December 1997	▼ −1.3
1996	2.9%	3.3%December 1996	2.7%February 1996	▲ +0.6
1995	2.8%	3.2%May 1995	2.5%December 1995	▼ −0.3
1994	2.6%	3.0%September 1994	2.3%May 1994	▲ +0.2
1993	3.0%	3.3%January 1993	2.7%November 1993	▼ −0.6
1992	3.0%	3.2%October 1992	2.6%January 1992	▲ +0.3
1991	4.3%	5.7%January 1991	2.9%October 1991	▼ −2.6
1990	5.4%	6.3%October 1990	4.4%May 1990	▲ +0.9
1989	4.8%	5.4%May 1989	4.3%September 1989	▼ −0.1
1988	4.1%	4.4%December 1988	3.9%May 1988	▲ +0.4
1987	3.7%	4.5%October 1987	1.5%January 1987	▲ +2.9
1986	1.9%	3.9%January 1986	1.1%December 1986	▼ −2.8
1985	3.5%	3.8%December 1985	3.1%September 1985	▲ +0.3
1984	4.3%	4.8%March 1984	3.9%December 1984	▼ −0.3
1983	3.2%	3.9%April 1983	2.5%July 1983	▲ +0.1
1982	6.2%	8.4%January 1982	3.8%December 1982	▼ −4.6
1981	10.4%	11.8%January 1981	8.9%December 1981	▼ −2.9
1980	13.6%	14.8%March 1980	12.5%December 1980	▼ −1.4
1979	11.2%	13.3%December 1979	9.3%January 1979	▲ +4.0
1978	7.6%	9.0%December 1978	6.4%February 1978	▲ +2.2
1977	6.5%	7.0%April 1977	5.2%January 1977	▲ +1.5
1976	5.8%	6.7%January 1976	4.9%December 1976	▼ −1.8
1975	9.2%	11.8%January 1975	6.9%December 1975	▼ −4.9
1974	11.0%	12.3%December 1974	9.4%January 1974	▲ +2.9
1973	6.2%	8.7%December 1973	3.7%January 1973	▲ +5.0
1972	3.3%	3.7%November 1972	2.7%June 1972	▲ +0.1
1971	4.3%	5.3%January 1971	3.3%December 1971	▼ −2.0
1970	5.8%	6.2%January 1970	5.4%August 1970	▼ −0.6
1969	5.5%	6.2%December 1969	4.4%January 1969	▲ +1.8
1968	4.3%	4.7%October 1968	3.6%January 1968	▲ +1.1
1967	2.8%	3.5%January 1967	2.4%October 1967	▼ −0.5
1966	3.0%	3.8%October 1966	1.9%January 1966	▲ +1.6
1965	1.6%	1.9%June 1965	1.0%January 1965	▲ +0.9
1964	1.3%	1.6%January 1964	1.0%December 1964	▼ −0.6
1963	1.2%	1.6%December 1963	1.0%September 1963	▲ +0.3
1962	1.2%	1.3%April 1962	0.7%January 1962	▲ +0.6
1961	1.1%	1.7%January 1961	0.7%October 1961	▼ −1.0
1960	1.5%	1.7%February 1960	1.0%September 1960	▲ +0.4
1959	1.0%	1.7%October 1959	0.3%April 1959	▲ +0.3
1958	2.7%	3.6%January 1958	1.8%December 1958	▼ −1.8
1957	3.3%	3.7%March 1957	2.9%December 1957	▼ −0.1
1956	1.5%	3.0%December 1956	0.4%January 1956	▲ +2.6
1955	−0.3%	0.4%December 1955	−0.7%January 1955	▲ +1.1
1954	0.3%	1.5%February 1954	−0.7%December 1954	▼ −1.8
1953	0.8%	1.1%March 1953	0.4%July 1953	▲ +0.3
1952	2.3%	4.3%January 1952	0.8%December 1952	▼ −3.5
1951	7.9%	9.4%February 1951	6.0%December 1951	▼ −2.1
1950	1.1%	5.9%December 1950	−2.1%January 1950	▲ +8.0
1949	−0.9%	1.7%March 1949	−2.9%July 1949	▼ −3.4
1948	7.7%	10.2%January 1948	3.0%December 1948	▼ −7.2

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