United States Inflation Rate in 1942
Inflation rate in the United States was 9.03% in 1942. That is 0.90 less than it was in the preceding 1941 and 6.07% more than in the following year of 1943.
Month over month inflation rate is calculated for just the subject month itself - from the first to the last day of that month:
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month to month, % | 1.29 | 0.64 | 1.27 | 0.63 | 1.24 | 0.00 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.00 | 1.21 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 9.03 |
Year to year inflation rate is calculated for 12 months: 11 months preceding the subject one and the subject month itself:
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year over year (12 months), % | 11.35 | 12.06 | 12.68 | 12.59 | 13.19 | 10.88 | 11.56 | 10.74 | 9.27 | 9.15 | 9.09 | 9.03 | 9.03 |
Progressive inflation rate is an incremental year to date inflation that sums rates from the beginning of the calendar year to the end of the subject month:
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive (year to date), % | 1.29 | 1.94 | 3.23 | 3.87 | 5.16 | 5.16 | 5.81 | 6.45 | 6.45 | 7.74 | 8.39 | 9.03 | 9.03 |
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