United States Inflation Rate in 1972
Inflation rate in the United States was 3.41% in 1972. That is 0.14 more than it was in the preceding 1971 and 5.30% less than in the following year of 1973.
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, % | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.48 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.48 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 3.41 |
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), % | 3.27 | 3.51 | 3.50 | 3.49 | 3.23 | 2.71 | 2.95 | 2.94 | 3.19 | 3.42 | 3.67 | 3.41 | 3.41 |
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), % | 0.00 | 0.49 | 0.73 | 0.97 | 1.22 | 1.46 | 1.95 | 2.19 | 2.43 | 2.92 | 3.16 | 3.41 | 3.41 |
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