United States Inflation Rate in 1973
Inflation rate in the United States was 8.71% in 1973. That is 5.30 more than it was in the preceding 1972 and 3.63% less than in the following year of 1974.
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, % | 0.24 | 0.70 | 0.93 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.23 | 1.81 | 0.22 | 0.88 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 8.71 |
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), % | 3.65 | 3.87 | 4.59 | 5.06 | 5.53 | 6.00 | 5.73 | 7.38 | 7.36 | 7.80 | 8.25 | 8.71 | 8.71 |
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), % | 0.24 | 0.94 | 1.88 | 2.59 | 3.29 | 4.00 | 4.24 | 6.12 | 6.35 | 7.29 | 8.00 | 8.71 | 8.71 |
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