United States Inflation Rate in 1981
Inflation rate in the United States was 8.92% in 1981. That is 3.59 less than it was in the preceding 1980 and 5.09% more than in the following year of 1982.
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, % | 0.81 | 1.03 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.79 | 0.89 | 1.10 | 0.76 | 0.98 | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 8.92 |
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), % | 11.83 | 11.41 | 10.49 | 10.00 | 9.78 | 9.55 | 10.76 | 10.80 | 10.95 | 10.14 | 9.59 | 8.92 | 8.92 |
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), % | 0.81 | 1.85 | 2.55 | 3.24 | 4.06 | 4.98 | 6.14 | 6.95 | 8.00 | 8.23 | 8.57 | 8.92 | 8.92 |
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