United States Inflation Rate in 1998
Inflation rate in the United States was 1.61% in 1998. That is 0.09 less than it was in the preceding 1997 and 1.07% less than in the following year of 1999.
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 | |
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Month to month, % | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.00 | -0.06 | 1.61 |
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 | |
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Year over year (12 months), % | 1.57 | 1.44 | 1.38 | 1.44 | 1.69 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 1.62 | 1.49 | 1.49 | 1.55 | 1.61 | 1.61 |
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 | |
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Progressive (year to date), % | 0.19 | 0.37 | 0.56 | 0.74 | 0.93 | 1.05 | 1.18 | 1.30 | 1.43 | 1.67 | 1.67 | 1.61 | 1.61 |
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