United States Inflation Rate in 2003
Inflation rate in the United States was 1.88% in 2003. That is 0.50 less than it was in the preceding 2002 and 1.38% less than in the following year of 2004.
In 2003 USA ranked #5 in the world by yearly inflation rate.
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, % | 0.44 | 0.77 | 0.60 | -0.22 | -0.16 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.38 | 0.33 | -0.11 | -0.27 | -0.11 | 1.88 |
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), % | 2.60 | 2.98 | 3.02 | 2.22 | 2.06 | 2.11 | 2.11 | 2.16 | 2.32 | 2.04 | 1.77 | 1.88 | 1.88 |
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), % | 0.44 | 1.22 | 1.82 | 1.60 | 1.44 | 1.55 | 1.66 | 2.05 | 2.38 | 2.27 | 1.99 | 1.88 | 1.88 |
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