United States Inflation Rate in 2006
Inflation rate in the United States was 2.54% in 2006. That is 0.88 less than it was in the preceding 2005 and 1.54% less than in the following year of 2007.
In 2006 USA ranked #7 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, % | 0.76 | 0.20 | 0.55 | 0.85 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.30 | 0.20 | -0.49 | -0.54 | -0.15 | 0.15 | 2.54 |
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), % | 3.99 | 3.60 | 3.36 | 3.55 | 4.17 | 4.32 | 4.15 | 3.82 | 2.06 | 1.31 | 1.97 | 2.54 | 2.54 |
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), % | 0.76 | 0.97 | 1.52 | 2.39 | 2.90 | 3.10 | 3.40 | 3.61 | 3.10 | 2.54 | 2.39 | 2.54 | 2.54 |
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