United States Inflation Rate in 2008
Inflation rate in the United States was 0.09% in 2008. That is 3.99 less than it was in the preceding 2007 and 2.63% less than in the following year of 2009.
In 2008 USA ranked #1 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, % | 0.50 | 0.29 | 0.87 | 0.61 | 0.84 | 1.01 | 0.53 | -0.40 | -0.14 | -1.01 | -1.92 | -1.03 | 0.09 |
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), % | 4.28 | 4.03 | 3.98 | 3.94 | 4.18 | 5.02 | 5.60 | 5.37 | 4.94 | 3.66 | 1.07 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
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), % | 0.50 | 0.79 | 1.66 | 2.28 | 3.14 | 4.18 | 4.73 | 4.31 | 4.16 | 3.11 | 1.14 | 0.09 | 0.09 |
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