United States Inflation Rate in 2012
Inflation rate in the United States was 1.74% in 2012. That is 1.22 less than it was in the preceding 2011 and 0.24% more than in the following year of 2013.
In 2012 USA ranked #6 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 | 0.44 | 0.76 | 0.30 | -0.12 | -0.15 | -0.16 | 0.56 | 0.45 | -0.04 | -0.47 | -0.27 | 1.74 |
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), % | 2.93 | 2.87 | 2.65 | 2.30 | 1.70 | 1.66 | 1.41 | 1.69 | 1.99 | 2.16 | 1.76 | 1.74 | 1.74 |
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 | 0.88 | 1.65 | 1.96 | 1.84 | 1.69 | 1.52 | 2.09 | 2.54 | 2.50 | 2.02 | 1.74 | 1.74 |
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