INFLATION RATE AND CONSUMER PRICE INDEX-URBAN CONSUMERS Historical Inflation Rate and CPI-U (1982-84=100) Year Inflation CPI-U 1913 -- 9.9 1914 1.3% 10.0 1915 1.0 10.1 1916 7.6 10.9 1917 17.4 12.8 1918 17.4 15.1 1919 14.9 17.3 1920 15.8 20.0 1921 -10.6 17.9 1922 -6.3 16.8 1923 1.8 17.1 1924 0.2 17.1 1925 2.5 17.5 1926 1.0 17.7 1927 -1.9 17.4 1928 -1.3 17.1 1929 0.0 17.1 1930 -2.5 16.7 1931 -8.8 15.2 1932 -10.3 13.7 1933 -5.1 13.0 1934 3.4 13.4 1935 2.5 13.7 1936 1.0 13.9 1937 3.6 14.4 1938 -1.9 14.1 1939 -1.4 13.9 1940 1.0 14.0 1941 5.0 14.7 1942 10.7 16.3 1943 6.1 17.3 1944 1.7 17.6 1945 2.3 18.0 1946 8.5 19.5 1947 14.4 22.3 1948 7.8 24.1 1949 -1.0 23.8 1950 1.0 24.1 1951 7.9 26.0 1952 2.2 26.5 1953 0.8 26.7 1954 0.5 26.9 1955 -0.4 26.8 1956 1.5 27.2 1957 3.6 28.1 1958 2.7 28.9 1959 0.8 29.1 1960 1.7 29.6 1961 1.0 29.9 1962 1.0 30.2 1963 1.3 30.6 1964 1.3 31.0 1965 1.6 31.5 1966 2.9 32.4 1967 3.1 33.4 1968 4.2 34.8 1969 5.5 36.7 1970 5.7 38.8 1971 4.4 40.5 1972 3.2 41.8 1973 6.2 44.4 1974 11.0 49.3 1975 9.1 53.8 1976 5.8 56.9 1977 6.5 60.6 1978 7.6 65.2 1979 11.3 72.6 1980 13.5 82.4 1981 10.3 90.9 1982 6.2 96.5 1983 3.2 99.6 1984 4.3 103.9 1985 3.6 107.6 1986 1.9 109.6 1987 3.6 113.6 1988 4.1 118.3 1989 4.8 124.0 1990 5.4 130.7 1991 4.2 136.2 1992 3.0 140.3 1993 3.0 144.5 1994 2.6 148.2 1995 2.8 152.4 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U (1982-84=100), not seasonally adjusted, table CUUR0000SA0 For greater accuracy, inflation rate before 1960 calculated using CPI 1967 = 100.
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