Consumer Price Index (CPI) Details:
Each year the value of the U.S. dollar changes. We know that. How are the calculations made?
Well we don't make them up, we get the data from the government's reports like the snippet below.
Below you can see detailed data collected by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Fact: 2009 is heading to be our first Annual Inflation Rate decrease in over 40 years.
Year
|
Jan.
|
Feb.
|
Mar.
|
Apr.
|
May
|
Jun.
|
Jul.
|
Aug.
|
Sep.
|
Oct.
|
Nov.
|
Dec.
|
Annual
Average
|
Annual
Inflation
Rate
|
2009
|
211.1
|
212.2
|
212.7
|
213.2
|
213.9
|
215.7
|
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 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
*213.1
|
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2008
|
211.1
|
211.7
|
213.5
|
214.8
|
216.6
|
218.8
|
220.0
|
219.1
|
218.8
|
216.6
|
212.4
|
210.2
|
215.3
|
3.8%
|
2007
|
202.4
|
203.5
|
205.4
|
206.7
|
207.9
|
208.4
|
208.3
|
207.9
|
208.5
|
208.9
|
210.2
|
210.0
|
207.3
|
2.8%
|
2006
|
198.3
|
198.7
|
199.8
|
201.5
|
202.5
|
202.9
|
203.5
|
203.9
|
202.9
|
201.8
|
201.5
|
201.8
|
201.6
|
3.2%
|
2005
|
190.7
|
191.8
|
193.3
|
194.6
|
194.4
|
194.5
|
195.4
|
196.4
|
198.8
|
199.2
|
197.6
|
196.8
|
195.3
|
3.4%
|
2004
|
185.2
|
186.2
|
187.4
|
188.0
|
189.1
|
189.7
|
189.4
|
189.5
|
189.9
|
190.9
|
191.0
|
190.3
|
188.9
|
2.7%
|
2003
|
181.7
|
183.1
|
184.2
|
183.8
|
183.5
|
183.7
|
183.9
|
184.6
|
185.2
|
185.0
|
184.5
|
184.3
|
184.0
|
2.3%
|
2002
|
177.1
|
177.8
|
178.8
|
179.8
|
179.8
|
179.9
|
180.1
|
180.7
|
181.0
|
181.3
|
181.3
|
180.9
|
179.9
|
1.6%
|
2001
|
175.1
|
175.8
|
176.2
|
176.9
|
177.7
|
178.0
|
177.5
|
177.5
|
178.3
|
177.7
|
177.4
|
176.7
|
177.1
|
2.8%
|
2000
|
168.8
|
169.8
|
171.2
|
171.3
|
171.5
|
172.4
|
172.8
|
172.8
|
173.7
|
174.0
|
174.1
|
174.0
|
172.2
|
3.4%
|
 |
 |
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 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
1999
|
164.3
|
164.5
|
165.0
|
166.2
|
166.2
|
166.2
|
166.7
|
167.1
|
167.9
|
168.2
|
168.3
|
168.3
|
166.6
|
2.2%
|
1998
|
161.6
|
161.9
|
162.2
|
162.5
|
162.8
|
163.0
|
163.2
|
163.4
|
163.6
|
164.0
|
164.0
|
163.9
|
163.0
|
1.6%
|
1997
|
159.1
|
159.6
|
160.0
|
160.2
|
160.1
|
160.3
|
160.5
|
160.8
|
161.2
|
161.6
|
161.5
|
161.3
|
160.5
|
2.3%
|
1996
|
154.4
|
154.9
|
155.7
|
156.3
|
156.6
|
156.7
|
157.0
|
157.3
|
157.8
|
158.3
|
158.6
|
158.6
|
156.9
|
3.0%
|
1995
|
150.3
|
150.9
|
151.4
|
151.9
|
152.2
|
152.5
|
152.5
|
152.9
|
153.2
|
153.7
|
153.6
|
153.5
|
152.4
|
2.8%
|
1994
|
146.2
|
146.7
|
147.2
|
147.4
|
147.5
|
148.0
|
148.4
|
149.0
|
149.4
|
149.5
|
149.7
|
149.7
|
148.2
|
2.6%
|
1993
|
142.6
|
143.1
|
143.6
|
144.0
|
144.2
|
144.4
|
144.4
|
144.8
|
145.1
|
145.7
|
145.8
|
145.8
|
144.5
|
3.0%
|
1992
|
138.1
|
138.6
|
139.3
|
139.5
|
139.7
|
140.2
|
140.5
|
140.9
|
141.3
|
141.8
|
142.0
|
141.9
|
140.3
|
3.0%
|
1991
|
134.6
|
134.8
|
135.0
|
135.2
|
135.6
|
136.0
|
136.2
|
136.6
|
137.2
|
137.4
|
137.8
|
137.9
|
136.2
|
4.2%
|
1990
|
127.4
|
128.0
|
128.7
|
128.9
|
129.2
|
129.9
|
130.4
|
131.6
|
132.7
|
133.5
|
133.8
|
133.9
|
130.7
|
5.4%
|
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1989
|
121.1
|
121.6
|
122.3
|
123.1
|
123.8
|
124.1
|
124.4
|
124.6
|
125.0
|
125.6
|
125.9
|
126.1
|
124.0
|
4.8%
|
1988
|
115.7
|
116.0
|
116.5
|
117.1
|
117.5
|
118.0
|
118.5
|
119.0
|
119.8
|
120.2
|
120.3
|
120.5
|
118.3
|
4.1%
|
1987
|
111.2
|
111.6
|
112.1
|
112.7
|
113.1
|
113.5
|
113.8
|
114.4
|
115.0
|
115.3
|
115.4
|
115.4
|
113.6
|
3.6%
|
1986
|
109.6
|
109.3
|
108.8
|
108.6
|
108.9
|
109.5
|
109.5
|
109.7
|
110.2
|
110.3
|
110.4
|
110.5
|
109.6
|
1.9%
|
1985
|
105.5
|
106.0
|
106.4
|
106.9
|
107.3
|
107.6
|
107.8
|
108.0
|
108.3
|
108.7
|
109.0
|
109.3
|
107.6
|
3.6%
|
1984
|
101.9
|
102.4
|
102.6
|
103.1
|
103.4
|
103.7
|
104.1
|
104.5
|
105.0
|
105.3
|
105.3
|
105.3
|
103.9
|
4.3%
|
1983
|
97.8
|
97.9
|
97.9
|
98.6
|
99.2
|
99.5
|
99.9
|
100.2
|
100.7
|
101.2
|
101.3
|
101.3
|
99.6
|
3.2%
|
1982
|
94.3
|
94.6
|
94.5
|
94.9
|
95.8
|
97.0
|
97.5
|
97.7
|
97.9
|
98.2
|
98.0
|
97.6
|
96.5
|
6.2%
|
1981
|
87.0
|
87.9
|
88.5
|
89.1
|
89.8
|
90.6
|
91.6
|
92.3
|
93.2
|
93.4
|
93.7
|
94.0
|
90.9
|
10.3%
|
1980
|
77.8
|
78.9
|
80.1
|
81.0
|
81.8
|
82.7
|
82.7
|
83.3
|
84.0
|
84.8
|
85.5
|
86.3
|
82.4
|
13.5%
|
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 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
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 |
 |
 |
1979
|
68.3
|
69.1
|
69.8
|
70.6
|
71.5
|
72.3
|
73.1
|
73.8
|
74.6
|
75.2
|
75.9
|
76.7
|
72.6
|
11.3%
|
1978
|
62.5
|
62.9
|
63.4
|
63.9
|
64.5
|
65.2
|
65.7
|
66.0
|
66.5
|
67.1
|
67.4
|
67.7
|
65.2
|
7.6%
|
1977
|
58.5
|
59.1
|
59.5
|
60.0
|
60.3
|
60.7
|
61.0
|
61.2
|
61.4
|
61.6
|
61.9
|
62.1
|
60.6
|
6.5%
|
1976
|
55.6
|
55.8
|
55.9
|
56.1
|
56.5
|
56.8
|
57.1
|
57.4
|
57.6
|
57.9
|
58.0
|
58.2
|
56.9
|
5.8%
|
1975
|
52.1
|
52.5
|
52.7
|
52.9
|
53.2
|
53.6
|
54.2
|
54.3
|
54.6
|
54.9
|
55.3
|
55.5
|
53.8
|
9.1%
|
1974
|
46.6
|
47.2
|
47.8
|
48.0
|
48.6
|
49.0
|
49.4
|
50.0
|
50.6
|
51.1
|
51.5
|
51.9
|
49.3
|
11.0%
|
1973
|
42.6
|
42.9
|
43.3
|
43.6
|
43.9
|
44.2
|
44.3
|
45.1
|
45.2
|
45.6
|
45.9
|
46.2
|
44.4
|
6.2%
|
1972
|
41.1
|
41.3
|
41.4
|
41.5
|
41.6
|
41.7
|
41.9
|
42.0
|
42.1
|
42.3
|
42.4
|
42.5
|
41.8
|
3.2%
|
1971
|
39.8
|
39.9
|
40.0
|
40.1
|
40.3
|
40.6
|
40.7
|
40.8
|
40.8
|
40.9
|
40.9
|
41.1
|
40.5
|
4.4%
|
1970
|
37.8
|
38.0
|
38.2
|
38.5
|
38.6
|
38.8
|
39.0
|
39.0
|
39.2
|
39.4
|
39.6
|
39.8
|
38.8
|
5.8%
|

*Based on the first 6 months of 2009
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