United States Inflation Rate in 1971
Inflation rate in the United States was 3.27% in 1971. That is 2.30 less than it was in the preceding 1970 and 0.14% less than in the following year of 1972.
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, % | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.74 | 0.25 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.49 | 3.27 |
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), % | 5.29 | 5.00 | 4.71 | 4.16 | 4.40 | 4.64 | 4.36 | 4.62 | 4.08 | 3.81 | 3.28 | 3.27 | 3.27 |
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), % | 0.00 | 0.25 | 0.50 | 0.75 | 1.26 | 2.01 | 2.26 | 2.51 | 2.51 | 2.76 | 2.76 | 3.27 | 3.27 |
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