United States Inflation Rate in 1979
Inflation rate in the United States was 13.29% in 1979. That is 4.28 more than it was in the preceding 1978 and 0.78% more than in the following year of 1980.
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, % | 0.89 | 1.17 | 1.01 | 1.15 | 1.27 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 0.96 | 1.08 | 0.80 | 0.93 | 1.05 | 13.29 |
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), % | 9.28 | 9.86 | 10.09 | 10.49 | 10.85 | 10.89 | 11.26 | 11.82 | 12.18 | 12.07 | 12.61 | 13.29 | 13.29 |
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), % | 0.89 | 2.07 | 3.10 | 4.28 | 5.61 | 6.79 | 7.98 | 9.01 | 10.19 | 11.08 | 12.11 | 13.29 | 13.29 |
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