Inflation Rate by Year.xlsx

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6	Row	Year	Annual Average Index	Annual Percent Change (rate of inflation)	Event	Rank	President	War, demographic calamity, or recovery from either	Cumulative 2-year inflation	2-Year Rank	Cumulative 3-year inflation	3-Year Rank	Cumulative 4-year inflation	4-Year Rank
7	65	1864	47	27.00%	Civil War	1	Lincoln	Y	50.30%	1	61.40%	1	61.40%	2
8	64	1863	37	23.30%	Civil War	2	Lincoln	Y	34.40%	3	34.40%	7	34.40%	11
9	118	1917	38.5	17.80%	WW1 - After US Entry	3	Wilson	Y	25.50%	6	26.40%	11	27.70%	21
10	119	1918	45.2	17.30%	WW1 - After US Entry	4	Wilson	Y	35.10%	2	42.80%	5	43.70%	6
11	121	1920	60.2	15.60%	Spanish Influenza	5	Wilson	Y	30.80%	5	48.10%	4	65.90%	1
12	120	1919	52.1	15.20%	Spanish Influenza	6	Wilson	Y	32.50%	4	50.30%	2	58.00%	4
13	148	1947	67.1	14.40%	Post-WW2	7	Truman	Y	22.90%	10	25.20%	15	26.80%	22
14	14	1813	58	13.70%	War of 1812 (1812-1815)	8	Madison	Y	15.70%	19	22.10%	17	22.10%	28
15	181	1980	247.6	13.50%	Oil Shock 2	9	Carter		24.80%	8	32.40%	8	38.90%	9
16	180	1979	218.1	11.30%	Oil Shock 2	10	Carter		18.90%	14	25.40%	14	31.10%	16
17	63	1862	30	11.10%	Civil War	11	Lincoln	Y	11.10%	27	11.10%	45	14.90%	47
18	175	1974	148.2	11.10%	Vietnam/Oil Shock 1	12	Nixon/Ford	Y	17.30%	15	20.60%	21	24.90%	23
19	143	1942	49.1	10.90%	WW2	13	FDR	Y	16.00%	18	16.70%	27	15.40%	46
20	182	1981	273.2	10.30%	Oil Shock 2	14	Reagan		23.80%	9	35.10%	6	42.70%	7
21	9	1808	48	9.10%	?? Louisiana Purchase?	15	Jefferson		2.70%	111	7.10%	81	7.10%	102
22	176	1975	161.7	9.10%	Vietnam/Oil Shock 1	16	Ford	Y	20.20%	13	26.40%	12	29.70%	18
23	15	1814	63	8.60%	War of 1812 (1812-1815)	17	Madison	Y	22.30%	11	24.30%	16	30.70%	17
24	147	1946	58.6	8.50%	Post-WW2	18	Truman	Y	10.80%	28	12.40%	42	18.40%	35
25	55	1854	27	8.00%	?	19	Pierce		8.00%	42	8.00%	67	8.00%	91
26	223	2022	879.4	8.00%	Post-COVID	20	Biden	Y	12.70%	22	13.90%	33	15.70%	42
27	152	1951	78	7.90%	Korean War	21	Truman	Y	9.00%	38	8.00%	66	15.70%	43
28	117	1916	32.7	7.70%	WW1 - Before US Entry	22	Wilson	Y	8.60%	40	9.90%	50	12.30%	56
29	149	1948	72.2	7.70%	Post-WW2	23	Truman	Y	22.10%	12	30.60%	9	32.90%	13
30	179	1978	196	7.60%	Oil Shock 2	24	Carter		14.10%	21	19.80%	24	28.90%	20
31	37	1836	33	6.50%	Private bank inflation	25	Jackson		9.80%	32	13.20%	37	9.90%	75
32	178	1977	182.1	6.50%	Oil Shock 2	26	Carter		12.20%	23	21.30%	19	32.40%	14
33	12	1811	50	6.40%		27	Madison		6.40%	56	4.30%	106	13.40%	51
34	174	1973	133.4	6.20%		28	Nixon		9.50%	36	13.80%	34	19.60%	31
35	183	1982	290	6.10%		29	Reagan		16.40%	17	29.90%	10	41.20%	8
36	144	1943	52	6.00%	WW2	30	FDR	Y	16.90%	16	22.00%	18	22.70%	26
37	171	1970	116.7	5.80%		31	Nixon		11.30%	25	15.60%	29	18.40%	34
38	177	1976	171	5.70%		32	Ford		14.80%	20	25.90%	13	32.10%	15
39	170	1969	110.2	5.50%		33	Nixon		9.80%	33	12.60%	39	15.60%	44
40	191	1990	392.6	5.40%		34	GHW Bush		10.20%	30	14.30%	32	18.00%	36
41	142	1941	44.2	5.10%	WW2	35	FDR	Y	5.80%	65	4.50%	102	2.50%	125
42	190	1989	372.5	4.80%		36	GHW Bush		8.90%	39	12.60%	40	14.50%	48
43	4	1803	45	4.70%		37	Jefferson		-9.30%	205	-11.30%	202	N/A	999
44	222	2021	814.3	4.70%	COVID	38	Biden		5.90%	64	7.70%	73	10.10%	71
45	7	1806	47	4.40%		39	Jefferson		4.40%	83	4.40%	105	9.10%	81
46	169	1968	104.5	4.30%		40	LBJ		7.10%	50	10.10%	49	11.70%	61
47	172	1971	121.7	4.30%		41	Nixon		10.10%	31	15.60%	30	19.90%	30
48	185	1984	312.2	4.30%		42	Reagan		7.50%	48	13.60%	35	23.90%	24
49	192	1991	409.3	4.20%		43	GHW Bush		9.60%	34	14.40%	31	18.50%	33
50	189	1988	355.4	4.10%		44	Reagan		7.80%	45	9.70%	53	13.20%	53
51	103	1902	26	4.00%		45	T Roosevelt		4.00%	86	4.00%	108	4.00%	119
52	60	1859	27	3.80%		46	Buchanan		-3.30%	172	0.40%	133	-3.20%	157
53	104	1903	27	3.80%		47	T Roosevelt		7.80%	43	7.80%	69	7.80%	93
54	209	2008	647	3.80%		48	W Bush		6.70%	54	9.90%	51	13.30%	52
55	48	1847	28	3.70%		49	Polk		0.10%	127	0.10%	137	0.10%	139
56	56	1855	28	3.70%		50	Pierce		11.70%	24	11.70%	43	11.70%	60
57	58	1857	28	3.70%		51	Buchanan		0.10%	129	3.80%	110	11.80%	59
58	108	1907	28	3.70%		52	T Roosevelt		3.70%	93	3.70%	113	3.70%	122
59	111	1910	28	3.70%		53	Taft		3.70%	94	0.10%	136	3.80%	120
60	138	1937	43.2	3.70%	1937-1938 Recession	54	FDR		4.70%	80	7.30%	76	10.80%	67
61	188	1987	341.4	3.70%		55	Reagan		5.60%	69	9.10%	58	13.40%	50
62	81	1880	29	3.60%		56	Hayes		0.20%	125	-9.20%	190	-9.20%	183
63	113	1912	29	3.60%		57	Taft		3.60%	100	7.30%	78	7.30%	99
64	135	1934	40.2	3.50%		58	FDR		-1.70%	161	-12.00%	206	-20.90%	215
65	186	1985	323.2	3.50%		59	Reagan		7.80%	44	11.00%	47	17.10%	39
66	35	1834	30	3.40%		60	Jackson		0.10%	126	-6.20%	179	-6.20%	169
67	201	2000	517.5	3.40%		61	Clinton		5.60%	68	7.20%	79	9.50%	78
68	206	2005	586.9	3.40%		62	W Bush		6.10%	59	8.40%	62	10.00%	73
69	36	1835	31	3.30%		63	Jackson		6.70%	52	3.40%	122	-2.90%	156
70	42	1841	31	3.30%		64	John Tyler		-3.00%	168	-3.00%	161	-8.90%	181
71	158	1957	84.4	3.30%		65	Eisenhower		4.80%	76	4.50%	103	4.80%	115
72	173	1972	125.7	3.30%		66	Nixon		7.60%	47	13.40%	36	18.90%	32
73	184	1983	299.3	3.20%		67	Reagan		9.30%	37	19.60%	25	33.10%	12
74	207	2006	605.8	3.20%		68	W Bush		6.60%	55	9.30%	57	11.60%	62
75	212	2011	676	3.20%		69	Obama		4.80%	77	4.40%	104	8.20%	88
76	224	2023	910.4	3.20%		70	Biden		11.20%	26	15.90%	28	17.10%	38
77	26	1825	34	3.00%		71	JQ Adams		-5.30%	191	-15.30%	216	-15.30%	208
78	38	1837	34	3.00%		72	Van Buren		9.50%	35	12.80%	38	16.20%	40
79	167	1966	97.5	3.00%		73	LBJ		4.60%	81	5.90%	93	7.10%	101
80	193	1992	421.7	3.00%		74	GHW Bush		7.20%	49	12.60%	41	17.40%	37
81	194	1993	434.1	3.00%		75	Clinton		6.00%	63	10.20%	48	15.60%	45
82	197	1996	471.3	2.90%		76	Clinton		5.70%	67	8.30%	64	11.30%	66
83	208	2007	623.1	2.90%		77	W Bush		6.10%	60	9.50%	56	12.20%	57
84	168	1967	100.2	2.80%		78	LBJ		5.80%	66	7.40%	75	8.70%	83
85	196	1995	457.9	2.80%		79	Clinton		5.40%	72	8.40%	63	11.40%	64
86	202	2001	532.1	2.80%		80	W Bush		6.20%	57	8.40%	61	10.00%	72
87	159	1958	86.7	2.70%		81	Eisenhower		6.00%	62	7.50%	74	7.20%	100
88	205	2004	567.6	2.70%		82	W Bush		5.00%	75	6.60%	88	9.40%	80
89	136	1935	41.2	2.60%		83	FDR		6.10%	58	0.90%	130	-9.40%	187
90	195	1994	445.4	2.60%		84	Clinton		5.60%	70	8.60%	59	12.80%	55
91	114	1913	29.7	2.40%		85	Wilson		6.00%	61	6.00%	92	9.70%	76
92	126	1925	52.7	2.40%		86	Coolidge		2.80%	110	4.60%	100	-1.60%	153
93	219	2018	754.6	2.40%		87	Trump		4.50%	82	5.80%	94	5.90%	107
94	146	1945	54.1	2.30%	WW2	88	Truman	Y	3.90%	87	9.90%	52	20.80%	29
95	153	1952	79.8	2.30%		89	Truman		10.20%	29	11.30%	44	10.30%	69
96	198	1997	482.4	2.30%		90	Clinton		5.20%	74	8.00%	68	10.60%	68
97	204	2003	552.8	2.30%		91	W Bush		3.90%	89	6.70%	87	10.10%	70
98	200	1999	500.6	2.20%		92	Clinton		3.80%	92	6.10%	91	9.00%	82
99	213	2012	689.9	2.10%		93	Obama		5.30%	73	6.90%	84	6.50%	104
100	218	2017	736.6	2.10%		94	Trump		3.40%	103	3.50%	120	5.10%	112