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What was the national inflation rate for 2008 and for 2009?

Jan 08, 2010 by atomzer0 | Posted in Economics

I'm sure there's a department of government that keeps track of this stuff, so there should be an official national inflation rate out there somewhere, but I can't seem to find it. Maybe you could help me out.

You might want to look at the CPI (Consumer Price Index)

Bureau of Labor Statistics website should have the information.

http://www.bls.gov/

or you could use this:

http://www.rateinflation.com/inflation-r

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