Updated charts on U.S. Inflation

The inflation charts page has updated inflation data as of July 2016. Inflation is at 7.2 percent, based on revised Federal Reserve data. Inflation continues to fall, but there is still inflation so we have work to do. Inflation is when Federal Reserve banks, from the “central” bank to all its member banks, created dollars when they make loans.

Here are the updated charts:

Annual changes in Fed Reserve dollar quantity - through 2016 April

Line chart of Fed Reserve Dollar Quantity from 1959 to 2016, with callouts showing when total dollar quantity doubled

Table - Raw data showing composition of Fed Reserve Dollar total, from 1995 to 2016, April

Pie chart showing components of Federal Reserve Dollars - 2016.04

For more details, visit the Charts page.

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