[Huck]

I get inflation rates under 4% every year since 88:

1988 3.4

1989 3.9 1990 3.9

1991 3.4

1992 2.2

1993 2.7

1994 2.1

1995 2.1

1996 1.8

1997 1.7

1998 1.2

1999 1.5 (preliminary)


http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=00324w



That inflation # seems at a glance to the the crux of this guy's argument. I'd like to verify that number before jumping off a roof.

[arete]

"Annual inflation rates, GDP deflator concept, in percent per year... "

That might be the problem. The government cooks the books in some pretty stange ways to keep the GDP numbers up and the inflation numbers down.

Richard W.

[EVO X]

Try this BLS inflation calculator