A Long-Term Look At Inflation

 | Apr 14, 2012 09:27AM ET

The April 2011 Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) released today puts the March year-over-year inflation rate at 2.65%, which is well below the 3.95% average since the end of World War II.
 
For a comparison of headline inflation with core inflation, which is based on the CPI excluding food and energy, see this US Daily Index .