A Long-Term Look At Inflation

 | Oct 17, 2012 02:18AM ET

The October 2012 Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) released today puts the September year-over-year inflation rate at 1.99%, a bit more than than half the 3.82% average since the end of the Second World War.

For a comparison of headline inflation with core inflation, which is based on the CPI excluding food and energy, see this US Daily Index .