A Long-Term Look At Inflation

 | Nov 17, 2012 04:50AM ET

The November 2012 Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) released today puts the October year-over-year inflation rate at 2.16%, a bit more than than half the 3.93% 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 .