喊通胀的来看看历史数字，现在美国的通胀到底严重不严重。下面列出从1929年以来的通胀数字

Year Inflation Rate YOY, From Previous Dec. Federal Funds Rate Business Cycle* Events Affecting Inflation

1929 0.60% NA August peak Market crash

1930 -6.40% NA Contraction (-8.5%) Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act

1931 -9.30% NA Contraction (-6.4%) Dust Bowl began

1932 -10.30% NA Contraction (-12.9%) Hoover tax hikes

1933 0.80% NA Contraction ended in March (-1.2%) FDR’s New Deal

1934 1.50% NA Expansion (10.8%) U.S. debt rose

1935 3.00% NA Expansion (8.9%) Social Security

1936 1.40% NA Expansion (12.9%) FDR tax hikes

1937 2.90% NA Expansion peaked in May (5.1%) Depression resumed

1938 -2.80% NA Contraction ended in June (-3.3%) Depression ended

1939 0.00% NA Expansion (8.0%) Dust Bowl ended

1940 0.70% NA Expansion (8.8%) Defense increased

1941 9.90% NA Expansion (17.7%) Pearl Harbor

1942 9.00% NA Expansion (18.9%) Defense spending

1943 3.00% NA Expansion (17.0%) Defense spending

1944 2.30% NA Expansion (7.9%) Bretton Woods Agreement

1945 2.20% NA February peak, October trough (-1.0%) WWII ends

1946 18.10% NA Contraction (-11.6%) Budget cuts

1947 8.80% NA Contraction (-1.1%) Cold War spending

1948 3.00% NA November peak (4.1%)

1949 -2.10% NA October trough (-0.6%) Fair Deal; NATO

1950 5.90% NA Expansion (8.7%) Korean War

1951 6.00% NA Expansion (8.0%)

1952 0.80% NA Expansion (4.1%)

1953 0.70% NA July peak (4.7%) Korean War ended

1954 -0.70% 1.25% May trough (-0.6%) Dow returned to 1929 high

1955 0.40% 2.50% Expansion (7.1%)

1956 3.00% 3.00% Expansion (2.1%)

1957 2.90% 3.00% August peak (2.1%) Recession began

1958 1.80% 2.50% April trough (-0.7%) Recession ended

1959 1.70% 4.00% Expansion (6.9%) Fed raised rates

1960 1.40% 2.00% April peak (2.6%) Recession began

1961 0.70% 2.25% February trough (2.6%) JFK’s deficit spending ended recession

1962 1.30% 3.00% Expansion (6.1%)

1963 1.60% 3.50% Expansion (4.4%)

1964 1.00% 3.75% Expansion (5.8%) LBJ Medicare, Medicaid

1965 1.90% 4.25% Expansion (6.5%)

1966 3.50% 5.50% Expansion (6.6%) Vietnam War

1967 3.00% 4.50% Expansion (2.7%)

1968 4.70% 6.00% Expansion (4.9%)

1969 6.20% 9.00% December peak (3.1%) Nixon took office; moon landing

1970 5.60% 5.00% November trough (0.2%) Recession

1971 3.30% 5.00% Expansion (3.3%) Wage-price controls

1972 3.40% 5.75% Expansion (5.3%) Stagflation

1973 8.70% 9.00% November peak (5.6%) End of the gold standard

1974 12.30% 8.00% Contraction (-0.5%) Watergate scandal

1975 6.90% 4.75% March trough (-0.2%) Stopgap monetary policy confused businesses and kept prices high

1976 4.90% 4.75% Expansion (5.4%)

1977 6.70% 6.50% Expansion (4.6%)

1978 9.00% 10.00% Expansion (5.5%)

1979 13.30% 12.00% Expansion (3.2%)

1980 12.50% 18.00% January peak (-0.3%) Recession began

1981 8.90% 12.00% July trough (2.5%) Reagan tax cut

1982 3.80% 8.50% Contraction (-1.8%) Recession ended

1983 3.80% 9.25% Expansion (4.6%) Military spending

1984 3.90% 8.25% Expansion (7.2%)

1985 3.80% 7.75% Expansion (4.2%)

1986 1.10% 6.00% Expansion (3.5%) Tax cut

1987 4.40% 6.75% Expansion (3.5%) Black Monday crash

1988 4.40% 9.75% Expansion (4.2%) Fed raised rates

1989 4.60% 8.25% Expansion (3.7%) S&L crisis

1990 6.10% 7.00% July peak (1.9%) Recession

1991 3.10% 4.00% March trough (-0.1%) Fed lowered rates

1992 2.90% 3.00% Expansion (3.5%) NAFTA drafted

1993 2.70% 3.00% Expansion (2.7%) Balanced Budget Act

1994 2.70% 5.50% Expansion (4.0%)

1995 2.50% 5.50% Expansion (2.7%)

1996 3.30% 5.25% Expansion (3.8%) Welfare reform

1997 1.70% 5.50% Expansion (4.4%) Fed raised rates

1998 1.60% 4.75% Expansion (4.5%) Long-term capital management crisis

1999 2.70% 5.50% Expansion (4.8%) Glass-Steagall Act repealed

2000 3.40% 6.50% Expansion (4.1%) Tech bubble burst

2001 1.60% 1.75% March peak, November trough (1.0%) Bush tax cut; 9/11 attacks

2002 2.40% 1.25% Expansion (1.7%) War on Terror

2003 1.90% 1.00% Expansion (2.8%) Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act

2004 3.30% 2.25% Expansion (3.8%)

2005 3.40% 4.25% Expansion (3.5%) Hurricane Katrina; Bankruptcy Act

2006 2.50% 5.25% Expansion (2.8%)

2007 4.10% 4.25% December peak (2.0%) Bank crisis

2008 0.10% 0.25% Expansion (0.1%) Financial crisis

2009 2.70% 0.25% June trough (-2.6%) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

2010 1.50% 0.25% Expansion (2.7%) Affordable Care Act; Dodd-Frank Act

2011 3.00% 0.25% Expansion (1.6%) Debt ceiling crisis

2012 1.70% 0.25% Expansion (2.3%)

2013 1.50% 0.25% Expansion (2.1%) Government shutdown, sequestration

2014 0.80% 0.25% Expansion (2.5%) Quantitative easing ends

2015 0.70% 0.50% Expansion (2.9%) Deflation in oil and gas prices

2016 2.10% 0.75% Expansion (1.8%)

2017 2.10% 1.50% Expansion (2.5%)

2018 1.90% 2.50% Expansion (3.0%)

2019 2.30% 1.75% Expansion (2.5%)

2020 1.40% 0.25% Contraction (-2.2%) COVID-19 pandemic

2021 7.00% 0.25% Expansion (5.8%) COVID-19 pandemic

2022 6.50% 4.50% Expansion (1.9%) Russia invades Ukraine

2023 3.40% 5.50% Expansion (2.5%) Fed raised rates

2024 2.9% 4.48% Expansion (2.8%)