U.S. Inflation and Unemployment

1970:1 to 1999:2
Year Quarter GDPDef Inflation Unemployment
1970 1 29.94 5.83% 4.17
1970 2 30.36 5.61% 4.77
1970 3 30.61 3.29% 5.17
1970 4 31.02 5.36% 5.83
1971 1 31.5 6.19% 5.93
1971 2 31.93 5.46% 5.90
1971 3 32.27 4.26% 6.03
1971 4 32.54 3.35% 5.93
1972 1 33.02 5.90% 5.77
1972 2 33.2 2.18% 5.70
1972 3 33.49 3.49% 5.57
1972 4 33.95 5.49% 5.37
1973 1 34.36 4.83% 4.93
1973 2 34.94 6.75% 4.93
1973 3 35.61 7.67% 4.80
1973 4 36.29 7.64% 4.77
1974 1 37.01 7.94% 5.13
1974 2 37.79 8.43% 5.20
1974 3 38.96 12.38% 5.63
1974 4 40.13 12.01% 6.60
1975 1 41.05 9.17% 8.27
1975 2 41.66 5.94% 8.87
1975 3 42.41 7.20% 8.47
1975 4 43.19 7.36% 8.30
1976 1 43.69 4.63% 7.73
1976 2 44.15 4.21% 7.57
1976 3 44.77 5.62% 7.73
1976 4 45.57 7.15% 7.77
1977 1 46.32 6.58% 7.50
1977 2 47.07 6.48% 7.13
1977 3 47.66 5.01% 6.90
1977 4 48.63 8.14% 6.67
1978 1 49.42 6.50% 6.33
1978 2 50.41 8.01% 6.00
1978 3 51.27 6.82% 6.03
1978 4 52.35 8.43% 5.90
1979 1 53.51 8.86% 5.87
1979 2 54.65 8.52% 5.70
1979 3 55.82 8.56% 5.87
1979 4 56.92 7.88% 5.97
1980 1 58.18 8.85% 6.30
1980 2 59.55 9.42% 7.33
1980 3 61.01 9.81% 7.67
1980 4 62.59 10.36% 7.40
1981 1 64.15 9.97% 7.43
1981 2 65.37 7.61% 7.40
1981 3 66.65 7.83% 7.40
1981 4 67.87 7.32% 8.23
1982 1 68.86 5.83% 8.83
1982 2 69.72 5.00% 9.43
1982 3 70.66 5.39% 9.90
1982 4 71.44 4.42% 10.67
1983 1 72.08 3.58% 10.37
1983 2 72.83 4.16% 10.13
1983 3 73.48 3.57% 9.37
1983 4 74.19 3.86% 8.53
1984 1 75.02 4.47% 7.87
1984 2 75.58 2.99% 7.43
1984 3 76.25 3.55% 7.43
1984 4 76.81 2.94% 7.30
1985 1 77.63 4.27% 7.23
1985 2 78.25 3.19% 7.30
1985 3 78.76 2.61% 7.20
1985 4 79.45 3.50% 7.03
1986 1 79.81 1.81% 7.03
1986 2 80.22 2.05% 7.17
1986 3 80.84 3.09% 6.97
1986 4 81.45 3.02% 6.83
1987 1 82.09 3.14% 6.60
1987 2 82.68 2.87% 6.27
1987 3 83.33 3.14% 6.00
1987 4 84.09 3.65% 5.83
1988 1 84.67 2.76% 5.70
1988 2 85.56 4.20% 5.47
1988 3 86.66 5.14% 5.47
1988 4 87.44 3.60% 5.33
1989 1 88.45 4.62% 5.20
1989 2 89.39 4.25% 5.23
1989 3 90.13 3.31% 5.23
1989 4 90.88 3.33% 5.37
1990 1 92 4.93% 5.30
1990 2 93.18 5.13% 5.33
1990 3 94.14 4.12% 5.70
1990 4 95.11 4.12% 6.13
1991 1 96.27 4.88% 6.60
1991 2 97 3.03% 6.83
1991 3 97.7 2.89% 6.87
1991 4 98.31 2.50% 7.10
1992 1 99.13 3.34% 7.37
1992 2 99.79 2.66% 7.60
1992 3 100.17 1.52% 7.63
1992 4 100.88 2.84% 7.37
1993 1 101.84 3.81% 7.13
1993 2 102.35 2.00% 7.07
1993 3 102.83 1.88% 6.80
1993 4 103.51 2.65% 6.63
1994 1 104.13 2.40% 6.57
1994 2 104.71 2.23% 6.20
1994 3 105.39 2.60% 6.00
1994 4 106.09 2.66% 5.63
1995 1 106.75 2.49% 5.47
1995 2 107.24 1.84% 5.67
1995 3 107.75 1.90% 5.70
1995 4 108.29 2.00% 5.57
1996 1 108.91 2.29% 5.53
1996 2 109.24 1.21% 5.47
1996 3 109.74 1.83% 5.27
1996 4 110.23 1.79% 5.33
1997 1 111 2.79% 5.23
1997 2 111.43 1.55% 4.97
1997 3 111.76 1.18% 4.90
1997 4 112.08 1.15% 4.67
1998 1 112.32 0.86% 4.63
1998 2 112.56 0.85% 4.40
1998 3 112.84 1.00% 4.50
1998 4 113.07 0.82% 4.40
1999 1 113.52 1.59% 4.30
1999 2 113.97 1.59% 4.27

Last Updated on 8/23/99
By Raymond Robertson
Email: robertson@macalester.edu