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Wage growth tracker by wage decile : Year over year changes in hourly pay, by decile, 1997 – 2019
year | 10th | 20th | 30th | 40th | 50th | 60th | 70th | 80th | 90th | 95th |
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Jan-1997 | -1.5% | -0.6% | 0.6% | 0.4% | -1.4% | -1.0% | -0.2% | -0.1% | -0.5% | -0.6% |
Feb-1997 | -1.2% | -0.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | -1.0% | -0.8% | -0.1% | 0.0% | -0.4% | -0.3% |
Mar-1997 | -0.9% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.9% | -0.7% | -0.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Apr-1997 | -0.7% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 1.3% | -0.2% | -0.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
May-1997 | -0.3% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
Jun-1997 | -0.3% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.3% |
Jul-1997 | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
Aug-1997 | 0.5% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 1.8% | 1.0% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
Sep-1997 | 1.1% | 2.3% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
Oct-1997 | 1.7% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
Nov-1997 | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.4% |
Dec-1997 | 3.0% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1.9% |
Jan-1998 | 3.6% | 3.5% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.2% |
Feb-1998 | 4.2% | 3.9% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
Mar-1998 | 4.9% | 4.3% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.3% |
Apr-1998 | 5.6% | 4.7% | 3.2% | 2.5% | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1.3% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.6% |
May-1998 | 5.8% | 4.6% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 0.9% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.7% |
Jun-1998 | 6.8% | 5.2% | 3.2% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.8% |
Jul-1998 | 7.2% | 5.7% | 3.6% | 2.4% | 3.4% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.8% |
Aug-1998 | 7.2% | 5.8% | 3.8% | 2.8% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 0.8% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
Sep-1998 | 7.2% | 5.8% | 3.7% | 3.1% | 3.8% | 3.0% | 1.2% | 2.8% | 3.1% | 3.2% |
Oct-1998 | 7.0% | 6.1% | 3.5% | 3.4% | 4.0% | 3.3% | 1.7% | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.5% |
Nov-1998 | 7.0% | 6.1% | 3.2% | 3.7% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 2.1% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.2% |
Dec-1998 | 6.8% | 5.5% | 2.7% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 3.5% | 2.1% | 2.6% | 2.8% | 3.2% |
Jan-1999 | 6.6% | 5.2% | 2.7% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 3.0% |
Feb-1999 | 6.4% | 4.9% | 2.7% | 4.0% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 3.1% | 3.5% |
Mar-1999 | 5.9% | 4.3% | 2.5% | 3.9% | 3.2% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 3.0% |
Apr-1999 | 4.9% | 3.3% | 1.8% | 3.3% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.5% |
May-1999 | 4.8% | 3.0% | 1.8% | 3.6% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.9% |
Jun-1999 | 4.1% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 3.7% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.9% |
Jul-1999 | 3.3% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 3.4% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.8% |
Aug-1999 | 2.8% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 3.1% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.9% |
Sep-1999 | 2.4% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.7% |
Oct-1999 | 2.0% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.6% |
Nov-1999 | 1.6% | 0.2% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 2.6% |
Dec-1999 | 1.2% | 0.0% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 2.4% |
Jan-2000 | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
Feb-2000 | 0.1% | -0.3% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 2.2% |
Mar-2000 | -0.6% | -0.6% | 1.0% | -0.3% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 2.2% |
Apr-2000 | -0.1% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 0.0% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 2.1% | 3.0% |
May-2000 | -0.3% | 0.5% | 2.1% | -0.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 3.0% |
Jun-2000 | -0.9% | 0.3% | 2.0% | -1.1% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.7% | 2.9% |
Jul-2000 | -0.8% | 0.6% | 2.2% | -1.3% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 2.1% | 3.2% |
Aug-2000 | -0.5% | 1.1% | 2.5% | -1.1% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
Sep-2000 | -0.7% | 1.3% | 2.4% | -1.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 2.2% | 3.5% |
Oct-2000 | -0.4% | 1.4% | 2.2% | -1.3% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.9% | 3.1% |
Nov-2000 | -0.3% | 1.6% | 2.0% | -1.2% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 2.9% |
Dec-2000 | -0.1% | 1.9% | 2.0% | -1.0% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
Jan-2001 | -0.1% | 1.6% | 1.7% | -0.9% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 2.8% |
Feb-2001 | 0.1% | 1.8% | 1.8% | -0.5% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.7% | 2.7% |
Mar-2001 | 0.9% | 2.4% | 2.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 3.2% |
Apr-2001 | 0.7% | 2.2% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 2.3% | 3.0% |
May-2001 | 0.7% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 2.6% |
Jun-2001 | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2.2% | 2.4% |
Jul-2001 | 2.1% | 3.0% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 0.8% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 2.1% |
Aug-2001 | 2.4% | 3.1% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 1.3% |
Sep-2001 | 2.6% | 3.1% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 2.5% | 1.7% |
Oct-2001 | 3.2% | 3.6% | 2.4% | 3.0% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
Nov-2001 | 3.6% | 3.8% | 2.8% | 3.4% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 4.1% | 3.1% |
Dec-2001 | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3.1% | 3.9% | 2.8% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.8% | 4.1% | 3.3% |
Jan-2002 | 4.3% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 4.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 3.4% |
Feb-2002 | 4.7% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.3% | 4.2% | 3.7% |
Mar-2002 | 4.3% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 4.0% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 3.2% |
Apr-2002 | 4.4% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 3.6% | 2.9% | 2.3% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 2.9% | 3.0% |
May-2002 | 4.7% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 2.3% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 3.2% |
Jun-2002 | 4.8% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 3.5% | 3.1% | 2.0% | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 3.4% |
Jul-2002 | 4.2% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 2.7% | 1.3% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 3.5% |
Aug-2002 | 3.6% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 3.5% |
Sep-2002 | 3.9% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 3.5% |
Oct-2002 | 3.1% | 0.3% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.2% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 2.9% |
Nov-2002 | 2.5% | -0.2% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 0.7% | -0.2% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 2.6% |
Dec-2002 | 2.1% | -0.8% | 1.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | -0.6% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 2.0% |
Jan-2003 | 1.7% | -1.2% | 0.4% | -0.2% | 0.0% | -0.9% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 1.5% |
Feb-2003 | 0.8% | -1.9% | 0.0% | -0.7% | -0.5% | -1.4% | -0.4% | -0.1% | -0.6% | 0.6% |
Mar-2003 | 0.9% | -1.7% | 0.2% | -0.7% | -0.6% | -1.2% | -0.2% | 0.1% | -0.2% | 0.5% |
Apr-2003 | 1.0% | -1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | -0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
May-2003 | 1.1% | -0.6% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
Jun-2003 | 0.8% | -0.8% | 1.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
Jul-2003 | 0.5% | -0.8% | 1.2% | -0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.6% |
Aug-2003 | 0.3% | -1.0% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.5% | -0.1% |
Sep-2003 | -0.3% | -1.1% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | -0.3% |
Oct-2003 | 0.0% | -0.5% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.1% | -0.3% |
Nov-2003 | 0.0% | -0.4% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.2% | -0.6% |
Dec-2003 | -0.3% | -0.5% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 0.7% | -0.5% |
Jan-2004 | -0.3% | -0.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.3% | -0.3% |
Feb-2004 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 0.3% |
Mar-2004 | -0.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 0.4% |
Apr-2004 | -0.6% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0.2% |
May-2004 | -1.4% | -0.7% | -0.8% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.5% | -0.7% |
Jun-2004 | -1.7% | -0.9% | -1.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | -1.2% |
Jul-2004 | -1.6% | -0.7% | -1.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | -1.0% |
Aug-2004 | -1.4% | -0.2% | -1.3% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | -0.1% |
Sep-2004 | -1.4% | -0.2% | -1.5% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.1% |
Oct-2004 | -2.1% | -0.8% | -2.3% | 0.1% | 0.4% | -0.3% | -0.7% | -0.9% | 0.0% | -0.2% |
Nov-2004 | -2.6% | -1.3% | -2.7% | -0.4% | 0.0% | -0.7% | -1.2% | -1.1% | -0.4% | -0.3% |
Dec-2004 | -2.4% | -0.8% | -2.7% | -0.1% | 0.1% | -0.7% | -1.2% | -1.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
Jan-2005 | -2.0% | -0.3% | -2.3% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.1% | -0.7% | -0.3% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
Feb-2005 | -2.2% | -0.7% | -2.4% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% | -0.7% | -0.5% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
Mar-2005 | -2.5% | -1.1% | -2.5% | -0.1% | 0.3% | -0.2% | -0.8% | -0.8% | 0.4% | 0.1% |
Apr-2005 | -2.8% | -1.5% | -2.8% | -0.7% | -0.4% | -0.7% | -1.2% | -1.3% | 0.1% | -0.2% |
May-2005 | -2.2% | -0.7% | -2.2% | -0.3% | 0.0% | -0.3% | -0.7% | -0.6% | 0.7% | 0.9% |
Jun-2005 | -2.0% | -0.3% | -2.0% | -0.1% | 0.0% | -0.3% | -0.7% | -0.2% | 0.8% | 1.6% |
Jul-2005 | -2.5% | -0.9% | -2.6% | -1.3% | -0.9% | -1.2% | -1.3% | -0.4% | 0.2% | 1.2% |
Aug-2005 | -3.0% | -1.3% | -3.1% | -2.0% | -1.4% | -1.8% | -1.9% | -0.7% | -0.6% | 0.3% |
Sep-2005 | -3.9% | -2.4% | -4.0% | -3.0% | -2.4% | -2.5% | -2.9% | -1.9% | -1.7% | -0.6% |
Oct-2005 | -3.5% | -2.0% | -3.7% | -2.6% | -2.1% | -2.0% | -2.4% | -1.1% | -1.1% | 0.0% |
Nov-2005 | -2.4% | -0.8% | -2.7% | -1.6% | -1.3% | -1.0% | -1.4% | -0.3% | -0.2% | 0.8% |
Dec-2005 | -2.3% | -0.5% | -2.6% | -1.7% | -1.4% | -0.9% | -1.2% | -0.4% | -0.3% | 0.8% |
Jan-2006 | -2.9% | -1.3% | -3.3% | -2.6% | -2.3% | -2.1% | -2.2% | -1.1% | -1.1% | 0.2% |
Feb-2006 | -2.5% | -0.6% | -2.8% | -2.3% | -1.8% | -1.8% | -2.1% | -1.0% | -1.3% | 0.3% |
Mar-2006 | -2.2% | -0.1% | -2.7% | -2.2% | -1.6% | -1.4% | -1.7% | -0.5% | -0.9% | 0.5% |
Apr-2006 | -2.2% | -0.2% | -2.8% | -2.4% | -1.5% | -1.3% | -1.7% | -0.5% | -0.9% | 0.4% |
May-2006 | -2.6% | -0.5% | -3.1% | -2.8% | -1.9% | -1.6% | -2.0% | -1.0% | -1.2% | -0.5% |
Jun-2006 | -2.6% | -0.3% | -3.2% | -3.0% | -2.0% | -1.5% | -2.0% | -1.1% | -0.8% | -0.4% |
Jul-2006 | -2.4% | 0.1% | -3.0% | -2.5% | -1.6% | -1.1% | -1.7% | -1.0% | -0.5% | -0.2% |
Aug-2006 | -2.0% | 0.4% | -2.8% | -2.2% | -1.2% | -0.6% | -1.3% | -0.8% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
Sep-2006 | 0.0% | 2.4% | -0.9% | -0.4% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2.1% | 1.8% |
Oct-2006 | 0.9% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 2.7% | 1.8% |
Nov-2006 | 0.5% | 2.3% | -0.3% | 0.1% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 2.2% | 1.4% |
Dec-2006 | 0.1% | 1.3% | -0.6% | -0.4% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 2.0% | 1.2% |
Jan-2007 | 0.8% | 1.6% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 2.2% | 1.7% |
Feb-2007 | 0.8% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 2.2% | 1.4% |
Mar-2007 | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 1.2% |
Apr-2007 | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 1.4% |
May-2007 | 1.5% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
Jun-2007 | 1.8% | -0.1% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.4% |
Jul-2007 | 2.3% | -0.1% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
Aug-2007 | 2.8% | 0.2% | 2.6% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
Sep-2007 | 1.8% | -0.8% | 1.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.6% |
Oct-2007 | 0.9% | -1.6% | 1.1% | -0.1% | 0.1% | -0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
Nov-2007 | 0.1% | -2.4% | 0.5% | -0.7% | -1.0% | -0.9% | -0.5% | -0.4% | -0.6% | 0.6% |
Dec-2007 | 0.5% | -2.0% | 0.7% | -0.5% | -1.0% | -0.6% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -0.7% | 0.5% |
Jan-2008 | 0.5% | -1.8% | 0.6% | -0.6% | -1.3% | -0.7% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.6% | 0.5% |
Feb-2008 | 0.6% | -1.5% | 0.6% | -0.4% | -1.1% | -0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | -0.5% | 1.0% |
Mar-2008 | 0.8% | -1.2% | 0.6% | -0.3% | -1.1% | -0.3% | 0.6% | 0.6% | -0.2% | 1.1% |
Apr-2008 | 0.9% | -1.0% | 0.7% | -0.1% | -1.0% | -0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1.1% |
May-2008 | 0.6% | -0.9% | 0.6% | -0.2% | -1.2% | -0.2% | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.2% |
Jun-2008 | -0.2% | -1.4% | -0.1% | -0.9% | -2.3% | -0.9% | 0.2% | -0.3% | -0.5% | 0.2% |
Jul-2008 | -0.5% | -1.6% | -0.5% | -1.4% | -3.0% | -1.4% | -0.4% | -1.1% | -1.5% | -1.0% |
Aug-2008 | -0.5% | -1.4% | -0.8% | -1.4% | -2.8% | -1.5% | -0.5% | -1.0% | -1.2% | -0.6% |
Sep-2008 | 0.0% | -1.0% | -0.7% | -0.9% | -2.5% | -1.1% | -0.2% | -0.5% | -0.5% | 0.0% |
Oct-2008 | 1.3% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.3% | -1.2% | 0.1% | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.3% |
Nov-2008 | 4.1% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 1.6% | 2.7% | 3.7% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
Dec-2008 | 4.9% | 4.3% | 4.0% | 4.1% | 2.9% | 3.7% | 4.6% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 4.9% |
Jan-2009 | 4.5% | 4.2% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.9% | 5.0% |
Feb-2009 | 4.0% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3.7% | 2.9% | 3.7% | 4.0% | 4.0% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
Mar-2009 | 4.0% | 4.0% | 3.8% | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4.1% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 4.7% |
Apr-2009 | 3.8% | 4.1% | 3.8% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 4.2% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 4.9% |
May-2009 | 3.9% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 4.3% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 4.6% |
Jun-2009 | 3.6% | 4.3% | 3.8% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 4.3% | 4.1% | 5.0% | 5.1% | 4.6% |
Jul-2009 | 3.9% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 4.8% | 5.2% | 4.8% | 5.9% | 6.1% | 5.4% |
Aug-2009 | 3.2% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 3.8% | 4.0% | 4.7% | 4.0% | 5.0% | 5.2% | 4.4% |
Sep-2009 | 2.7% | 3.6% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 4.7% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 3.8% |
Oct-2009 | 1.1% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2.5% | 3.1% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
Nov-2009 | -1.2% | -0.2% | -0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.3% | -0.3% |
Dec-2009 | -2.2% | -1.2% | -1.5% | -1.2% | -0.8% | 0.2% | -0.9% | -0.3% | -0.7% | -1.3% |
Jan-2010 | -2.0% | -1.1% | -1.2% | -0.9% | -0.6% | 0.3% | -0.5% | -0.4% | -1.0% | -1.2% |
Feb-2010 | -1.5% | -0.6% | -0.9% | -0.5% | -0.4% | 0.3% | -0.5% | -0.2% | -0.7% | -0.8% |
Mar-2010 | -1.6% | -0.6% | -0.8% | -0.3% | -0.5% | 0.1% | -0.7% | -0.5% | -0.7% | -1.2% |
Apr-2010 | -1.6% | -0.7% | -1.0% | -0.2% | -0.5% | 0.0% | -0.8% | -0.7% | -1.0% | -1.2% |
May-2010 | -1.4% | -0.8% | -0.9% | -0.2% | -0.3% | 0.3% | -0.4% | -0.6% | -0.5% | -0.7% |
Jun-2010 | -0.5% | -0.1% | -0.2% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.3% | -0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Jul-2010 | -0.6% | -0.2% | -0.4% | 0.2% | -0.2% | 0.4% | -0.2% | -0.7% | -0.4% | -0.3% |
Aug-2010 | -0.5% | -0.3% | -0.5% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.0% | -0.2% | -0.1% | -0.2% |
Sep-2010 | -0.4% | -0.1% | -0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
Oct-2010 | -0.4% | 0.1% | -0.4% | 0.2% | -0.1% | 0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 0.7% | 0.2% |
Nov-2010 | -0.3% | -0.3% | -0.7% | -0.2% | -0.4% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.5% |
Dec-2010 | -0.7% | -0.9% | -1.2% | -0.4% | -0.7% | -0.7% | -0.5% | -0.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
Jan-2011 | -1.0% | -1.3% | -1.8% | -1.0% | -1.2% | -1.3% | -1.2% | -1.0% | 0.3% | -0.1% |
Feb-2011 | -1.5% | -1.7% | -2.0% | -1.3% | -1.4% | -1.4% | -1.4% | -1.3% | -0.3% | -0.5% |
Mar-2011 | -2.0% | -2.4% | -2.9% | -2.2% | -2.1% | -2.1% | -1.8% | -1.7% | -0.8% | -0.9% |
Apr-2011 | -2.4% | -3.0% | -3.3% | -2.7% | -2.7% | -2.6% | -2.3% | -2.2% | -1.1% | -2.0% |
May-2011 | -2.6% | -3.1% | -3.4% | -2.7% | -2.9% | -3.0% | -2.7% | -2.5% | -1.6% | -2.2% |
Jun-2011 | -2.7% | -3.0% | -3.4% | -2.7% | -2.9% | -3.0% | -2.5% | -2.3% | -1.4% | -2.1% |
Jul-2011 | -2.9% | -2.9% | -3.4% | -2.5% | -2.8% | -2.8% | -2.4% | -2.2% | -1.5% | -2.0% |
Aug-2011 | -2.9% | -2.6% | -3.3% | -2.6% | -3.2% | -3.0% | -2.5% | -2.2% | -1.8% | -2.1% |
Sep-2011 | -3.1% | -2.9% | -3.3% | -2.8% | -3.1% | -3.0% | -2.6% | -2.4% | -2.2% | -2.5% |
Oct-2011 | -2.9% | -2.9% | -2.9% | -2.4% | -2.8% | -2.7% | -2.1% | -1.8% | -2.1% | -2.3% |
Nov-2011 | -2.8% | -2.6% | -2.7% | -2.4% | -2.7% | -2.7% | -2.2% | -2.1% | -2.0% | -2.4% |
Dec-2011 | -2.4% | -1.9% | -1.9% | -1.8% | -2.3% | -2.1% | -1.6% | -1.3% | -1.5% | -2.2% |
Jan-2012 | -2.4% | -1.9% | -1.8% | -1.5% | -2.2% | -1.8% | -1.3% | -1.1% | -1.4% | -1.8% |
Feb-2012 | -2.3% | -2.0% | -2.0% | -1.5% | -2.2% | -1.9% | -1.3% | -0.9% | -1.1% | -1.5% |
Mar-2012 | -2.0% | -1.3% | -1.2% | -1.0% | -1.7% | -1.4% | -1.1% | -0.8% | -0.9% | -0.9% |
Apr-2012 | -1.7% | -0.9% | -0.6% | -0.6% | -1.1% | -0.9% | -0.3% | -0.1% | -0.2% | 0.1% |
May-2012 | -1.3% | -0.6% | -0.2% | -0.6% | -0.9% | -0.5% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% |
Jun-2012 | -1.3% | -0.7% | 0.1% | -0.2% | -0.7% | -0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
Jul-2012 | -1.1% | -0.9% | 0.3% | -0.3% | -0.5% | -0.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 1.3% |
Aug-2012 | -1.4% | -1.4% | 0.3% | -0.3% | -0.5% | -0.4% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
Sep-2012 | -1.6% | -1.6% | -0.3% | -0.7% | -0.9% | -0.8% | -0.2% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.6% |
Oct-2012 | -1.7% | -1.5% | -0.4% | -0.8% | -1.0% | -1.0% | -0.5% | -0.3% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
Nov-2012 | -1.3% | -1.0% | -0.1% | -0.4% | -0.6% | -0.6% | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 2.2% |
Dec-2012 | -1.3% | -1.3% | -0.2% | -0.6% | -0.5% | -0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 2.6% |
Jan-2013 | -1.1% | -1.1% | 0.1% | -0.6% | -0.4% | -0.5% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 1.8% |
Feb-2013 | -1.3% | -1.2% | 0.2% | -0.9% | -0.6% | -0.8% | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.6% | 1.8% |
Mar-2013 | -0.7% | -0.9% | 0.7% | -0.4% | 0.0% | -0.3% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 2.3% |
Apr-2013 | -0.3% | -0.6% | 0.7% | -0.2% | 0.3% | -0.1% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 2.8% |
May-2013 | -0.5% | -0.8% | 0.3% | -0.3% | 0.2% | -0.3% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 2.2% |
Jun-2013 | -0.6% | -1.0% | -0.2% | -0.8% | -0.2% | -0.7% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
Jul-2013 | -0.6% | -0.8% | -0.2% | -0.8% | -0.3% | -0.9% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.5% |
Aug-2013 | 0.0% | -0.4% | -0.1% | -0.6% | 0.0% | -0.6% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 1.6% |
Sep-2013 | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | -0.1% | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 1.7% |
Oct-2013 | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% | -0.1% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 1.7% |
Nov-2013 | 0.7% | -0.4% | 0.8% | -0.1% | 0.5% | -0.1% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 1.2% |
Dec-2013 | 0.4% | -0.7% | 0.3% | -0.3% | 0.2% | -0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.6% |
Jan-2014 | 0.5% | -0.7% | 0.1% | -0.3% | 0.4% | -0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.4% |
Feb-2014 | 0.9% | -0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
Mar-2014 | 0.5% | -0.9% | -0.3% | -0.3% | 0.3% | -0.3% | -0.6% | -0.6% | -0.1% | 0.1% |
Apr-2014 | 0.1% | -1.3% | -1.0% | -0.7% | -0.4% | -0.7% | -1.0% | -1.1% | -1.2% | -0.8% |
May-2014 | 0.0% | -1.4% | -0.9% | -0.9% | -0.8% | -0.8% | -1.4% | -1.2% | -1.4% | -1.1% |
Jun-2014 | 0.1% | -1.4% | -0.8% | -0.9% | -0.8% | -0.7% | -1.4% | -1.3% | -1.4% | -0.6% |
Jul-2014 | 0.3% | -1.5% | -0.6% | -0.6% | -0.5% | -0.5% | -1.1% | -1.4% | -1.6% | -0.4% |
Aug-2014 | 0.6% | -1.3% | -0.4% | -0.3% | -0.2% | -0.1% | -0.5% | -0.8% | -1.2% | 0.2% |
Sep-2014 | 0.8% | -1.2% | -0.4% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 0.2% | -0.6% | -0.4% | -1.2% | -0.1% |
Oct-2014 | 0.8% | -1.1% | -0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.3% | -0.3% | -0.1% | -0.8% | -0.2% |
Nov-2014 | 1.1% | -0.8% | -0.4% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | -0.3% | -0.1% | -0.5% | 0.2% |
Dec-2014 | 1.9% | -0.2% | 0.2% | 1.1% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.0% | 0.8% |
Jan-2015 | 2.9% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 2.3% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1.4% |
Feb-2015 | 3.0% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 2.2% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
Mar-2015 | 3.0% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 3.3% |
Apr-2015 | 3.4% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
May-2015 | 3.6% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 2.3% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 4.0% |
Jun-2015 | 3.7% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 3.5% |
Jul-2015 | 3.8% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.8% | 3.6% |
Aug-2015 | 3.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 2.3% | 1.6% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 3.6% |
Sep-2015 | 3.8% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 4.6% |
Oct-2015 | 3.9% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 4.9% |
Nov-2015 | 3.8% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 0.9% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 3.4% | 5.2% |
Dec-2015 | 3.7% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 3.5% | 5.1% |
Jan-2016 | 3.1% | -0.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 3.2% | 4.6% |
Feb-2016 | 3.4% | 0.3% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 3.2% | 4.5% |
Mar-2016 | 3.4% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 2.4% | 3.3% | 4.1% |
Apr-2016 | 3.0% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 2.4% | 3.4% | 3.9% |
May-2016 | 2.8% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 3.6% | 4.0% |
Jun-2016 | 2.5% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 2.5% | 3.6% | 4.1% |
Jul-2016 | 2.4% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 2.8% | 3.6% | 3.9% |
Aug-2016 | 2.2% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 2.3% | 3.0% | 3.6% |
Sep-2016 | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 2.7% |
Oct-2016 | 1.6% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 0.3% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
Nov-2016 | 1.5% | 3.0% | 2.2% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.9% |
Dec-2016 | 0.9% | 2.9% | 1.6% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 1.0% | -0.4% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 1.9% |
Jan-2017 | 0.5% | 2.6% | 1.1% | -0.2% | 0.7% | 0.9% | -0.7% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
Feb-2017 | 0.4% | 2.5% | 0.9% | -0.4% | 0.5% | 0.8% | -0.8% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.9% |
Mar-2017 | 0.9% | 3.0% | 1.4% | -0.3% | 0.9% | 1.2% | -0.1% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.8% |
Apr-2017 | 1.2% | 3.4% | 1.6% | -0.2% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 0.1% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
May-2017 | 1.9% | 3.9% | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 0.5% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.1% |
Jun-2017 | 2.5% | 4.4% | 2.5% | 0.1% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 0.7% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.4% |
Jul-2017 | 2.9% | 4.5% | 2.3% | -0.1% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.7% |
Aug-2017 | 3.4% | 4.6% | 2.2% | -0.4% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 0.5% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.4% |
Sep-2017 | 3.3% | 3.8% | 1.6% | -0.6% | 1.0% | 1.7% | 0.5% | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.4% |
Oct-2017 | 3.5% | 3.6% | 1.6% | -0.4% | 0.9% | 1.7% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
Nov-2017 | 3.6% | 3.1% | 1.6% | -0.3% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 0.7% |
Dec-2017 | 4.0% | 3.0% | 2.1% | -0.1% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.6% | 0.1% |
Jan-2018 | 4.0% | 3.1% | 2.4% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 0.1% |
Feb-2018 | 4.0% | 2.9% | 2.3% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.3% |
Mar-2018 | 3.8% | 2.8% | 2.1% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.0% |
Apr-2018 | 3.6% | 2.8% | 2.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 0.5% |
May-2018 | 2.9% | 2.7% | 2.0% | 0.3% | 0.0% | -0.4% | -0.2% | -0.2% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
Jun-2018 | 2.5% | 2.5% | 1.6% | 0.3% | -0.4% | -0.5% | -0.2% | -0.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% |
Jul-2018 | 1.8% | 2.2% | 1.6% | 0.4% | -0.3% | -0.7% | -0.1% | -0.6% | 0.0% | 0.8% |
Aug-2018 | 1.4% | 2.4% | 1.9% | 1.0% | 0.0% | -0.3% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
Sep-2018 | 1.6% | 3.3% | 2.8% | 1.4% | 0.5% | -0.2% | 0.8% | 0.3% | 1.4% | 1.7% |
Oct-2018 | 1.0% | 3.2% | 2.6% | 1.2% | 0.6% | -0.5% | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 1.6% |
Nov-2018 | 0.9% | 3.6% | 3.0% | 1.6% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.5% | 2.9% |
Dec-2018 | 0.7% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 2.2% | 1.7% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
Jan-2019 | 0.9% | 4.4% | 3.4% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 2.3% | 4.5% |
Feb-2019 | 0.5% | 4.3% | 3.6% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 4.6% |
Mar-2019 | -0.1% | 3.8% | 3.3% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 4.1% |
Apr-2019 | -0.5% | 3.4% | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
May-2019 | -0.4% | 3.4% | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2.0% | 1.5% | 2.2% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 3.9% |
Jun-2019 | -0.4% | 3.3% | 4.0% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 1.7% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 4.2% |
Jul-2019 | -0.5% | 2.9% | 4.0% | 2.5% | 2.3% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
Aug-2019 | -0.5% | 2.9% | 4.0% | 2.7% | 2.5% | 1.5% | 2.1% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 3.1% |
Sep-2019 | -0.7% | 2.6% | 3.9% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 4.2% |
Oct-2019 | -0.6% | 2.5% | 4.0% | 2.9% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 3.7% |
Nov-2019 | -0.6% | 2.3% | 3.8% | 2.9% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 1.6% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
Dec-2019 | -0.9% | 2.0% | 3.6% | 2.4% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 0.0% | 2.5% |
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