Inflation’s 2021 rise and potential 2023 fall: Overall and core (excluding food and energy) inflation, year-over-year and quarterly at an annualized rate, 2017–2022

Overall, year-over-year Core, year-over-year Overall, quarterly (annualized) Core, quarterly (annualized)
2017Q1 2.1% 1.9% 2.4% 1.9%
2017Q2 1.7% 1.7% 1.0% 1.5%
2017Q3 1.7% 1.5% 1.5% 1.3%
2017Q4 1.9% 1.7% 2.6% 2.0%
2018Q1 2.0% 1.9% 2.9% 2.6%
2018Q2 2.3% 2.0% 2.2% 2.2%
2018Q3 2.3% 2.1% 1.4% 1.4%
2018Q4 2.0% 2.0% 1.5% 1.9%
2019Q1 1.5% 1.7% 0.8% 1.5%
2019Q2 1.6% 1.7% 2.5% 2.1%
2019Q3 1.5% 1.8% 1.0% 1.6%
2019Q4 1.5% 1.6% 1.5% 1.2%
2020Q1 1.6% 1.7% 1.5% 1.9%
2020Q2 0.5% 0.9% -1.8% -1.0%
2020Q3 1.1% 1.3% 3.4% 3.2%
2020Q4 1.2% 1.4% 1.6% 1.5%
2021Q1 1.9% 1.7% 4.5% 3.2%
2021Q2 4.0% 3.5% 6.4% 6.0%
2021Q3 4.5% 3.9% 5.6% 4.8%
2021Q4 5.7% 4.7% 6.2% 4.8%
2022Q1 6.4% 5.3% 7.5% 5.6%
2022Q2 6.6% 5.0% 7.3% 4.7%
2022Q3 6.3% 4.9% 4.2% 4.5%

Source: Price deflator for personal consumption expenditures (PCEPI) taken from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA).  

View the underlying data on epi.org.