Consumer price inflation (IMF WEO)

Annual percentage change in the average consumer price index over the year, all items, as compiled by IMF staff from national sources for the World Economic Outlook. The World value (G001) is the IMF aggregate. WEO indicator PCPIPCH. Only years the IMF marks as actual are stored; hyperinflation episodes produce very large values.

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imf-inflation

• GDP per person, constant 2015 US$Observed
• Labor hours per MWh of residential electricityDerived
• Current account balance (IMF WEO)Observed
• General government gross debt (IMF WEO)Observed
• Gross capital formation as share of GDPObserved
• Labor hours per 100 gallons of gasolineDerived
• Labor hours per CPI basket, indexed to 2007Derived
• Labour productivity, GDP per hour worked (OECD)Observed
• NASA contract obligationsObserved
• Real GDP growth (IMF WEO)Observed
• US 10-year Treasury yieldObserved
• US Department of Defense contract obligationsObserved
• US Department of Energy contract obligationsObserved
• US average hourly earnings, all private employeesObserved
• US consumer price index, all itemsObserved
• US federal contract obligationsObserved
• US federal funds effective rateObserved
• US federal heavy and civil engineering construction contract obligationsObserved
• US nonfarm payroll employmentObserved
• US real GDPObserved
• US real private fixed investmentObserved
• US total business inventoriesObserved
• US unemployment rateObserved

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