Wednesday, August 2, 2023

US UC GDP CPI and Core by Year

https://www.thebalancemoney.com/unemployment-rate-by-year-3305506 

This includes the US UC unemployment rate%, GDP% growth, CPI and Core Inflation by year. Years with high unemployment, low GDP growth and a high cost of living index should be avoided, but never are avoided.

Over the past 58 years, from 1965 to 2023, Unemployment has ranged from 2.8% in 1967 to 10.8% in 1982. Nominal GDP from 1965 to 2023 has ranged from -0.2  in 1975 to 7.2 in 1984. The CPI has ranged from 0.1 in 2008 to 13.3% in 1979.

Year     UC%  GDP% CPI%   Core%  President

1965     4.0      6.5     1.9                     Johnson

1966     3.8      3.6     3.5

1967     2.8      3.7     3.0

1968     3.4      4.9     3.7 

1969     3.5      3.1     6.2                      Nixon

1970     6.1      0.2     5.6

1971     6.0      3.3     3.3

1972     5.2      5.3     3.4

1973    4.9       5.6     8.7  

1974    7.2       0.5   12.3                       Ford

1975    8.2      -0.2     6.9

1976    7.8       5.4     4.9

1977    4.6       4.6     6.7                      Carter

1978    6.0       5.5     9.0

1979    6.0       3.2   13.3

1980    7.2       0.3   12.5

1981    8.5       2.5     8.9                     Reagan

1982  10.8       1.8     3.8

1983    8.3       4.6     3.8

1984    7.3       7.2     3.9

1985    7.0       4.2     3.8

1986    6.6       3.5     1.1

1987    5.7       3.5     4.4

1988    5.3       4.2     4.4

1989    5.4       3.7     4.6                     Bush1

1990    6.3       1.9     6.1

1991    7.3       0.1     3.1

1992    7.4       3.5     2.9

1993    6.5       2.8     2.7                    Clinton

1994    5.5       4.0     2.7

1995    5.6       2.7     2.6

1996    5.4       3.8     3.3

1997    4.7       4.4     1.7

1998    4.4       4.5     1.6

1999    4.0       4.8     2.7

2000    3.9       4.1     3.4

2001    5.7       1.0     1.6                     Bush2

2002    6.0       1.7     2.4

2003    5.7       2.8     1.9

2004    5.4       3.9     3.3

2005    4.9       3.5     3.4

2006    4.4       2.8     2.5

2007    5.0       2.0     4.1

2008    7.3       0.1     0.1

2009    9.9       2.6     2.7                    Obama

2010    9.3       2.7     1.5

2011    8.5       1.5     3.0

2012    7.9       2.3     1.7

2013    6.7       1.8     1.5    1.7

2014    5.6       2.3     0.8    1.6

2015    5.0       2.7     0.7    2.1

2016    4.7       1.7     2.1    2.2

2017    4.1       2.3     2.1    1.8           Trump

2018    3.9       2.9     1.9    2.2

2019    3.6       2.3     2.3    2.3

2020    6.7       3.4     1.4    1.6

2021    3.9       5.7     7.0    5.5            Biden

2022    3.7       3.9     6.5    5.7

            UC     GDP   CPI  Core

https://www.thebalancemoney.com/unemployment-rate-by-year-3305506

US Quaterly GDP 

2022 %      2023 %

Q1  -1.6      1.1

Q2  -.06      1.8

Q3   3.2     -1.2 

Q4   2.9     -1.9 est

Ave 3.9      -0.2 est

https://www.bea.gov/news/2023/gross-domestic-product-first-quarter-2023-advance-estimate

Comments

There is a big difference between “real” gdp and nominal gdp. Real GDP is not real and includes an inflation add-on that inflates the numbers. Nominal GDP is real and reports actual dollars in real time.

CPI became “not real”. It has been “redefined” down continually since 1940.   
https://www.bls.gov/cpi/additional-resources/historical-changes.htm#:~:text=Improvements%20made%20between%20the%201978%20and%201987%20revisions&text=Selected%20retail%20outlets%20with%20probability,CPI%20pricing%20areas%20each%20year

The Fed uses Core Inflation to measure price increases. Core Inflation measures price increases in apparel, new vehicles, used vehicles, medical care, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, shelter, transportation and airline fares. Core Inflation does not include food or energy.

The Recession of 2022 included negative GDP data in Q1 and Q2.  GDP in 2023 has been anemic despite $3 trillion in unnecessary government spending in 2022.

The Recession of 2023 is estimated to include negative GDP data in Q3 and Q4.

CPI inflation is confusing.  BLS has classified all expenditure items into more than 200 categories, arranged into eight major groups (food and beverages, housing, apparel, transportation, medical care, recreation, education and communication, and other goods and services).

It is reported that the CPI stopped counting increases in food and energy prices.  Core Inflation doesn’t count food and energy either.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/coreinflation.asp

https://www.bls.gov/cpi/factsheets/common-misconceptions-about-cpi.htm#tion_1

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/inflation/united-states-core-inflation-rates/

The inflation we are experiencing now comes from price increases in oil, natural gas, electricity, food, transportation, new vehicles, used vehicles gasoline apartment rent, home costs and interest rates. If we increased the US oil supply and reversed federal government spending, US inflation would be reduced.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

 

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