Inflation in the majors since 2000
Each line is one currency’s yearly inflation rate. Inflation is how fast consumer prices rise in a year. The chart makes the 2021 wave easy to see: every major spiked together after the 2020 money printing. Tap a chip to isolate a currency.
US inflation peaked at 8.0% in 2022, the highest of this whole window.
Yearly inflation, six major currencies
Consumer prices, year over year, 2000 to latest official figure
Source: World Bank and national statistics feeds via the public money2069 API, refreshed daily. Runaway economies like Argentina get their own chart: at 200% inflation they would flatten these lines to the floor.