Inflation/Deflation

Fey!

Hi folks.

I'm not sure that I'm posting this in quite the right place.

I'm looking for year to year Irish inflation percentages from 1989 to 2009. I've tried googling, but I can't find the basic figures I'm looking for.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

D.

hivizman

This source gives the Irish Consumer Price Index for 1960-2005:

http://www.nationmaster.com/time.php?stat=eco_con_pri_ind-economy-consumer-price-index&country=ei-ireland

The Central Statistical Office gives details of the CPI on a month-by-month basis here:

http://www.cso.ie/statistics/consumpriceindex.htm

This table on the CSO site gives the annual rate of increase from 1970 to 2008:

http://www.cso.ie/statistics/conpriceindex.htm

The last table is what you are looking for, but the others will give you additional data.

Fey!

That's exactly what I was looking for, thanks.

Was trying to set up a multiplier table for work, to show how the value of an item bought X years ago for Y should now be worth Z. So, if it was £100 (€126.97), it should be €1,661.91 today.

If I've done it right!!!

Inflation
Year Rate Multiplier
2009 0.0% 1.000
2008 4.1% 1.041
2007 4.9% 1.092
2006 4.0% 1.136
2005 2.5% 1.164
2004 2.2% 1.190
2003 3.5% 1.231
2002 4.6% 1.288
2001 4.9% 1.351
2000 5.6% 1.427
1999 1.6% 1.450
1998 2.4% 1.484
1997 1.5% 1.507
1996 1.6% 1.531
1995 2.5% 1.569
1994 2.4% 1.607
1993 1.5% 1.631
1992 3.0% 1.680
1991 3.2% 1.733
1990 3.4% 1.792
1989 4.0% 1.864
1988 2.1% 1.903
1987 3.2% 1.964
1986 3.9% 2.041
1985 5.4% 2.151
1984 8.6% 2.336
1983 10.4% 2.579
1982 17.1% 3.020
1981 20.4% 3.636
1980 18.2% 4.298
1979 13.2% 4.865
1978 7.6% 5.235
1977 13.6% 5.946
1976 18.0% 7.017
1975 20.9% 8.483
1974 17.0% 9.925
1973 11.4% 11.057
1972 8.7% 12.019
1971 8.9% 13.089

hivizman

Yep, this looks OK. Pretty shocking to see the impact of inflation over the last 38 years - it works out at an annual rate of 7% on average over the period.