About what is the usual inflation rate for the u. s

The current rate of inflation for 2018 is 1.9% and is projected to be 2.0% in 2019.

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populist movement, in u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of agrarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocated a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century. thus in 1892 their leaders organized the populist, or people's, party, and the farmers' alliances melted away.