Rent (CPI)
447
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1948-49 Recession · Nov 1948 – Oct 1949
1953-54 Recession · Jul 1953 – May 1954
1957-58 Recession · Aug 1957 – Apr 1958
1960-61 Recession · Apr 1960 – Feb 1961
1969-70 Recession · Dec 1969 – Nov 1970
1973-75 Recession · Nov 1973 – Mar 1975
1980 Recession · Jan 1980 – Jul 1980
1981-82 Recession · Jul 1981 – Nov 1982
1990-91 Recession · Jul 1990 – Mar 1991
2001 Recession · Mar 2001 – Nov 2001
Global Financial Crisis · Dec 2007 – Jun 2009
COVID-19 Recession · Feb 2020 – Apr 2020
100
200
300
400
1920
1940
1960
1980
2000
2020
447
Rent (CPI) — one value per year; US recessions are shaded on the chart.
Year
Rent (CPI)
1914
21
1915
21
1916
21
1917
21
1918
22
1919
25
1920
30
1921
32
1922
33
1923
34
1924
35
1925
35
1926
34
1927
33
1928
33
1929
32
1930
31
1931
29
1932
25
1933
22
1934
21
1935
22
1936
22
1937
24
1938
24
1939
24
1940
24
1941
25
1942
25
1943
25
1944
25
1945
25
1946
25
1947
27
1948
28
1949
29
1950
30
1951
32
1952
33
1953
35
1954
35
1955
36
1956
37
1957
37
1958
38
1959
39
1960
39
1961
40
1962
40
1963
40
1964
41
1965
41
1966
42
1967
43
1968
44
1969
46
1970
48
1971
49
1972
51
1973
54
1974
57
1975
59
1976
63
1977
67
1978
72
1979
77
1980
84
1981
92
1982
98
1983
102
1984
108
1985
115
1986
121
1987
126
1988
130
1989
136
1990
141
1991
145
1992
149
1993
152
1994
156
1995
160
1996
164
1997
169
1998
175
1999
180
2000
188
2001
196
2002
203
2003
208
2004
214
2005
221
2006
230
2007
239
2008
247
2009
249
2010
251
2011
257
2012
264
2013
272
2014
281
2015
291
2016
303
2017
314
2018
325
2019
337
2020
344
2021
356
2022
386
2023
411
2024
428
2025
441
2026
447
Source: FRED · CUUR0000SEHA · econscout.com