SQL window function II: percent growth

SQL

***VERY IMPORTANT***
TAKE NOTE OF THE PARENTHESIS
TAKE NOT OF 0.0 TO MAKE SURE COMPUTATION IS IN FLOAT

select date_trunc('month', created_at)::date as date
  , count(*) as count
  , round(((100.0 / (lag(count(*)) over (order by date_trunc('month', created_at)::date asc))) * count(*)) -100, 1) || '%' as percent_growth 
from posts 
group by date
order by date asc
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