Purchasing power increased by 2.38% in 1700 compared to 1699. On average, you would have to spend 2.38% less money in 1700 than in 1699 for the same item. This is an example of deflation.
In other words, $1 in 1699 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $0.98 in 1700.
The 1699 inflation rate was 10.53%. The inflation rate in 1700 was -2.38%. The 1700 inflation rate is lower compared to the average inflation rate of 1.30% per year between 1700 and 2019.
Inflation rate is calculated by change in the consumer price index (CPI). The CPI in 1700 was 4.10. It was 4.20 in the previous year, 1699. The difference in CPI between the years is used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to officially determine inflation. Because the 1700 CPI is less than 1699 CPI, negative inflation (also known as deflation) has occurred.
|Average inflation rate||-2.38%|
|Converted amount ($1 base)||$0.98|
|Price difference ($1 base)||$-0.02|
|CPI in 1699||4.200|
|CPI in 1700||4.100|
|Inflation in 1699||10.53%|
|Inflation in 1700||-2.38%|
CPI is the weighted combination of many categories of spending that are tracked by the government. This chart shows the average rate of inflation for select CPI categories between 1699 and 1700.
Compare these values to the overall average of -2.38% per year:
|Category||Avg Inflation (%)||Total Inflation (%)||$1 in 1699 → 1700|
|Used cars and trucks||0.00||0.00||1.00|
|Medical care services||0.00||0.00||1.00|
|Medical care commodities||0.00||0.00||1.00|
It's important to note that not all categories may be tracked since 1699. This table and visualization use the earliest available data for each category.
This inflation calculator uses the following inflation rate formula:
Then plug in historical CPI values. The U.S. CPI was 4.2 in the year 1699 and 4.1 in 1700:
$1 in 1699 has the same "purchasing power" or "buying power" as $0.98 in 1700.
To get the total inflation rate for the 1 years between 1699 and 1700, we use the following formula:
Plugging in the values to this equation, we get:
Raw data for these calculations comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index (CPI), established in 1913. Inflation data from 1665 to 1912 is sourced from a historical study conducted by political science professor Robert Sahr at Oregon State University.
You may use the following MLA citation for this page: “Inflation Rate in 1700 | Inflation Calculator.” U.S. Official Inflation Data, Alioth Finance, 25 Apr. 2019, https://www.officialdata.org/inflation-rate-in-1700.
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