United States Inflation Rate in 1956
Inflation rate in the United States was 2.99% in 1956. That is 2.61 more than it was in the preceding 1955 and 0.09% more than in the following year of 1957.
Month over month inflation rate is calculated for just the subject month itself - from the first to the last day of that month:
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
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Month to month, % | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.74 | 0.74 | -0.36 | 0.37 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 0.36 | 2.99 |
Year to year inflation rate is calculated for 12 months: 11 months preceding the subject one and the subject month itself:
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
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Year over year (12 months), % | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.37 | 0.75 | 1.12 | 1.87 | 2.24 | 1.87 | 1.86 | 2.23 | 2.23 | 2.99 | 2.99 |
Progressive inflation rate is an incremental year to date inflation that sums rates from the beginning of the calendar year to the end of the subject month:
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
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Progressive (year to date), % | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.37 | 0.75 | 1.49 | 2.24 | 1.87 | 2.24 | 2.61 | 2.61 | 2.99 | 2.99 |
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