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The Shrinking Value of the Dollar

The CPI inflation calculator uses the average Consumer Price Index for a given calendar year. This data represents
changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. This index value has
been calculated every year since 1913. For the current year, the latest monthly index value is used. In 2008, for
example, it took $21.57 to buy what $1 bought in 1913. Note that in 1920, it cost $2.02, and declined in 1925 and
through the 1930s, illustrating the effect of the Great Depression, when prices slumped. Prices did not pass $2 again
until 1950.

Year

Amount it took to
equal $1 in 1913

1913

$1.00

1920

2.02

1925

1.77

1930

1.69

1935

1.38

1940

1.41

1945

$1.82

1950

2.43

1955

2.71

1960

2.99

1965

3.18

1970

3.92

1975

$5.43

1980

8.32

1985

10.87

1990

13.20

1995

15.39

2000

17.39

2001

$17.89

2002

18.17

2003

18.59

2004

19.08

2005

19.73

2006

20.18

2007

20.94

2008

21.57

2012

23.27

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics. Web:

http://stats.bls.gov/

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