Inflation Calculator

This inflation calculator adjusts the purchasing power of a given amount of money for inflation based on the Consumer Price Index as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) from 1913 to 2011.

The CPI attempts to measure the changes in costs for all goods and services for an average United States household.

It is not calculated back any further than 1913 because inflation was not a consistent problem until the creation of the Federal Reserve at that time.


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