US Inflation History

1985/01 : $1.00 100%
     02 : $1.00 99.528301962962%
     03 : $1.01 99.154135446606%
     04 : $1.01 98.690364981019%
     05 : $1.02 98.322460643252%
     06 : $1.02 98.048327504727%
     07 : $1.02 97.866419667482%
     08 : $1.02 97.685185738402%
     09 : $1.03 97.414589002949%
     10 : $1.03 97.056118302964%
     11 : $1.03 96.788991225683%
     12 : $1.04 96.523330383101%
  Yr Avg: $1.02 0.98089852071596
1986/01 : $1.04 96.25912393338%
     02 : $1.04 96.523330383101%
     03 : $1.03 96.96691159353%
     04 : $1.03 97.145488645051%
     05 : $1.03 96.87786959328%
     06 : $1.04 96.347032346892%
     07 : $1.04 96.347032346892%
     08 : $1.04 96.17137699946%
     09 : $1.04 95.735027921705%
     10 : $1.05 95.64823264085%
     11 : $1.05 95.561594533464%
     12 : $1.05 95.475113599548%
  Yr Avg: $1.04 0.96254844544763
1987/01 : $1.05 94.874100551943%
     02 : $1.06 94.534050367315%
     03 : $1.06 94.112400238581%
     04 : $1.07 93.611358130032%
     05 : $1.07 93.280282981144%
     06 : $1.08 92.951541750629%
     07 : $1.08 92.706502928513%
     08 : $1.08 92.220280340414%
     09 : $1.09 91.739130364574%
     10 : $1.09 91.500433384312%
     11 : $1.09 91.421143674906%
     12 : $1.09 91.421143674906%
  Yr Avg: $1.08 0.92864364032272
1988/01 : $1.10 91.184097016078%
     02 : $1.10 90.94827652562%
     03 : $1.10 90.557940519423%
     04 : $1.11 90.093937523223%
     05 : $1.11 89.787233950934%
     06 : $1.12 89.406779419254%
     07 : $1.12 89.029536178399%
     08 : $1.13 88.655462243676%
     09 : $1.14 88.063439303239%
     10 : $1.14 87.77038290956%
     11 : $1.14 87.697423200171%
     12 : $1.14 87.551867648742%
  Yr Avg: $1.12 0.89228864703193
1989/01 : $1.15 87.118083943444%
     02 : $1.15 86.759868381214%
     03 : $1.16 86.263287415535%
     04 : $1.17 85.702680868043%
     05 : $1.17 85.218093529949%
     06 : $1.18 85.012087554881%
     07 : $1.18 84.80707414104%
     08 : $1.18 84.67094684474%
     09 : $1.18 84.400000236837%
     10 : $1.19 83.996815837746%
     11 : $1.19 83.796664036164%
     12 : $1.20 83.663758795995%
  Yr Avg: $1.17 0.85117446798799
1990/01 : $1.21 82.810047410947%
     02 : $1.21 82.421875231286%
     03 : $1.22 81.973582046354%
     04 : $1.22 81.846393183753%
     05 : $1.22 81.656346775056%
     06 : $1.23 81.216320268719%
     07 : $1.24 80.904907951519%
     08 : $1.25 80.167173362714%
     09 : $1.26 79.502637473094%
     10 : $1.27 79.026217772778%
     11 : $1.27 78.849028369219%
     12 : $1.27 78.849028369219%
  Yr Avg: $1.24 0.80768629851222
1991/01 : $1.28 78.380386602598%
     02 : $1.28 78.264095459415%
     03 : $1.28 78.148148806028%
     04 : $1.28 78.032544489377%
     05 : $1.29 77.80235963669%
     06 : $1.29 77.573530136048%
     07 : $1.29 77.459618125524%
     08 : $1.29 77.23279635448%
     09 : $1.30 76.895043486185%
     10 : $1.30 76.783115521585%
     11 : $1.31 76.560232776062%
     12 : $1.31 76.504713939171%
  Yr Avg: $1.29 0.7746971544443
1992/01 : $1.31 76.393917408248%
     02 : $1.31 76.118326647271%
     03 : $1.32 75.7358224013%
     04 : $1.32 75.627240293852%
     05 : $1.32 75.518969303752%
     06 : $1.33 75.249643950956%
     07 : $1.33 75.088968527035%
     08 : $1.34 74.875798240723%
     09 : $1.34 74.663835821761%
     10 : $1.34 74.400564877144%
     11 : $1.35 74.295775387054%
     12 : $1.35 74.348132453528%
  Yr Avg: $1.33 0.75193082942719
1993/01 : $1.35 73.983170273932%
     02 : $1.36 73.724668359942%
     03 : $1.36 73.46796640514%
     04 : $1.36 73.263889572934%
     05 : $1.37 73.162274771629%
     06 : $1.37 73.060942021344%
     07 : $1.37 73.060942021344%
     08 : $1.37 72.859116214656%
     09 : $1.38 72.708477285662%
     10 : $1.38 72.409059672576%
     11 : $1.38 72.359397162233%
     12 : $1.38 72.359397162233%
  Yr Avg: $1.37 0.73034941743635
1994/01 : $1.39 72.161423182086%
     02 : $1.39 71.915473615069%
     03 : $1.40 71.671195900098%
     04 : $1.40 71.573948583498%
     05 : $1.40 71.525423966015%
     06 : $1.40 71.283783751051%
     07 : $1.41 71.091644566839%
     08 : $1.41 70.805369239505%
     09 : $1.42 70.615796504279%
     10 : $1.42 70.568561570473%
     11 : $1.42 70.47428224878%
     12 : $1.42 70.47428224878%
  Yr Avg: $1.41 0.71180098781373
1995/01 : $1.42 70.192947120439%
     02 : $1.43 69.913850099248%
     03 : $1.44 69.682959042478%
     04 : $1.44 69.453588046936%
     05 : $1.44 69.316688878185%
     06 : $1.45 69.180327974741%
     07 : $1.45 69.180327974741%
     08 : $1.45 68.999345953825%
     09 : $1.45 68.864229519772%
     10 : $1.46 68.640208881388%
     11 : $1.46 68.684895667228%
     12 : $1.45 68.729641662252%
  Yr Avg: $1.44 0.69236584235103
1996/01 : $1.46 68.329016176433%
     02 : $1.47 68.108457660508%
     03 : $1.48 67.758509853404%
     04 : $1.48 67.498400679205%
     05 : $1.48 67.369093204352%
     06 : $1.49 67.326100877701%
     07 : $1.49 67.197452239585%
     08 : $1.49 67.069294499429%
     09 : $1.50 66.856780896792%
     10 : $1.50 66.645609727832%
     11 : $1.50 66.519545839723%
     12 : $1.50 66.519545839723%
  Yr Avg: $1.49 0.67266483957891
1997/01 : $1.51 66.310496512606%
     02 : $1.51 66.102757323248%
     03 : $1.52 65.937500185029%
     04 : $1.52 65.855181118471%
     05 : $1.52 65.89631535328%
     06 : $1.52 65.814098557131%
     07 : $1.52 65.73208737833%
     08 : $1.52 65.609453316761%
     09 : $1.53 65.446650668345%
     10 : $1.53 65.284653264829%
     11 : $1.53 65.325078065963%
     12 : $1.53 65.406076229456%
  Yr Avg: $1.52 0.65726695664454
1998/01 : $1.53 65.284653264829%
     02 : $1.53 65.163681366531%
     03 : $1.54 65.043157304968%
     04 : $1.54 64.923076774019%
     05 : $1.54 64.803439773683%
     06 : $1.55 64.723926145909%
     07 : $1.55 64.644608446707%
     08 : $1.55 64.565483446485%
     09 : $1.55 64.486552221773%
     10 : $1.55 64.329268945822%
     11 : $1.55 64.329268945822%
     12 : $1.55 64.368517098993%
  Yr Avg: $1.54 0.64722136144628
1999/01 : $1.56 64.21180761386%
     02 : $1.56 64.133738690171%
     03 : $1.56 63.939393694728%
     04 : $1.58 63.477737535269%
     05 : $1.58 63.477737535269%
     06 : $1.58 63.477737535269%
     07 : $1.58 63.287342330653%
     08 : $1.58 63.135846483289%
     09 : $1.59 62.835020768159%
     10 : $1.59 62.722948548457%
     11 : $1.60 62.685680135087%
     12 : $1.60 62.685680135087%
  Yr Avg: $1.58 0.63339222583775
2000/01 : $1.60 62.500000134566%
     02 : $1.61 62.131920322309%
     03 : $1.62 61.623832320883%
     04 : $1.62 61.587857897313%
     05 : $1.63 61.516035004254%
     06 : $1.63 61.194896232945%
     07 : $1.64 61.053240951935%
     08 : $1.64 61.053240951935%
     09 : $1.65 60.736902430639%
     10 : $1.65 60.63218399157%
     11 : $1.65 60.597358226166%
     12 : $1.65 60.63218399157%
  Yr Avg: $1.63 0.61271637704674
2001/01 : $1.66 60.251284852746%
     02 : $1.67 60.011376775542%
     03 : $1.67 59.87514182618%
     04 : $1.68 59.638213585719%
     05 : $1.68 59.369724697211%
     06 : $1.69 59.269663329583%
     07 : $1.68 59.436620309644%
     08 : $1.68 59.436620309644%
     09 : $1.69 59.169938916038%
     10 : $1.68 59.369724697211%
     11 : $1.68 59.470124095452%
     12 : $1.67 59.705716361419%
  Yr Avg: $1.68 0.59583679146366
2002/01 : $1.68 59.570863677367%
     02 : $1.69 59.336332870587%
     03 : $1.69 59.004474007411%
     04 : $1.70 58.676307644245%
     05 : $1.70 58.676307644245%
     06 : $1.71 58.643690919663%
     07 : $1.71 58.578567276624%
     08 : $1.71 58.384061878119%
     09 : $1.72 58.287292541112%
     10 : $1.72 58.190844010229%
     11 : $1.72 58.190844010229%
     12 : $1.71 58.319514178958%
  Yr Avg: $1.71 0.58654925054899
2003/01 : $1.72 58.062741173135%
     02 : $1.74 57.618787483114%
     03 : $1.75 57.27470138521%
     04 : $1.74 57.399347482498%
     05 : $1.74 57.493188656231%
     06 : $1.74 57.430593783606%
     07 : $1.74 57.368134553839%
     08 : $1.75 57.15059570629%
     09 : $1.76 56.96544320577%
     10 : $1.75 57.027027216147%
     11 : $1.75 57.181571798214%
     12 : $1.75 57.243625175939%
  Yr Avg: $1.74 0.57351313134999
2004/01 : $1.76 56.96544320577%
     02 : $1.76 56.659506123279%
     03 : $1.78 56.296691622261%
     04 : $1.78 56.117021892165%
     05 : $1.79 55.790587666759%
     06 : $1.80 55.614128150958%
     07 : $1.80 55.702217421613%
     08 : $1.80 55.672823829694%
     09 : $1.80 55.555555196712%
     10 : $1.81 55.264536675487%
     11 : $1.81 55.235602762141%
     12 : $1.80 55.438780691282%
  Yr Avg: $1.79 0.5585940793651
2005/01 : $1.81 55.322496007283%
     02 : $1.82 55.005214445168%
     03 : $1.83 54.578375438868%
     04 : $1.84 54.213771743967%
     05 : $1.84 54.269547871675%
     06 : $1.84 54.241645274658%
     07 : $1.85 53.991811585181%
     08 : $1.86 53.716904421144%
     09 : $1.88 53.068410990753%
     10 : $1.89 52.961847378209%
     11 : $1.87 53.390688731453%
     12 : $1.87 53.607723762675%
  Yr Avg: $1.85 0.54030703137586
2006/01 : $1.88 53.202219440108%
     02 : $1.88 53.095118638787%
     03 : $1.89 52.802802898171%
     04 : $1.91 52.357320534676%
     05 : $1.92 52.098765870685%
     06 : $1.92 51.996057314275%
     07 : $1.93 51.842751818946%
     08 : $1.93 51.741049818661%
     09 : $1.92 51.996057314275%
     10 : $1.91 52.279485218131%
     11 : $1.91 52.357320534676%
     12 : $1.91 52.279485218131%
  Yr Avg: $1.91 0.52337369551627
2007/01 : $1.92 52.120385835032%
     02 : $1.93 51.843006956702%
     03 : $1.95 51.375199501308%
     04 : $1.96 51.043611923847%
     05 : $1.97 50.733593713793%
     06 : $1.97 50.635463642089%
     07 : $1.97 50.648346483962%
     08 : $1.97 50.741401790346%
     09 : $1.98 50.601948014444%
     10 : $1.98 50.49393108557%
     11 : $1.99 50.195787008202%
     12 : $1.99 50.229484569522%
  Yr Avg: $1.96 0.50888513377068
2008/01 : $2.00 49.981050369845%
     02 : $2.01 49.836319440867%
     03 : $2.02 49.408040036604%
     04 : $2.04 49.110197387809%
     05 : $2.05 48.700099509107%
     06 : $2.07 48.214245094479%
     07 : $2.08 47.962393986629%
     08 : $2.08 48.154606374924%
     09 : $2.07 48.221297446539%
     10 : $2.05 48.71336667241%
     11 : $2.01 49.664588047528%
     12 : $1.99 50.183610370413%
  Yr Avg: $2.04 0.4901248456143
2009/01 : $2.00 49.966137191232%
     02 : $2.01 49.718888251762%
     03 : $2.02 49.59827806775%
     04 : $2.02 49.474769863322%
     05 : $2.03 49.332260893534%
     06 : $2.04 48.912111448478%
     07 : $2.04 48.989788515022%
     08 : $2.05 48.880157866756%
     09 : $2.05 48.849603774833%
     10 : $2.05 48.80260137164%
     11 : $2.05 48.768085647053%
     12 : $2.05 48.854127356478%
  Yr Avg: $2.03 0.49178900853988
2010/01 : $2.05 48.687738784583%
     02 : $2.05 48.67560843761%
     03 : $2.06 48.476550391133%
     04 : $2.07 48.392498110285%
     05 : $2.07 48.355013314262%
     06 : $2.07 48.402266549088%
     07 : $2.07 48.392053503141%
     08 : $2.07 48.325332288668%
     09 : $2.07 48.29723591614%
     10 : $2.07 48.237171966992%
     11 : $2.07 48.21688905367%
     12 : $2.08 48.134173823846%
  Yr Avg: $2.07 0.48382711011618
2011/01 : $2.09 47.90598593545%
     02 : $2.10 47.670903944995%
     03 : $2.12 47.210550387581%
     04 : $2.13 46.908486662243%
     05 : $2.14 46.688852886117%
     06 : $2.14 46.738909406665%
     07 : $2.14 46.697532952468%
     08 : $2.15 46.569114691903%
     09 : $2.15 46.49850827844%
     10 : $2.15 46.594617702179%
     11 : $2.14 46.633956283922%
     12 : $2.14 46.749264554654%
  Yr Avg: $2.13 0.46905556973885
2012/01 : $2.15 46.544459987752%
     02 : $2.16 46.34042406371%
     03 : $2.17 45.991141552526%
     04 : $2.18 45.852620052137%
     05 : $2.18 45.906489644125%
     06 : $2.18 45.973906297376%
     07 : $2.17 46.048955552688%
     08 : $2.18 45.794104154014%
     09 : $2.19 45.590668934055%
     10 : $2.19 45.608408005534%
     11 : $2.18 45.825533465327%
     12 : $2.18 45.94927742996%
  Yr Avg: $2.18 0.459521657616
2013/01 : $2.18 45.813791745906%
     02 : $2.20 45.441623270372%
     03 : $2.21 45.323126315958%
     04 : $2.20 45.370294504866%
     05 : $2.21 45.289661285252%
     06 : $2.21 45.181238504335%
     07 : $2.21 45.163444529795%
     08 : $2.22 45.109180927602%
     09 : $2.22 45.056779723374%
     10 : $2.21 45.173113927782%
     11 : $2.21 45.26556530049%
     12 : $2.21 45.26944942295%
  Yr Avg: $2.21 0.45288105788223
2014/01 : $2.22 45.101660284724%
     02 : $2.23 44.935493478135%
     03 : $2.24 44.647958609982%
     04 : $2.25 44.501249017733%
     05 : $2.25 44.346364251992%
     06 : $2.26 44.263938608904%
     07 : $2.26 44.281216925279%
     08 : $2.25 44.355313450997%
     09 : $2.26 44.321958226414%
     10 : $2.25 44.433587992033%
     11 : $2.24 44.674805130465%
     12 : $2.23 44.929560717915%
  Yr Avg: $2.25 0.44566092224548
2015/01 : $2.22 45.141994657286%
     02 : $2.22 44.946788437351%
     03 : $2.24 44.680860615176%
     04 : $2.24 44.590213507779%
     05 : $2.25 44.364079639797%
     06 : $2.26 44.209220710791%
     07 : $2.26 44.206257022007%
     08 : $2.26 44.26895416504%
     09 : $2.26 44.337977001969%
     10 : $2.25 44.357924037739%
     11 : $2.25 44.451747986982%
     12 : $2.24 44.604164268022%
  Yr Avg: $2.25 0.44513348504162
2016/01 : $2.25 44.53055110455%
     02 : $2.25 44.493928609549%
     03 : $2.26 44.30315984881%
     04 : $2.27 44.09410621557%
     05 : $2.28 43.916430220174%
     06 : $2.28 43.772664939158%
     07 : $2.28 43.843609383235%
     08 : $2.28 43.803379434142%
     09 : $2.29 43.698328347113%
     10 : $2.29 43.643915107164%
     11 : $2.29 43.711907704294%
     12 : $2.29 43.697604918539%
  Yr Avg: $2.28 0.43959132152691
2017/01 : $2.30 43.444422142319%
     02 : $2.31 43.308169968467%
     03 : $2.31 43.272997560205%
     04 : $2.32 43.145049743519%
     05 : $2.32 43.108203330151%
     06 : $2.32 43.069134957592%
     07 : $2.32 43.098869809716%
     08 : $2.33 42.970197487927%
     09 : $2.34 42.743873074026%
     10 : $2.34 42.770905834306%
     11 : $2.34 42.769865905732%
     12 : $2.34 42.795022273149%
  Yr Avg: $2.32 0.43041392673926
2018/01 : $2.35 42.563149420458%
     02 : $2.36 42.371009159715%
     03 : $2.37 42.275419700263%
     04 : $2.37 42.108036414079%
     05 : $2.38 41.933637377875%
     06 : $2.39 41.866906474627%
     07 : $2.39 41.864082734823%
     08 : $2.39 41.840838285778%
     09 : $2.39 41.792274913193%
     10 : $2.40 41.718568091557%
     11 : $2.39 41.858767903175%
     12 : $2.38 41.99289069947%
  Yr Avg: $2.38 0.42015465097918
2019/01 : $2.39 41.912979831899%
     02 : $2.40 41.736556918138%
     03 : $2.41 41.502427657277%
     04 : $2.42 41.283829503603%
     05 : $2.43 41.196133166622%
     06 : $2.43 41.187930003333%
     07 : $2.43 41.119222589875%
     08 : $2.43 41.121305676616%
     09 : $2.43 41.089115258158%
     10 : $2.44 40.995391426263%
     11 : $2.44 41.017387099794%
     12 : $2.44 41.05473732949%
  Yr Avg: $2.42 0.41268084705089
2020/01 : $2.45 40.896069635168%
     02 : $2.45 40.784295614446%
     03 : $2.45 40.873254721838%
     04 : $2.43 41.148411640978%
     05 : $2.43 41.147608549139%
     06 : $2.44 40.923672956674%
     07 : $2.46 40.717712195892%
     08 : $2.46 40.589724547573%
     09 : $2.47 40.533272358639%
     10 : $2.47 40.516460180021%
     11 : $2.47 40.541216078049%
     12 : $2.47 40.503083210595%
  Yr Avg: $2.45 0.40764565140751
2021/01 : $2.48 40.331521909094%
     02 : $2.49 40.111933347253%
     03 : $2.51 39.829808045441%
     04 : $2.53 39.505118876162%
     05 : $2.55 39.19092157426%
     06 : $2.58 38.830163246717%
     07 : $2.59 38.644263633951%
     08 : $2.59 38.564592832707%
     09 : $2.60 38.460135990577%
     10 : $2.62 38.143237673361%
     11 : $2.63 37.956740586103%
     12 : $2.64 37.840474203124%
  Yr Avg: $2.57 0.38950742659896
2022/01 : $2.66 37.524720237952%
     02 : $2.69 37.185072675774%
     03 : $2.73 36.695141439706%
     04 : $2.74 36.491427398318%
     05 : $2.77 36.09354921863%
     06 : $2.81 35.604483513176%
     07 : $2.81 35.60868951829%
     08 : $2.81 35.621313992815%
     09 : $2.81 35.544864171172%
     10 : $2.82 35.401259293218%
     11 : $2.82 35.437051783114%
     12 : $2.81 35.546181844645%
  Yr Avg: $2.77 0.36062812923901
2023/01 : $2.84 35.264230940792%
     02 : $2.85 35.068474613713%
     03 : $2.86 34.952756184816%
     04 : $2.88 34.776818786364%
     05 : $2.88 34.689455097343%
     06 : $2.89 34.577807030703%
     07 : $2.90 34.511975030518%
     08 : $2.91 34.361910968873%
     09 : $2.92 34.276728330879%
     10 : $2.92 34.289874922752%
     11 : $2.91 34.359113065804%
     12 : $2.91 34.393276764879%
  Yr Avg: $2.89 0.3462686847812
2024/01 : $2.92 34.20693469803%
     02 : $2.94 33.996507411725%
     03 : $2.96 33.778159013153%
     04 : $2.97 33.647161385234%
     05 : $2.98 33.591344349363%
     06 : $2.98 33.580011711577%
     07 : $2.98 33.541044532896%
     08 : $2.98 33.513767400166%
     09 : $2.99 33.460090507158%
     10 : $2.99 33.421613149908%
     11 : $2.99 33.439727930571%
Color Key:
US $ = previous month, or start month
US $ < previous month
US $ > previous month

What is on each line:

a) 1966/01: b) $3.24 c) 30.8176101%

a) This line's year/month.
b) How much of this line's dollars it would take to match the value of the starting year/month.
c) The percentage of the value of the starting year/month's dollar value that this line's year has. You can also round it off to get the value of this line's dollar compared to the starting year/month, in this case it would be almost 31¢.

Data extrapolated from
http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl.

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