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Buying Power

Value of $100 in 1920

Buying Power CPI data from BLS.

Year-to-present comparison

$1107 in 2025 buying power for Buying Power

CPI 2025: 440.4 – CPI 1920: 39.8. Inflation since 1920: 1007.1%.

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Other 1920 CPI baskets

Each value below drives its own “value of $100 in 1920” page.

Buying Power

1920 CPI: 39.8

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Food & Groceries

1920 CPI: 39.8

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Medical Care

1920 CPI: 39.8

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Housing

1920 CPI: 39.8

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Gasoline

1920 CPI: 39.8

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Methodology

Each page is auto-generated from data/inflation_master.json via Next.js static paths. The CPI history is sourced from official BLS tables.

Use the menu to explore every combination of category and year, or update the dataset by syncing new CSV files via python scripts/process_inflation.py.