Consumer Price Index (CPI) Inflation Calculator
Sources:
Table
Containing History of CPI-U U.S. All Items Indexes and Annual
Percent Changes From 1913 to Present
Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS), Consumer Price Index, All Urban Consumers - (CPI-U)
Inflation can badly skew the way one views a property's value. Much of the increased valuation may be accountable to inflation and not an increase in real value.
This is an inflation calculator for adjusting costs from one year to another using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation index. This inflation calculator is based on the average inflation index during the calendar year and will compute inflation rates between 1913 and 2004. Data for 2005 will not be available until early 2006.
The CPI represents changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. User fees such as water and sewer service; sales and excise taxes paid by the consumer are also included. Income taxes and investment items (such as stocks, bonds, and life insurance) are not included.
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