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US Inflation · 1990 → 2015

$1 in 1990 = $1.81 in 2015

Total inflation
81.3%
over 25 years
Annual average
2.41%
compounded

Common amounts adjusted

$Amount in 1990 Equivalent in 2015
$100 $181.33
$1,000 $1,813.31
$10,000 $18,133.13
$100,000 $181,331.29

How this was calculated

Based on the US Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI). The cumulative inflation factor is the ratio of the 2015 CPI to the 1990 CPI.

factor = CPI(2015) / CPI(1990) = 1.8133
annual = factor^(1/25) − 1 = 0.0241 (2.41%)