It takes $1.27 to buy what cost $1 in 2000: Sunday's Numbers

[The Straight Story]

Sunday's Numbers, a weekly feature from The Plain Dealer

$1.27: $1 in 2000 equated to $1.27 in 2010, according to the Consumer Price Index. Here's a look at how the value of a dollar has changed over the years.


$1.67: The value of $1 in 1990 adjusted to 2010 dollars.


$2.66: The value of $1 in 1980 adjusted to 2010 dollars.

$5.64: The value of $1 in 1970 adjusted to 2010 dollars.

$7.39: The value of $1 in 1960 adjusted to 2010 dollars.

$9.08: The value of $1 in 1950 adjusted to 2010 dollars.

$15.63: The value of $1 in 1940 adjusted to 2010 dollars.


http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2011/01/the_value_of_the_dollar_increa.html

[hobbit709]

1. Yet my income is 0.39 of the dollar compared to 2000.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

2. This is what happens when you use a printing press like a credit card.

[The Northerner]

3. I couldn't agree more