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View foreign exchange rates and use our currency exchange rate calculator for more than 30 foreign currencies. The inflation rate in the United States between 1990 and today has been 106.62%, which translates into a total increase of $106.62. This means that 100 dollars in 1990 are equivalent to 206.62 dollars in 2021. In other words, the purchasing power of $100 in 1990 equals $206.62 today. The average annual inflation rate has been 2.29%. Money is often a means towards success, but it is rarely success itself. The real value of money emerges when we leverage it as a tool towards our success rather than making it success itself. When we channel it towards the experiences and values that we find more important.

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Value of $1 from 1860 to 2021

$1 in 1860 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $32.73 today, an increase of $31.73 over 161 years.The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.19% per year between 1860 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 3,173.45%.

This means that today's prices are32.73 times higher thanaverage prices since 1860,according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index.A dollar today only buys 3.06% of what it could buy back then.

The 1860 inflation rate was 0.00%. The current year-over-year inflation rate (2020 to 2021) is now 5.39%¹.If this number holds, $1 today will be equivalent in buying power to $1.05 next year.The current inflation rate page gives more detail on the latest inflation rates.

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Inflation from 1860 to 2021
Cumulative price change	3,173.45%
Average inflation rate	2.19%
Converted amount ($1 base)	$32.73
Price difference ($1 base)	$31.73
CPI in 1860	8.300
CPI in 2021	271.696
Inflation in 1860	0.00%
Inflation in 2021	5.39%
$1 in 1860	$32.73 in 2021

Annual Rate, the Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI

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Buying power of $1 in 1860

This chart shows a calculation of buying power equivalence for $1 in 1860 (price index tracking began in 1635).

For example, if you started with $1, you would need to end with $32.73 in order to 'adjust' for inflation (sometimes refered to as 'beating inflation').

When $1 is equivalent to $32.73 over time, that means that the 'real value' of a single U.S. dollar decreases over time. In other words, a dollar will pay for fewer items at the store.

This effect explains how inflation erodes the value of a dollar over time. By calculating the value in 1860 dollars, the chart below shows how $1 is worth less over 161 years.

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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, each of these USD amounts below is equal in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Dollar inflation: 1860-2021
Year	Dollar Value	Inflation Rate
1860	$1.00	-
1861	$1.06	6.02%
1862	$1.22	14.77%
1863	$1.52	24.75%
1864	$1.89	24.60%
1865	$1.96	3.82%
1866	$1.92	-2.45%
1867	$1.78	-6.92%
1868	$1.71	-4.05%
1869	$1.64	-4.23%
1870	$1.58	-3.68%
1871	$1.47	-6.87%
1872	$1.47	0.00%
1873	$1.45	-1.64%
1874	$1.37	-5.00%
1875	$1.33	-3.51%
1876	$1.29	-2.73%
1877	$1.27	-1.87%
1878	$1.20	-4.76%
1879	$1.20	0.00%
1880	$1.23	2.00%
1881	$1.23	0.00%
1882	$1.23	0.00%
1883	$1.22	-0.98%
1884	$1.18	-2.97%
1885	$1.17	-1.02%
1886	$1.13	-3.09%
1887	$1.14	1.06%
1888	$1.14	0.00%
1889	$1.11	-3.16%
1890	$1.10	-1.09%
1891	$1.10	0.00%
1892	$1.10	0.00%
1893	$1.08	-1.10%
1894	$1.04	-4.44%
1895	$1.01	-2.33%
1896	$1.01	0.00%
1897	$1.00	-1.19%
1898	$1.00	0.00%
1899	$1.00	0.00%
1900	$1.01	1.20%
1901	$1.02	1.19%
1902	$1.04	1.18%
1903	$1.06	2.33%
1904	$1.07	1.14%
1905	$1.06	-1.12%
1906	$1.08	2.27%
1907	$1.13	4.44%
1908	$1.11	-2.13%
1909	$1.10	-1.09%
1910	$1.14	4.40%
1911	$1.14	0.00%
1912	$1.17	2.11%
1913	$1.19	2.06%
1914	$1.20	1.01%
1915	$1.22	1.00%
1916	$1.31	7.92%
1917	$1.54	17.43%
1918	$1.82	17.97%
1919	$2.08	14.57%
1920	$2.41	15.61%
1921	$2.16	-10.50%
1922	$2.02	-6.15%
1923	$2.06	1.79%
1924	$2.06	0.00%
1925	$2.11	2.34%
1926	$2.13	1.14%
1927	$2.10	-1.69%
1928	$2.06	-1.72%
1929	$2.06	0.00%
1930	$2.01	-2.34%
1931	$1.83	-8.98%
1932	$1.65	-9.87%
1933	$1.57	-5.11%
1934	$1.61	3.08%
1935	$1.65	2.24%
1936	$1.67	1.46%
1937	$1.73	3.60%
1938	$1.70	-2.08%
1939	$1.67	-1.42%
1940	$1.69	0.72%
1941	$1.77	5.00%
1942	$1.96	10.88%
1943	$2.08	6.13%
1944	$2.12	1.73%
1945	$2.17	2.27%
1946	$2.35	8.33%
1947	$2.69	14.36%
1948	$2.90	8.07%
1949	$2.87	-1.24%
1950	$2.90	1.26%
1951	$3.13	7.88%
1952	$3.19	1.92%
1953	$3.22	0.75%
1954	$3.24	0.75%
1955	$3.23	-0.37%
1956	$3.28	1.49%
1957	$3.39	3.31%
1958	$3.48	2.85%

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