Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average

Government Record · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · February 2024

The CPI-U annual averages imply a loss of roughly 96.8% of a 1913 dollar’s purchasing power by 2023. The table does not itself establish a current 2026 figure.

1913: 9.9; 2023: 304.702.

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The CPI-U annual averages imply a loss of roughly 96.8% of a 1913 dollar’s purchasing power by 2023. The table does not itself establish a current 2026 figure.

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