Considering inflation, what would be the equivalent of $25 in 2006 dollars?

Answer 1

Going how far back in years? 1983 $25 today would have been approximately equivelent to $12.65 according to the government.
1960 $3.76
1940 $1.77
1900 $1.11
1850 $1.025
1800 $1.51
1700 $1.025

Notice something interesting? Inflation picked up dramatically as government deficit spending increase. Governments say, "What the heck. Let's pay back our debts in inflated dollars."

http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/pol_sci/fac/sahr/derive_infcf16652005.pdf

Answer 2

Because the comparison year is the same as the base year (in this example, 2006) the answer is $25. So you're basically asking, in the year 2006, how much would $25 be able to buy in 2006 dollars.

Answer 3

This is an incomplete question having no answer except that the current value of X dollars = X dollars at a given time. $25.00 is worth exactly $25.00 at the same time of the day on the same day, da da da da....

Now, if you want to know the value of $25.00 in todays currency would have been worth on a past date of sufficient length to actually measure then you need to expand your question, etc.

Answer 4

You have to specify what other year you want to compare to.

For example $25 in 2006 is equivalent to $19.44 in 1996 and to $13.58 in 1986.

Use this site:

http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

Answer 5

Probably 25 bucks?

Answer 6

$25.00. Was this a trick question?

Answer 7

i dout it gona b much less

Answer 8

when?