What is $100 in 1925 worth in 1927?

$100 in 1925 has the purchasing power of about $99.43 in 1927, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1925 and 1927?

Prices fell 0.6% in total between 1925 and 1927, an average of -0.29% per year.

How much is $1 in 1925 worth today?

$1 in 1925 is equivalent to about $0.99 in 1927. Equivalently, a 1927 dollar buys what $1.01 bought in 1925.

U.S. inflation · 1925–1927

Value of $100 in 1925, adjusted to 1927

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1925 has the same buying power as

$99.43

in 1927

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	-0.6%
Average inflation rate	-0.29% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$99.43
Price difference ($100 base)	-$0.57
CPI in 1925	17.5
CPI in 1927	17.4
Inflation in 1925	2.34%
Inflation in 1927	-1.69%
$100 in 1925 → 1927	$99.43
$100 in 1927 → 1925	$101

What happened to prices between 1925 and 1927

Between 1925 and 1927, the Consumer Price Index went from 17.5 to 17.4. Cumulatively, prices declined 0.6%, which works out to an average of -0.29% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1925 bought what $1.01 buys in 1927.

Common amounts: 1925 dollars in 1927

Amount in 1925	Value in 1927
$1.00	$0.99
$5.00	$4.97
$10.00	$9.94
$20.00	$19.89
$50.00	$49.71
$100	$99.43
$500	$497
$1,000	$994
$5,000	$4,971
$10,000	$9,943
$100,000	$99,429
$1,000,000	$994,286

Inflation by spending category, 1925–1927

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1925 spending costs in 1927, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1925 →
All items (CPI-U)	-0.29%	$99.43
Food	-0.30%	$99.39
Apparel	-1.92%	$96.20

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1925: core (all items less food & energy) (1957–), energy (1957–), housing (1967–), medical care (1935–), transportation (1935–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1925

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1925
1925	17.5	2.3%	$100
1926	17.7	1.1%	$101
1927	17.4	-1.7%	$99.43

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1925 to 1927: $100 is worth $99.43 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1925-to-1927/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1925 to 1927. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1925-to-1927/

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U annual averages (series CUUR0000SA0; category indexes listed on the data sources page). See how these numbers are calculated.