What is $100 in 1952 worth in 1953?

$100 in 1952 has the purchasing power of about $101 in 1953, based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U).

What was the average inflation rate between 1952 and 1953?

Prices rose 0.8% in total between 1952 and 1953, an average of 0.75% per year.

How much is $1 in 1952 worth today?

$1 in 1952 is equivalent to about $1.01 in 1953. Equivalently, a 1953 dollar buys what $0.99 bought in 1952.

U.S. inflation · 1952–1953

Value of $100 in 1952, adjusted to 1953

Amount From year To year

$100 in 1952 has the same buying power as

$101

in 1953

Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change	0.8%
Average inflation rate	0.75% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)	$101
Price difference ($100 base)	$0.75
CPI in 1952	26.5
CPI in 1953	26.7
Inflation in 1952	1.92%
Inflation in 1953	0.75%
$100 in 1952 → 1953	$101
$100 in 1953 → 1952	$99.25

What happened to prices between 1952 and 1953

Between 1952 and 1953, the Consumer Price Index went from 26.5 to 26.7. Cumulatively, prices increased 0.8%, which works out to an average of 0.75% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1952 bought what $0.99 buys in 1953.

Common amounts: 1952 dollars in 1953

Amount in 1952	Value in 1953
$1.00	$1.01
$5.00	$5.04
$10.00	$10.08
$20.00	$20.15
$50.00	$50.38
$100	$101
$500	$504
$1,000	$1,008
$5,000	$5,038
$10,000	$10,075
$100,000	$100,755
$1,000,000	$1,007,547

Inflation by spending category, 1952–1953

The headline number is an average. Individual categories moved very differently over this period. Here is what $100 of 1952 spending costs in 1953, by category:

Category	Avg. yearly inflation	$100 in 1952 →
All items (CPI-U)	0.75%	$101
Medical care	3.59%	$104
Transportation	3.11%	$103
Apparel	-0.92%	$99.08
Food	-1.39%	$98.61

Not shown because the BLS began these indexes after 1952: core (all items less food & energy) (1957–), energy (1957–), housing (1967–), recreation (1993–), education & communication (1993–).

Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1952

Year	CPI	Inflation rate	$100 from 1952
1952	26.5	1.9%	$100
1953	26.7	0.8%	$101

Cite this page

MLA: “Inflation from 1952 to 1953: $100 is worth $101 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1952-to-1953/

APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1952 to 1953. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1952-to-1953/

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.