$100 in 1995 is worth $113 in 2000,
because prices increased 13.0% over that period, an average of
2.47% a year.
$100 in 1995 has
the same buying power as
$113
in 2000
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
13.0%
Average inflation rate
2.47% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$113
Price difference ($100 base)
$12.99
CPI in 1995
152.4
CPI in 2000
172.2
Inflation in 1995
2.83%
Inflation in 2000
3.36%
$100 in 1995 → 2000
$113
$100 in 2000 → 1995
$88.50
What happened to prices between 1995 and 2000
Between 1995 and 2000, the Consumer Price Index went from 152.4 to 172.2.
Cumulatively, prices increased 13.0%, which works out to an average of
2.47% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1995 bought what
$0.89 buys in 2000: the 1995 dollar
lost 11.5% of its purchasing power over
these 5 years.
In 1995, gas averaged $1.15 a gallon, a new home cost roughly $133,900, and the median household
earned about $34,100. Inflation ran at 2.8% for the year, little changed from 1994, as the
Federal Reserve shifted from raising rates to cutting them. Having lifted its policy rate six
times the year before, the Fed judged by July that the economy had cooled enough on its own, and
trimmed rates instead, an outcome economists would later point to as a rare soft landing. The
year opened with a currency crisis: Mexico’s peso lost roughly half its value against the dollar
in a matter of weeks, and the U.S. Treasury and the IMF assembled a $50 billion rescue package,
controversial in Congress, to stabilize it and keep the crisis from spreading to other emerging
markets. Closer to home, a budget standoff between President Clinton and the Republican Congress
shut down federal agencies twice, first for five days in November and then for 21 days spanning
December into January 1996, the longest shutdown up to that point. The Postal Service raised the
cost of a first-class stamp to 32 cents in January. Low, steady inflation was about the only calm
part of 1995’s economic story.
Every 1995 amount converts to 2000 at the same ratio, 1.13: $1,000 becomes
$1,130, and $10,000 becomes $11,299.
Amount in 1995
Value in 2000
$1.00
$1.13
$5.00
$5.65
$10.00
$11.30
$20.00
$22.60
$50.00
$56.50
$100
$113
$500
$565
$1,000
$1,130
$5,000
$5,650
$10,000
$11,299
$100,000
$112,992
$1,000,000
$1,129,921
Inflation by spending category, 1995–2000
Between 1995 and 2000, energy rose the most, up 18.4%, while apparel fell 1.8%, against 13.0% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 1995
spending costs in 2000, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 1995 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.47%
$113
Energy
3.44%
$118
Medical care
3.41%
$118
Housing
2.69%
$114
Food
2.49%
$113
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.38%
$112
Education & communication
2.14%
$111
Transportation
1.96%
$110
Recreation
1.80%
$109
Apparel
-0.37%
$98.18
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1995
$100 from 1995 had already become $105 by
1997, on its way to $113 in 2000; each row shows the CPI, that
year's inflation rate, and the running value.
Within the span, inflation peaked at 3.4% in 2000, and the smallest rise was 1.6% in 1998.
In 2000, prices rose 3.4% and $100 from 1995 had the buying
power of $113; the year's average CPI of 172.2 is the level
behind every 2000 figure on this page.
Inflation ran at 3.4% in 2000, the highest annual rate since 1991, as an economy growing
above 4% and a rise in oil prices pushed the CPI up. The median household earned about
$42,100, gas averaged $1.51 a gallon, and a new home cost roughly $169,000. The Federal
Reserve had raised interest rates six times since mid-1999 and stopped at 6.5% in May. By
then the stock market had already turned: the Nasdaq hit its record of 5,048 on March 10 and
lost about 39% of its value by December. Consumer prices did not reflect the slowdown yet,
which is why the Fed held rates high through the year even as technology companies began to
fail. In October, Congress granted China permanent normal trade relations, a decision that
would help hold down the price of manufactured goods for years. A first-class stamp cost 33
cents and the federal minimum wage was $5.15. The recession of 2001 brought inflation back
down.
MLA: “Inflation from 1995 to 2000: $100 is worth $113 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1995-to-2000/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1995 to 2000. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1995-to-2000/