$100 in 1995 is worth $155 in 2014,
because prices increased 55.3% over that period, an average of
2.35% a year.
$100 in 1995 has
the same buying power as
$155
in 2014
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
55.3%
Average inflation rate
2.35% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$155
Price difference ($100 base)
$55.34
CPI in 1995
152.4
CPI in 2014
236.736
Inflation in 1995
2.83%
Inflation in 2014
1.62%
$100 in 1995 → 2014
$155
$100 in 2014 → 1995
$64.38
What happened to prices between 1995 and 2014
Between 1995 and 2014, the Consumer Price Index went from 152.4 to 236.736.
Cumulatively, prices increased 55.3%, which works out to an average of
2.35% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 1995 bought what
$0.64 buys in 2014: the 1995 dollar
lost 35.6% of its purchasing power over
these 19 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 2014 at the same ratio, 1.55: $1,000 becomes
$1,553, and $10,000 becomes $15,534.
Amount in 1995
Value in 2014
$1.00
$1.55
$5.00
$7.77
$10.00
$15.53
$20.00
$31.07
$50.00
$77.67
$100
$155
$500
$777
$1,000
$1,553
$5,000
$7,767
$10,000
$15,534
$100,000
$155,339
$1,000,000
$1,553,386
Inflation by spending category, 1995–2014
Between 1995 and 2014, energy rose the most, up 131.5%, while apparel fell 3.4%, against 55.3% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 1995
spending costs in 2014, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 1995 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.35%
$155
Energy
4.52%
$232
Medical care
3.64%
$197
Food
2.62%
$164
Housing
2.40%
$157
Transportation
2.34%
$155
Education & communication
2.13%
$149
Core (all items less food & energy)
2.07%
$148
Recreation
1.06%
$122
Apparel
-0.18%
$96.60
Decade by decade: 1995 to 2014
Prices climbed fastest in the 1990s, averaging 2.47% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (2.08% a year). Each step below chains into the full 1995–2014 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 1995, at end
1995–2000
2.47%
13.0%
$113
2000–2010
2.39%
26.6%
$143
2010–2014
2.08%
8.6%
$155
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 1995
$100 from 1995 had already become $124 by
2004, on its way to $155 in 2014; each row shows the CPI, that
year's inflation rate, and the running value.
Within the span, inflation peaked at 3.8% in 2008, and prices fell 0.4% in 2009, the deepest deflation of the period.
In 2014, prices rose 1.6% and $100 from 1995 had the buying
power of $155; the year's average CPI of 236.736 is the level
behind every 2014 figure on this page.
2014 ended with the sharpest oil price drop in years. Consumer prices rose
1.6% for the year, close to 2013’s pace, but the annual figure hid a shift at
the pump: crude oil fell from above $100 a barrel in June to below $60 in
December, and gasoline finished the year near $2.25 a gallon after averaging
$3.37 across 2014. The drop reflected record U.S. shale output, softer
global demand, and OPEC’s decision in November to keep producing.
For households, cheaper fuel arrived just as the labor market strengthened.
Median household income was $53,657, essentially flat on the prior year, and
the median new home sold for about $288,500. The federal minimum wage stayed
at $7.25 for a fifth year, and a first-class stamp rose to 49 cents.
The Federal Reserve ended its bond purchases in October but left its policy
rate at zero. A stronger dollar helped hold down import prices. Because
energy weighs heavily in the CPI, the late-year slide carried into 2015, which
posted the smallest annual increase of the decade.
MLA: “Inflation from 1995 to 2014: $100 is worth $155 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1995-to-2014/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 1995 to 2014. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/1995-to-2014/