$100 in 2005 is worth $112 in 2010,
because prices increased 11.7% over that period, an average of
2.23% a year.
$100 in 2005 has
the same buying power as
$112
in 2010
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
11.7%
Average inflation rate
2.23% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$112
Price difference ($100 base)
$11.65
CPI in 2005
195.3
CPI in 2010
218.056
Inflation in 2005
3.39%
Inflation in 2010
1.64%
$100 in 2005 → 2010
$112
$100 in 2010 → 2005
$89.56
What happened to prices between 2005 and 2010
Between 2005 and 2010, the Consumer Price Index went from 195.3 to 218.056.
Cumulatively, prices increased 11.7%, which works out to an average of
2.23% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2005 bought what
$0.90 buys in 2010: the 2005 dollar
lost 10.4% of its purchasing power over
these 5 years.
Inflation rose to 3.4% in 2005, up from 2.7% in 2004, as gasoline averaged $2.30 a gallon,
compared with $1.88 the year before. Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29, and with
Hurricane Rita weeks later it disrupted Gulf Coast refining, pushing the national average
price past $3 in early September. The Federal Reserve raised its policy rate at every meeting,
from 2.25% to 4.25%, to keep energy costs from feeding into other prices. The median household
earned about $46,300, up 4.5% from 2004, but the median new home price rose a further 9%, to
$240,900. In April, Congress passed a bankruptcy law that made it harder to clear debts. A
first-class stamp stayed at 37 cents until January 2006, and the federal minimum wage stayed
at $5.15.
Every 2005 amount converts to 2010 at the same ratio, 1.12: $1,000 becomes
$1,117, and $10,000 becomes $11,165.
Amount in 2005
Value in 2010
$1.00
$1.12
$5.00
$5.58
$10.00
$11.17
$20.00
$22.33
$50.00
$55.83
$100
$112
$500
$558
$1,000
$1,117
$5,000
$5,583
$10,000
$11,165
$100,000
$111,652
$1,000,000
$1,116,518
Inflation by spending category, 2005–2010
Between 2005 and 2010, medical care rose the most, up 20.2%, while apparel rose the least, up 0.0%, against 11.7% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2005
spending costs in 2010, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2005 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.23%
$112
Medical care
3.75%
$120
Energy
3.61%
$119
Food
2.86%
$115
Education & communication
2.70%
$114
Transportation
2.15%
$111
Housing
2.02%
$111
Core (all items less food & energy)
1.96%
$110
Recreation
0.71%
$104
Apparel
0.00%
$100
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2005
$100 from 2005 had already become $106 by
2007, on its way to $112 in 2010; 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 2010, prices rose 1.6% and $100 from 2005 had the buying
power of $112; the year's average CPI of 218.056 is the level
behind every 2010 figure on this page.
2010 was a year of recovery without much price pressure. The CPI rose 1.6%, a
return to growth after 2009’s deflation, with gasoline averaging $2.78 a
gallon as energy prices climbed back from their recession lows. Housing costs
barely moved: millions of foreclosed and vacant homes kept rents soft, and the
median new home sold for about $221,800. The federal minimum wage stayed at
$7.25, the level set in July 2009, and a first-class stamp cost 44 cents.
The Federal Reserve was more worried about too little inflation than too
much. Its policy rate sat at 0–0.25%, and in November it announced a further
$600 billion of Treasury purchases to hold down long-term borrowing costs.
Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act in July to tighten financial regulation,
while a 110 billion euro rescue of Greece in May showed that the crisis had
moved from American mortgages to European government debt. For anyone
comparing dollars across the decade, 2010 is a useful baseline: prices were
still close to their 2008 levels, and the years ahead brought a slow, steady
climb.
MLA: “Inflation from 2005 to 2010: $100 is worth $112 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2005-to-2010/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2005 to 2010. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2005-to-2010/