$100 in 2006 is worth $125 in 2018,
because prices increased 24.6% over that period, an average of
1.85% a year.
$100 in 2006 has
the same buying power as
$125
in 2018
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
24.6%
Average inflation rate
1.85% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$125
Price difference ($100 base)
$24.56
CPI in 2006
201.6
CPI in 2018
251.107
Inflation in 2006
3.23%
Inflation in 2018
2.44%
$100 in 2006 → 2018
$125
$100 in 2018 → 2006
$80.28
What happened to prices between 2006 and 2018
Between 2006 and 2018, the Consumer Price Index went from 201.6 to 251.107.
Cumulatively, prices increased 24.6%, which works out to an average of
1.85% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2006 bought what
$0.80 buys in 2018: the 2006 dollar
lost 19.7% of its purchasing power over
these 12 years.
Inflation was 3.2% in 2006 and gasoline averaged $2.59 a gallon, up 29 cents from 2005. The
median household earned about $48,200 and the median new home cost $246,500, a gain of about
2% after a 13% jump in 2004 and 9% in 2005. National home prices, by the S&P/Case-Shiller
index, peaked in mid-2006. Ben Bernanke replaced Alan Greenspan as Federal Reserve chair on
February 1, and on June 29 the Fed raised its policy rate to 5.25%, the last of 17 straight
quarter-point increases. It held there for over a year. A first-class stamp rose to 39 cents in
January, and the federal minimum wage was $5.15 for the ninth full year in a row.
Every 2006 amount converts to 2018 at the same ratio, 1.25: $1,000 becomes
$1,246, and $10,000 becomes $12,456.
Amount in 2006
Value in 2018
$1.00
$1.25
$5.00
$6.23
$10.00
$12.46
$20.00
$24.91
$50.00
$62.28
$100
$125
$500
$623
$1,000
$1,246
$5,000
$6,228
$10,000
$12,456
$100,000
$124,557
$1,000,000
$1,245,570
Inflation by spending category, 2006–2018
Between 2006 and 2018, medical care rose the most, up 44.2%, while apparel rose the least, up 5.1%, against 24.6% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2006
spending costs in 2018, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2006 →
All items (CPI-U)
1.85%
$125
Medical care
3.10%
$144
Food
2.20%
$130
Housing
2.03%
$127
Core (all items less food & energy)
1.88%
$125
Education & communication
1.32%
$117
Transportation
1.28%
$116
Energy
0.93%
$112
Recreation
0.60%
$107
Apparel
0.42%
$105
Decade by decade: 2006 to 2018
Prices climbed fastest in the 2000s, averaging 1.98% a year, and slowest in the 2010s (1.78% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2006–2018 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2006, at end
2006–2010
1.98%
8.2%
$108
2010–2018
1.78%
15.2%
$125
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2006
$100 from 2006 had already become $114 by
2012, on its way to $125 in 2018; 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 2018, prices rose 2.4% and $100 from 2006 had the buying
power of $125; the year's average CPI of 251.107 is the level
behind every 2018 figure on this page.
2018 was the peak of the late-2010s expansion. Consumer prices rose 2.4%,
the fastest since 2011, with gasoline averaging $2.72 a gallon after a summer
high. Unemployment fell to 3.7% in September, the lowest since 1969, and median
household income reached $63,179. The median new home sold for about $331,800,
and a first-class stamp cost 50 cents. The federal minimum wage was still $7.25.
Trade policy became a price factor for the first time in decades. New tariffs
on steel, aluminum, and a growing list of Chinese goods raised costs for
manufacturers and some consumer products, and retaliation cut into exports of
soybeans and other farm goods.
The Federal Reserve, led from February by Jerome Powell, raised rates four
times to 2.25–2.50%. A stock-market drop of nearly 20% in the fourth quarter
led the Fed to signal a pause in early 2019. Oil fell from over $75 a barrel in
October to below $50 by December, which pulled headline inflation lower going
into the next year.
MLA: “Inflation from 2006 to 2018: $100 is worth $125 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2006-to-2018/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2006 to 2018. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2006-to-2018/