$100 in 2009 is worth $109 in 2013,
because prices increased 8.6% over that period, an average of
2.08% a year.
$100 in 2009 has
the same buying power as
$109
in 2013
Detailed inflation statistics
Cumulative price change
8.6%
Average inflation rate
2.08% per year
Converted amount ($100 base)
$109
Price difference ($100 base)
$8.59
CPI in 2009
214.537
CPI in 2013
232.957
Inflation in 2009
-0.36%
Inflation in 2013
1.46%
$100 in 2009 → 2013
$109
$100 in 2013 → 2009
$92.09
What happened to prices between 2009 and 2013
Between 2009 and 2013, the Consumer Price Index went from 214.537 to 232.957.
Cumulatively, prices increased 8.6%, which works out to an average of
2.08% per year. Put differently, a dollar in 2009 bought what
$0.92 buys in 2013: the 2009 dollar
lost 7.9% of its purchasing power over
these 4 years.
2009 is the rarest kind of year in the modern price data: one where the cost
of living went down. The CPI fell 0.4%, the first full-year deflation
since 1955, as the Great Recession hollowed out demand and oil unwound from
its $147 spike the summer before. Gasoline that had cost over $4 a gallon in
July 2008 averaged $2.35 in 2009, and that energy collapse dragged the
12-month inflation rate to −2.1% by July, the deepest reading since 1950.
Policymakers treated falling prices not as relief but as a warning: deflation
raises the real weight of debt precisely when households are drowning in it,
which is why the Federal Reserve pinned interest rates near zero, began buying
bonds by the hundreds of billions, and Washington passed a $787 billion
stimulus. The medicine took: prices stabilized within a year, and 2009 remains
the textbook case of why central banks fear deflation more than moderate
inflation.
Every 2009 amount converts to 2013 at the same ratio, 1.09: $1,000 becomes
$1,086, and $10,000 becomes $10,859.
Amount in 2009
Value in 2013
$1.00
$1.09
$5.00
$5.43
$10.00
$10.86
$20.00
$21.72
$50.00
$54.29
$100
$109
$500
$543
$1,000
$1,086
$5,000
$5,429
$10,000
$10,859
$100,000
$108,586
$1,000,000
$1,085,859
Inflation by spending category, 2009–2013
Between 2009 and 2013, energy rose the most, up 26.6%, while recreation rose the least, up 0.9%, against 8.6% for all items. The headline number is an average; here is what $100 of 2009
spending costs in 2013, by category:
Category
Avg. yearly inflation
$100 in 2009 →
All items (CPI-U)
2.08%
$109
Energy
6.06%
$127
Transportation
4.94%
$121
Medical care
3.14%
$113
Food
2.12%
$109
Education & communication
1.63%
$107
Core (all items less food & energy)
1.62%
$107
Apparel
1.49%
$106
Housing
1.17%
$105
Recreation
0.22%
$101
Decade by decade: 2009 to 2013
Prices climbed fastest in the 2010s, averaging 2.23% a year, and slowest in the 2000s (1.64% a year). Each step below chains into the full 2009–2013 change:
Years
Avg. yearly inflation
Price change
$100 from 2009, at end
2009–2010
1.64%
1.6%
$102
2010–2013
2.23%
6.8%
$109
Year by year: CPI and the value of $100 from 2009
$100 from 2009 had already become $105 by
2011, on its way to $109 in 2013; each row shows the CPI, that
year's inflation rate, and the running value.
Within the span, inflation peaked at 3.2% in 2011, and the smallest rise was 1.5% in 2013.
In 2013, prices rose 1.5% and $100 from 2009 had the buying
power of $109; the year's average CPI of 232.957 is the level
behind every 2013 figure on this page.
2013 was a low-inflation year with a lot of noise around the Federal Reserve.
Consumer prices rose 1.5%, below the Fed’s 2% target, and gasoline eased to an
average of $3.51 a gallon. Housing was the exception: the median new home sold
for about $268,900, up sharply from $245,200 in 2012, as the market recovered
from its post-crisis bottom.
The Fed dominated the news. Chairman Ben Bernanke’s May comments about slowing
bond purchases pushed long-term interest rates up by roughly a percentage
point that summer, and mortgages became more expensive within weeks. In
December the Fed finally announced a first small cut to its purchases while
promising to keep short-term rates near zero for a long time.
Washington added its own disruption. A 16-day government shutdown in October
delayed data releases and left a hole in that month’s CPI collection. Median
household income was reported at $53,585, the federal minimum wage stayed at
$7.25, and a first-class stamp cost 46 cents. The decade’s pattern was taking
shape: slow price growth, ultra-low interest rates, and a labor market that
improved gradually.
MLA: “Inflation from 2009 to 2013: $100 is worth $109 today.” InflationCalculator.com, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data, https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2009-to-2013/
APA: InflationCalculator.com. Inflation from 2009 to 2013. Based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U data. Retrieved from https://inflationcalculator.com/inflation/2009-to-2013/