Right on the par with avg inflations.
Value of $1 from 1850 to 2021
$1 in 1850 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $33.39 today, an increase of $32.39 over 171 years. The dollar had an average inflation rate of 2.07% per year between 1850 and today, producing a cumulative price increase of 3,239.41%.
This means that today's prices are 33.39 times higher than average prices since 1850, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index. A dollar today only buys 2.99% of what it could buy back then.
https://www.officialdata.org/us/infl...03%2C239.41%25.





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