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- Subject: . . . in WWII Dollars
- Message-ID: <92363.190800RHG@psuvm.psu.edu>
- From: <RHG@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 19:08:00 EST
- Organization: Penn State University
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- Perhaps this isn't the right discussion group, but it's the closest
- I can find to ask a question about inflation statistics.
-
- In a book I'm writing about World War II, I refer to a number of
- governmental purchases--but the dollar figures don't mean much
- unless they are converted to 1992 dollars. (If an item cost $1,000
- in 1945, how much would it cost today?) I'm sure there are charts
- that show that kind of thing, but I can't find any in the Penn State
- library.
-
- But all I need is a conversion formula. Does anyone out there have
- one?
-
- Thanks.
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