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- From: shl80@cas.org ()
- Subject: Re: . . . in WWII Dollars
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.194554.22256@cas.org>
- Followup-To: WW II dollars
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- Organization: Chemical Abstracts Service
- References: <92363.190800RHG@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:45:54 GMT
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- In article 190800RHG@psuvm.psu.edu, <RHG@psuvm.psu.edu> () writes:
- > 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.
-
- The question needs to be made more precise. There are many measures of
- inflation. If, for example, you take as a definition of inflation what the
- government calls CPI-U and look at the broadest measure, then the value of
- $1,000 in 1945 would be worth about $7,750 in 1992 dollars. (Some of my early data
- are incomplete; so this may be a little bit off)
-
- Data back to 1961 are readily available in Business Statistics. Before that you
- may have to scrounge.
-