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Inflation
 Websites presented in alphabetical order American Institute for Economic Research (AIER): Cost-of-Living Calculator 
 "To use this calculator, enter a dollar amount ... and then select the year you want to convert from and the year you want to convert to." Data available from 1913 to the present, using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). (Note: "It is not possible to use [this] calculator to compare the cost-of-living between different locations.") http://www.aier.org/research/worksheets-and-tools/cost-of-living-calculator/ Topics: Finance Last updated Nov 22, 2008 CNNMoney.com: Fed Focus
News and analysis about the Federal Reserve. Topics include the credit crunch, interest rate adjustments, the Bear Stearns bailout in March 2008, recession fears, inflation, and the housing crisis. Includes a graph of Federal Reserve interest rates back to 2004, links to material about economic indicators, and related material. From Cable News Network (CNN). http://money.cnn.com/news/specials/fed/ Topics: Finance Last updated Mar 17, 2008 Current Value of Old Money
This site provides annotated links to resources to help answer the question, "How much would a specified amount of money at a certain period of time be worth today?" The links include information on purchasing power, inflation, prices, cost of living, and historical exchange rates. From retired librarian Roy Davies. http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/current/howmuch.html Topics: Finance Last updated Sep 30, 2009 Food Price Inflation: Causes and Impacts
This April 2008 Congressional Research Service (CRS) report examines the causes and impacts of food price inflation, covering topics such as the competition between ethanol and food for farm acreage, low grain and oilseed supplies, higher input costs such as transportation and processing, the weak dollar, and impacts on food assistance. Note: CRS does not make its publications directly available online. From the Open CRS project of the Center for Democracy and Technology. http://opencrs.com/document/RS22859/ Topics: Finance, Industries Last updated Oct 9, 2009 How Much Is That?
On this site, "convert past values [of the U.S. dollar and British pound] into current values (and vice versa)." Includes "comparative value covering prices, purchasing power, earnings, GDP, interest rates," the price of gold, and more. http://eh.net/hmit/ Topics: Finance Last updated Aug 10, 2005 Inflation Conversion Factors for Dollars 1665 to Estimated 2017
Tables of Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation conversion factors to determine the value of dollars over time. Features graphs showing historical trends of price levels, movie prices, government spending, debt and deficits, election costs, minimum wages, congressional pay, and various other items. The author teaches political science at Oregon State University. http://oregonstate.edu/cla/polisci/faculty-research/sahr/sahr.htm Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Finance, Money Last updated Aug 28, 2008 |
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