Convert Dollars From One Year to Equivalent Dollars in Another Year
Calculate Inflation Rates Between Two Years
The brown/tan cells are input fields. For example, enter the start and end years and immediately see the inflation rate between the two years. Enter a price and convert between the start year price and end year price (e.g., from 1900 to 2011 dollars -- or vice versa). Note: may not work in Chrome?
Please leave your comments in the comment section at the bottom of the post to let me know whether it worked on your system. Please include hardware, operating system and browser if possible.
Thanks for your help! With your help, I hope to fix any remaining problems.
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Data Sources
Pre-1913: Robert Shiller "Irrational Exuberance" data
1913 forward: Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items (CPI-U) from the U.S. Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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It worked on my HP laptop with Windows 7 and Internet explorer 9.
ReplyDeleteIt did not work on my Dell desktop with Vista and Chrome. No image at all.
ReplyDeleteOn my Droid Razr I could see the image, but could not enter data until I switched from the mobile version to the web version of the site.
ReplyDeleteNow it seems to work in mobile mode as well as web mode.
DeleteWorks fine on my Dell laptop running with Windows 7
ReplyDeleteThanks. I'm told it also works on Mac/Safari. My biggest concern now is those who use Chrome as their browser (about 25% or my traffic).
DeleteThis works perfectly on my Mac running Firefox.
ReplyDeleteGreat. Thanks!
DeleteYes it worked for me - thank you - using IE9 Windows 7 on a desk top PC
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Opera.