All items less shelter price inflation, 2025→2026

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Prices for All Items Less Shelter, 2025-2026 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for all items less shelter are 0.54% higher in 2026 versus 2025 (a $0.11 difference in value).

Between 2025 and 2026: All items less shelter experienced an average inflation rate of 0.54% per year. In other words, all items less shelter costing $20 in the year 2025 would cost $20.11 in 2026 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 0.66% during this same period, inflation for all items less shelter was lower.

In the year 2025: Pricing changed by 2.10%, which is above the average yearly change for all items less shelter during the 2025-2026 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2025 (2.65%), inflation for all items less shelter was lower.

Price Inflation for All items less shelter since 1935

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1947 (16.13%), 1942 (12.68%), and 1980 (11.74%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2025

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for All items less shelter, over time, for $20 beginning in 2025. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Year	USD Value	Inflation Rate
2025	$20.00	2.10%
2026	$20.11	0.54%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.
** Extended periods of 0% inflation usually indicate incomplete underlying data. This can manifest as a sharp increase in inflation later on.

Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for All items less shelter:

Year	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
CPI	14.000	14.150	14.583	14.258	13.992	14.092	14.917	16.808	18.050	18.408	18.908	20.775	24.125	26.025	25.550	25.700	27.892	28.450	28.542	28.525	28.367	28.767	29.742	30.583	30.858	31.292	31.658	32.017	32.408	32.825	33.308	34.317	35.208	36.617	38.367	40.292	42.033	43.283	46.167	51.425	56.025	59.267	63.058	67.367	74.233	82.950	91.025	96.233	99.842	103.908	107.025	108.008	111.633	115.875	121.583	128.150	133.467	137.342	141.350	144.808	148.617	152.808	155.942	157.225	160.225	165.725	169.742	170.817	174.583	179.275	186.050	191.917	196.638	205.452	203.301	208.643	217.048	221.446	223.820	226.192	223.313	223.807	227.241	231.789	234.215	235.675	249.142	271.690	278.412	283.200	289.150	290.721

Adjust all items less shelter prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2026 / CPI in 2025 * 2025 USD value = 2026 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for All items less shelter was 289.150 in the year 2025 and 290.721 in 2026:

290.721 / 289.150 * $20 = $20.11

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2025 has the same "purchasing power" as $20.11 in 2026 (in the CPI category of All items less shelter).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for All items less shelter in 1935. In addition to all items less shelter, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.