Clocks, lamps, and decorator items price history from 2000 through 2019

Clocks, Lamps, And Decorator Items Inflation Calculator

Prices for Clocks, Lamps, And Decorator Items, 2000-2019 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for clocks, lamps, and decorator items were 66.78% lower in 2019 versus 2000 (a $13.36 difference in value).

Between 2000 and 2019: Clocks, lamps, and decorator items experienced an average inflation rate of -5.64% per year. This rate of change indicates significant deflation. In other words, clocks, lamps, and decorator items costing $20 in the year 2000 would cost $6.64 in 2019 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.10% during this same period, inflation for clocks, lamps, and decorator items was significantly lower.

In the year 2000: Pricing changed by -4.34%, which is above the average yearly change for clocks, lamps, and decorator items during the 2000-2019 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2000 (3.38%), inflation for clocks, lamps, and decorator items was much lower.

Price Inflation for Clocks, lamps, and decorator items since 1977

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

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1980 (10.55%), 2006 (-9.59%), and 2017 (-8.59%).

Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Clocks, lamps, and decorator items:

Year	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
CPI	75.200	76.692	80.262	88.731	94.800	98.192	100.200	101.592	103.254	102.277	102.946	105.431	109.015	112.769	116.631	118.500	119.700	119.385	119.238	119.985	119.777	120.154	116.792	111.723	107.485	103.285	96.177	91.438	88.031	79.585	73.604	69.854	67.192	62.862	59.476	56.099	52.784	49.431	47.123	44.848	40.998	37.709	37.114

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Buying power of $20 since 2000

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Clocks, lamps, and decorator items, over time, for $20 beginning in 2000. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Year	USD Value	Inflation Rate
2000	$20.00	-4.34%
2001	$19.24	-3.79%
2002	$18.49	-3.91%
2003	$17.22	-6.88%
2004	$16.37	-4.93%
2005	$15.76	-3.73%
2006	$14.25	-9.59%
2007	$13.18	-7.52%
2008	$12.50	-5.09%
2009	$12.03	-3.81%
2010	$11.25	-6.44%
2011	$10.65	-5.39%
2012	$10.04	-5.68%
2013	$9.45	-5.91%
2014	$8.85	-6.35%
2015	$8.44	-4.67%
2016	$8.03	-4.83%
2017	$7.34	-8.59%
2018	$6.75	-8.02%
2019	$6.64	-1.58%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.

How to calculate the inflation rate for clocks, lamps, and decorator items, 2000-2019

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2019 / CPI in 2000 * 2000 USD value = 2019 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Clocks, lamps, and decorator items was 111.723 in the year 2000 and 37.114 in 2019:

37.114 / 111.723 * $20 = $6.64

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2000 has the same "purchasing power" as $6.64 in 2019 (in the CPI category of Clocks, lamps, and decorator items).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Clocks, lamps, and decorator items in 1977. In addition to clocks, lamps, and decorator items, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.