Crackers, bread, and cracker products priced at $20 in 2003 $35.67 in 2024

Crackers, Bread, And Cracker Products Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Crackers, Bread, And Cracker Products, 2003-2024 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for crackers, bread, and cracker products are 78.37% higher in 2024 versus 2003 (a $15.67 difference in value).

Between 2003 and 2024: Crackers, bread, and cracker products experienced an average inflation rate of 2.79% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, crackers, bread, and cracker products costing $20 in the year 2003 would cost $35.67 in 2024 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.56% during this same period, inflation for crackers, bread, and cracker products was higher.

In the year 2003: Pricing changed by 3.10%, which is above the average yearly change for crackers, bread, and cracker products during the 2003-2024 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2003 (2.27%), inflation for crackers, bread, and cracker products was higher.

Price Inflation for Crackers, bread, and cracker products since 1977

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2022 (16.07%), 2023 (10.23%), and 1989 (9.73%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2003

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Crackers, bread, and cracker products, over time, for $20 beginning in 2003. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2003$20.003.10%
2004$20.482.42%
2005$20.26-1.11%
2006$20.601.69%
2007$20.981.83%
2008$22.517.30%
2009$23.554.62%
2010$23.50-0.19%
2011$24.162.79%
2012$24.903.07%
2013$24.72-0.71%
2014$25.131.68%
2015$25.300.64%
2016$25.16-0.55%
2017$24.98-0.71%
2018$24.69-1.16%
2019$25.222.15%
2020$25.872.59%
2021$26.974.22%
2022$31.3016.07%
2023$34.5010.23%
2024$35.673.39%*

* 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 Crackers, bread, and cracker products:

Year197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
CPI67.30070.34676.00882.90887.99293.92399.562106.523115.669119.577123.508129.369141.954155.385166.038174.869177.308180.500185.485202.315210.808214.731218.592225.023231.600236.062243.385249.277246.508250.669255.261273.883286.529285.986293.966302.981300.821305.865307.837306.144303.959300.440306.902314.863328.165380.917419.868434.119

Adjust crackers, bread, and cracker products prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2024 / CPI in 2003 * 2003 USD value = 2024 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Crackers, bread, and cracker products was 243.385 in the year 2003 and 434.119 in 2024:

434.119 / 243.385 * $20 = $35.67

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2003 has the same "purchasing power" as $35.67 in 2024 (in the CPI category of Crackers, bread, and cracker products).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Crackers, bread, and cracker products in 1977. In addition to crackers, bread, and cracker products, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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