Jewelry price history from 2015 through 2020

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Prices for Jewelry, 2015-2020 ($100)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for jewelry were 1.56% higher in 2020 versus 2015 (a $1.56 difference in value).

Between 2015 and 2020: Jewelry experienced an average inflation rate of 0.31% per year. In other words, jewelry costing $100 in the year 2015 would cost $101.56 in 2020 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 1.73% during this same period, inflation for jewelry was lower.

In the year 2015: Pricing changed by -2.97%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for jewelry during the 2015-2020 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2015 (0.12%), inflation for jewelry was much lower.

Price Inflation for Jewelry since 1986

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

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 1990 (9.99%), 2011 (9.51%), and 1988 (8.65%).

Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Jewelry:

Year	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
CPI	100.000	107.300	116.577	124.462	136.900	143.969	150.569	154.354	158.577	159.262	155.315	150.669	147.662	145.838	141.238	141.662	138.077	133.192	133.554	131.292	134.754	142.442	153.770	156.980	161.239	176.572	178.231	177.606	170.583	165.521	175.836	179.421	175.034	172.543	168.097

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Buying power of $100 since 2015

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Jewelry, over time, for $100 beginning in 2015. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Year	USD Value	Inflation Rate
2015	$100.00	-2.97%
2016	$106.23	6.23%
2017	$108.40	2.04%
2018	$105.75	-2.45%
2019	$104.24	-1.42%
2020	$101.56	-2.58%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.

How to calculate the inflation rate for jewelry, 2015-2020

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2020 / CPI in 2015 * 2015 USD value = 2020 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Jewelry was 165.521 in the year 2015 and 168.097 in 2020:

168.097 / 165.521 * $100 = $101.56

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $100 in 2015 has the same "purchasing power" as $101.56 in 2020 (in the CPI category of Jewelry).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Jewelry in 1986. In addition to jewelry, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.