Men's shirts and sweaters priced at $20 in 2017 $19.80 in 2023

Men's Shirts And Sweaters Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Men's Shirts And Sweaters, 2017-2023 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for men's shirts and sweaters are 0.98% lower in 2023 versus 2017 (a $0.20 difference in value).

Between 2017 and 2023: Men's shirts and sweaters experienced an average inflation rate of -0.16% per year. In other words, men's shirts and sweaters costing $20 in the year 2017 would cost $19.80 in 2023 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.62% during this same period, inflation for men's shirts and sweaters was significantly lower.

In the year 2017: Pricing changed by -1.22%, which is below the average yearly change for men's shirts and sweaters during the 2017-2023 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2017 (2.13%), inflation for men's shirts and sweaters was much lower.

Price Inflation for Men's shirts and sweaters since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2020 (-7.47%), 2022 (6.98%), and 2002 (-5.43%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2017

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Men's shirts and sweaters, over time, for $20 beginning in 2017. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2017$20.00-1.22%
2018$19.90-0.52%
2019$19.42-2.42%
2020$17.96-7.47%
2021$18.100.77%
2022$19.376.98%
2023$19.802.25%*

* 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 Men's shirts and sweaters:

Year199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
CPI100.00099.96998.56998.32393.93188.83185.19285.28584.23184.67782.53080.44480.96878.64279.58382.22482.87680.97379.48779.54278.57578.16976.27870.57971.12676.09377.805

Adjust men's shirts and sweaters prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2023 / CPI in 2017 * 2017 USD value = 2023 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Men's shirts and sweaters was 78.575 in the year 2017 and 77.805 in 2023:

77.805 / 78.575 * $20 = $19.80

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2017 has the same "purchasing power" as $19.80 in 2023 (in the CPI category of Men's shirts and sweaters).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Men's shirts and sweaters in 1997. In addition to men's shirts and sweaters, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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