Video discs and other media priced at $20 in 2015 $20.63 in 2024

Video Discs And Other Media Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Video Discs And Other Media, 2015-2024 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for video discs and other media are 3.16% higher in 2024 versus 2015 (a $0.63 difference in value).

Between 2015 and 2024: Video discs and other media experienced an average inflation rate of 0.35% per year. In other words, video discs and other media costing $20 in the year 2015 would cost $20.63 in 2024 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.15% during this same period, inflation for video discs and other media was lower.

In the year 2015: Pricing changed by -3.95%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for video discs and other media during the 2015-2024 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2015 (0.12%), inflation for video discs and other media was much lower.

Price Inflation for Video discs and other media since 1997

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2024 (16.17%), 2020 (-10.87%), and 1999 (-9.37%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2015

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Video discs and other media, over time, for $20 beginning in 2015. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2015$20.00-3.95%
2016$19.60-2.02%
2017$18.52-5.48%
2018$18.42-0.55%
2019$18.530.59%
2020$16.51-10.87%
2021$15.84-4.08%
2022$16.453.86%
2023$17.767.95%
2024$20.6316.17%*

* 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 Video discs and other media:

Year1997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
CPI100.00099.22389.93185.46984.06280.60079.00077.98573.99269.26964.54261.96257.61054.15652.62749.61846.93942.79741.10740.27838.07237.86238.08433.94232.55933.81536.50242.406

Adjust video discs and other media prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2024 / CPI in 2015 * 2015 USD value = 2024 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Video discs and other media was 41.107 in the year 2015 and 42.406 in 2024:

42.406 / 41.107 * $20 = $20.63

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2015 has the same "purchasing power" as $20.63 in 2024 (in the CPI category of Video discs and other media).


Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Video discs and other media in 1997. In addition to video discs and other media, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.

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