Video discs and other media priced at $20 in 2016 $22.56 in 2025

Video Discs And Other Media Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Video Discs And Other Media, 2016-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for video discs and other media are 12.78% higher in 2025 versus 2016 (a $2.56 difference in value).

Between 2016 and 2025: Video discs and other media experienced an average inflation rate of 1.35% per year. In other words, video discs and other media costing $20 in the year 2016 would cost $22.56 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 3.21% during this same period, inflation for video discs and other media was lower.

In the year 2016: Pricing changed by -2.02%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for video discs and other media during the 2016-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2016 (1.26%), 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 (16.06%), 2020 (-10.87%), and 1999 (-9.37%).

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Buying power of $20.00 since 2016

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Video discs and other media, over time, for $20 beginning in 2016. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2016$20.00-2.02%
2017$18.90-5.48%
2018$18.80-0.55%
2019$18.910.59%
2020$16.85-10.87%
2021$16.17-4.08%
2022$16.793.86%
2023$18.127.95%
2024$21.0416.06%
2025$22.567.23%*

* 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:

Year19971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
CPI100.00099.22389.93185.46984.06280.60079.00077.98573.99269.26964.54261.96257.61054.15652.62749.61846.93942.79741.10740.27838.07237.86238.08433.94232.55933.81536.50242.36445.425

Adjust video discs and other media prices for inflation

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2025 / CPI in 2016 * 2016 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Video discs and other media was 40.278 in the year 2016 and 45.425 in 2025:

45.425 / 40.278 * $20 = $22.56

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2016 has the same "purchasing power" as $22.56 in 2025 (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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