Video discs and other media priced at $20 in 2023 $24.89 in 2025

Video Discs And Other Media Inflation Calculator

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Prices for Video Discs And Other Media, 2023-2025 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for video discs and other media are 24.45% higher in 2025 versus 2023 (a $4.89 difference in value).

Between 2023 and 2025: Video discs and other media experienced an average inflation rate of 11.56% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, video discs and other media costing $20 in the year 2023 would cost $24.89 in 2025 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.30% during this same period, inflation for video discs and other media was significantly higher.

In the year 2023: Pricing changed by 7.95%, which is significantly below the average yearly change for video discs and other media during the 2023-2025 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2023 (4.12%), inflation for video discs and other media was much higher.

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 2023

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Video discs and other media, over time, for $20 beginning in 2023. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

YearUSD ValueInflation Rate
2023$20.007.95%
2024$23.2116.06%
2025$24.897.23%*

* 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 2023 * 2023 USD value = 2025 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Video discs and other media was 36.502 in the year 2023 and 45.425 in 2025:

45.425 / 36.502 * $20 = $24.89

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2023 has the same "purchasing power" as $24.89 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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