Inflation from 2010 to 2026

$100.00 in 2010 has the same buying power as

$153.62

in 2026 · Price level increased by 53.6% (CPI-U 218.056 → 334.98)

From 2010 to 2026 the Consumer Price Index rose from 218.056 to 334.980 — a cumulative increase of about 53.6%. Something that cost $100 in 2010 costs roughly $153.62 in 2026, and $1 in 2010 has the buying power of about $1.54 today.

The 2010s were a low-inflation decade, with annual increases mostly between 1% and 2.5%. The picture changed sharply in 2021–2023, when the fastest price growth in forty years added more to the index in three years than the entire previous decade had.