{"id":51291,"date":"2022-08-22T12:13:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T12:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2022-08-22T12:13:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T12:13:32","slug":"what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"What $100 is worth these days versus 3 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<section >\n<p>Red inflation may finally show <span >signs of cooling<\/span>but around the US the <span >cost of living<\/span> it still fires.  Consumer prices rose 8.5% last month from a year earlier, the Labor Department reported last week.  While that figure may be lower than economists expected, it represents another turn of the screw for family budgets.<\/p>\n<p>How much has inflation reduced our purchasing power this year?  These days, a dollar is worth about 86% of its value three years ago, according to an online inflation calculator.  This means that an item that cost $100 in 2019 would cost $115 today.<\/p>\n<figure >\n<div >\n<div ><\/div>\n<p>    <iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/embed\/video\/?v=99b5c4b688cec46c4b9eaaebb007a4301661170411#xVh7b9s4Ev8qgnD1H5cwpqiHZS%2BCOydOboPbTbNNe4tDHBgURdm86HWiZMdN%2Fd1vhpJf6WJbFNvbNg0pkjMczm%2BefbF5Uxdlytf2KOGplqe20pdFmvJSqyiVu9VYLpWAT5joJ6CwT%2B2limVhj15sVctM26OHF7tel3hmWcSwr2KYiogHoZAJGbKEES8chGQoGCcOjyMniYYBDxmczcrndzK5QQot00nwNBYsi%2F5dlskycn7ld8t%2FpeH18y%2Fil6dnOF1Uaq7yq1jVqsiBpNGwqNNmDvOsyOV6xWuxIPVCkiYXsqq5yokURV5ka7IoVqQuiK4riYfWRVORGF9cEV4bmnlVANEajhSVBM61qlET9n1LovK5hVRWS2Xx2gIqq6OytlSxfAIamCRNmm5Z%2FIzS%2FYrSjaz3QPRhK5511Yo3sn4sVlZdWJ18X3OT4HmRK8HT99%2FzllplUtc8K%2B2REwQ09OjQZ5RSeGlT8RYJ5of7z594JFOQhnojJwQGafudgzrAODI%2BlxqtRyPoi7ou9Wjan%2Fa51rLWzpmIdC5XGm6slTgTRTbtL5po2lfTfjXtM8rYtE%2FDad%2BBf3QovJAPPBLz0CfeEH5Fggvi86FLHS%2FyOU2m%2FXrRZFHOVTrtBx59dgM67UeUBQH3wySRvuQuY5F0KXMTIYZMiGg47aMcJGk0PIj80bZFdiIRhznUD3zSSXb2n3IOKlv8CbpxWEifBwyUQ13mx15AvYQNooSLYOhxGcUul3LgOD7%2FU5WzObXLCoKSXH2o0iMt6TKFUHXGs3R%2BpgrQWgl6WYJKTMCC%2FS8EmGm%2FYzzt76PcAf%2ByKuIzCHFmZ4tFi0L3AVcBDotUvwaD0cBlgecyNwgZqhrf5c7MyYzrWlZnmduE22vZ%2F%2F%2FepKgyXsO9vEQ1Gkee9p9JVsr5h3c%2FwYnmlbpXq9WxMJ2a%2F2h7MGgofZOVBQq8y0yQjJQwaajNN3IYxYwRP%2FIl8eAPCQOHkcTzEidIWOQG0T5ZgNwEBT8wXvQ6JSteiQXkxAc8YuERjLPd1Do4%2FQhmyCuZ1%2B9RjFueYfy9vLi3bluaHa%2BLdbv5cLi7D9TIiKdpdyPZ3%2FiZfI9g%2BbJUuoiBmwNPkVybLOjgu%2BQ8A2HajaYEQ9Z6pyngPxYCVi7SQjztIrH%2BoGV130RaVCqS8e64LotcF9X23EI%2Bjycy4U2K5kFP4a9tVi%2F2q%2B7w1PNP%2FSFs8BgxSVbt71mq8qcjsxkkdDA4W54lq6zKznJZg6PG0%2F4crPNvQqv4%2FAVSBBDifNPjOl%2BdQ7pxHacnOO7i700vSfn8%2FA274JmIYJCZqGDQaV2awSz%2BtzYD1C84JBGPcW%2BdCxjyxhBwWateJuvq3IHo39vfBT6XdPM37vgfRTFP5WR8c3k%2FvpktKewvq%2Fz84d34dvL258ceaLs8X2a8dPA%2B8Cuvpw8EX5YHh3%2BYweNyJUHV%2BQycbQaPuqOX9NIdjCeE0UuPeFfXAzK%2BZj65uLq4vHCCyXXoX%2FWgAgOkSvTMGTjjudEpSPeGXcPPK3fsLecNqssMm57%2BeP6C1Z6sZlp9lJveApzpCxxKrOqADIdNz7jb%2BYsZNr22LDx%2FacdND3jXGELOVzLq4QuVnsESgGnGTe8lyfQMPIZnevODbZyHZ6YOQKDBQg5hRzMC%2FdmjVoFY6bRnDPgYrQB%2B%2BD5B%2BE8Q%2FBOE%2FgSBP0HYTxD0E4T8BAE%2FQbhPEGwsOQFu8BPA%2B9Q%2BvAMhB57t5%2BgzyFFmAB1ObJGEFQQe616E%2FsQAj754JDqCf0z0uQHA%2FleZgKkuj4zg9yIyZhNEHxXXmgEK9xE%2FD00BnRmM4Qucyq7E78zB3sVfuzMJ%2B6BX2JoF0nWGAatgGt3rW6MwoLfmYbL6%2FuS219jAcl1x8QSltzGVItMCq1KcQ5J0KfVpGIB9eG30vd0LLAJY%2BiuGMPjI9UzXsznK1kVYWOHljCM0t9P%2BeHdGoFhL4Ti7FaOaQ94o1bztgETR5HWlsKB9gEAepSBrqpDCxNINRtlrEOFqG7e7ECu4QVD%2FRpXHfq%2FK29J9uZg5gz5r9pzh47Pm%2Ba4qSsjC639KyG028wYy5lAIOIPY8b2hN3SY63I3sDePxj%2B4qc9B87Wcr3EOa4sibqsDmcdGBV0qNVmfFEtZgU2RsigbSORoHq29gPiQTjA17fspdO9SwWRXMzwvoH4RUANI0RYeO7LuyOsLoCh4ZRtKX%2BUcOte4y4i8Au2lctyA5BU2mA92POAyZlBPcp8J4g2CCGZySNyhQ3ngDUUERvX4inSbvXmeSyvjALaVSnlwzDSvEhjJxBdQdHjAWvgRGfIBJZw7YjCkMqGRuxfqrokmoFuEAso1QkPCmOWwEXVHjr8%2Ftm3rVgtozf7iUGopba2Kql5go6alFfO1tkAxutGWa60lr7TF58UBhy0IeQ26nHWrO1fttvetvdITuUSxTISebw%2BgOc6w28cAAuPrDhyWflRYmj3YxyUS7ty3mB616B1Rxx6jKBi1WkqrjREmohi9emEc%2BqEQZOCHMXEcycgwhrKOUidMZMgpjeiWoCvCjm5poMTpbsFmGbtRlSn0aK%2BT4a35P4XtUzoN3UNNKj5jFlU8j%2B%2B6MHXTVp3GVWfIaLZX464xv%2BP1wth5W6WrrOSiJkVCVA4pDNVC4EejT4EZg3GvZEXaEv6QzetO57PS%2B5vYQ1loilf9CjfUmgEPC%2FaYV%2Bv9qd%2FauInNVjKgsQzdiERMJi1S3E0ooWzoOKHnhAMoDx9bs%2BqQ%2Bka5Z3d7Fp0WRt%2FIamuEk23mOjbFT58%2B7UHFs3cVVCnV%2Bp3ueg6ttsEaNjHU8uoJqox8fpkWTfy2mhsrcejEdRjzfeZfX%2FsQDsbekE68yd%2FHcRGBAWLH%2Fzq12V1us7vkdpyNvz65QSzlx6nskNOmfdaxMru3XpqEdbBYS56qJkMJsVZS6cF2936ZY%2FTAhhVZZzJW%2FK7QJlh0XigzbDVaM%2Fg%2BZm3yxRdZf79mdbP5Hw%3D%3D\" ><\/iframe><\/p><\/div><figcaption >\n<p>          <span ><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span >MoneyWatch: The Uncertain Economy: How to Stretch Your Dollar at the Grocery Store<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span >04:18<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In more tangible terms, this means that spending $100 on lunch with a friend in 2022 will get you one less mimosa, or the equivalent of about $15 less than in 2019. Going even further back, a spend worth 100 dollars in 2000 would now cost $172.  A $100 purchase in 1980 would cost you a whopping $359 at today&#8217;s prices.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span >3 Tips to Stretch Your Dollar at the Grocery Store<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span >How to recession-proof your budget so you&#8217;re ready for whatever lies ahead<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Undoubtedly, some level of inflation is a natural part of economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The US experiences inflation almost every year, and has done so since the 1950s,&#8221; CBS News&#8217; Errol Barnett said.  &#8220;So it&#8217;s normal that the dollar has declined in value over time.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>What is not normal is the current rate of excessive inflation, which is more than fourfold <span >The Fed&#8217;s annual target of 2%<\/span>.  The problem, Barnett added, is that &#8220;salaries also don&#8217;t rise consistently to match the fact that things are more expensive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re actually noticing more money coming out of our bank accounts than going in,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"\" --><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n<p>      .component--recirculation-type .item:nth-child(5) { display: none;  } #inline-recirc-item--id-ea5eef5c-864c-4c5b-9a70-aa1c790ef0b3, #right-rail-recirc-item--id-ea5eef5c-864c-4c5b-9a70-aa1c790ef0b3 { display: no } #inline- recirc-item--id-ea5eef5c-864c-4c5b-9a70-aa1c790ef0b3 ~ .item:nth-child(5) { display: block;  }\n    <\/style>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div ><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/impact-of-inflation-on-spending-power-2022\/\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red inflation may finally show signs of coolingbut around the US the cost of living it still fires. Consumer prices rose 8.5% last month from a year earlier, the Labor Department reported last week. While that figure may be lower than economists expected, it represents another turn of the screw for family budgets. How much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.1 (Yoast SEO v18.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What $100 is worth these days versus 3 years ago - Tahrir News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What $100 is worth these days versus 3 years ago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Red inflation may finally show signs of coolingbut around the US the cost of living it still fires. Consumer prices rose 8.5% last month from a year earlier, the Labor Department reported last week. While that figure may be lower than economists expected, it represents another turn of the screw for family budgets. How much [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tahrir News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-22T12:13:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Tahrir News\",\"description\":\"News all over the world\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/\",\"name\":\"What $100 is worth these days versus 3 years ago - Tahrir News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2022-08-22T12:13:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-08-22T12:13:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Economy\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/category\/economy\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"What $100 is worth these days versus 3 years ago\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4\",\"name\":\"megahed\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"megahed\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What $100 is worth these days versus 3 years ago - Tahrir News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What $100 is worth these days versus 3 years ago","og_description":"Red inflation may finally show signs of coolingbut around the US the cost of living it still fires. Consumer prices rose 8.5% last month from a year earlier, the Labor Department reported last week. While that figure may be lower than economists expected, it represents another turn of the screw for family budgets. How much [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/","og_site_name":"Tahrir News","article_published_time":"2022-08-22T12:13:32+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/","name":"Tahrir News","description":"News all over the world","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/","name":"What $100 is worth these days versus 3 years ago - Tahrir News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2022-08-22T12:13:32+00:00","dateModified":"2022-08-22T12:13:32+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/2022\/08\/22\/what-100-is-worth-these-days-versus-3-years-ago\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Economy","item":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/category\/economy\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What $100 is worth these days versus 3 years ago"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/5eb9492fbc67154812b39589e826b6e4","name":"megahed","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0ee3294b28670178246ce92a6679bf959bc435d2fcd9cb9ab078702487c106df?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"megahed"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tahrir2day.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}