发布: 2022-11-29
美元的购买力
| Year | Event | Purchasing Power of $1 | What a Dollar Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Creation of the Federal Reserve System | $26.14 | 30 Hershey’s chocolate bars |
| 1929 | Stock market crash | $15.14 | 10 rolls of toilet paper |
| 1933 | Gold possession criminalized | $19.91 | 10 bottles of beer |
| 1944 | Bretton Woods agreement | $14.71 | 20 bottles of Coca-Cola |
| 1953 | End of the Korean War | $9.69 | 10 bags of pretzels |
| 1964 | Escalation of the Vietnam War | $8.35 | 1 drive-in movie ticket |
| 1971 | End of the gold standard | $6.39 | 17 oranges |
| 1987 | "Black Monday" stock market crash | $2.28 | 2 boxes of crayons |
| 1997 | Asian financial crisis | $1.61 | 4 grapefruits |
| 2008 | Global Financial crisis | $1.20 | 2 lemons |
| 2020 | COVID-19 pandemic | $1.00 | 1 McDonald’s coffee |