Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies price history from 2000 through 2019

Historical Price Inflation for Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies

Prices for Cakes, Cupcakes, And Cookies, 2000-2019 ($20)

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, prices for cakes, cupcakes, and cookies were 54.92% higher in 2019 versus 2000 (a $10.98 difference in value).

Between 2000 and 2019: Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies experienced an average inflation rate of 2.33% per year. This rate of change indicates significant inflation. In other words, cakes, cupcakes, and cookies costing $20 in the year 2000 would cost $30.98 in 2019 for an equivalent purchase. Compared to the overall inflation rate of 2.08% during this same period, inflation for cakes, cupcakes, and cookies was higher.

In the year 2000: Pricing changed by 1.57%, which is below the average yearly change for cakes, cupcakes, and cookies during the 2000-2019 time period. Compared to inflation for all items in 2000 (3.38%), inflation for cakes, cupcakes, and cookies was lower.

Price Inflation for Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies since 1996

Consumer Price Index, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Years with the largest changes in pricing: 2008 (8.18%), 2009 (4.50%), and 2012 (4.02%).

Raw Consumer Price Index data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies:

Year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
CPI	174.150	179.233	181.158	184.992	187.900	192.025	196.650	202.742	206.367	209.783	214.217	221.710	239.857	250.649	251.664	255.959	266.254	271.051	273.562	278.830	281.614	282.729	287.462	291.096

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Buying power of $20 since 2000

Below are calculations of equivalent buying power for Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies, over time, for $20 beginning in 2000. Each of the amounts below is equivalent in terms of what it could buy at the time:

Year	USD Value	Inflation Rate
2000	$20.00	1.57%
2001	$20.44	2.20%
2002	$20.93	2.41%
2003	$21.58	3.10%
2004	$21.97	1.79%
2005	$22.33	1.66%
2006	$22.80	2.11%
2007	$23.60	3.50%
2008	$25.53	8.18%
2009	$26.68	4.50%
2010	$26.79	0.40%
2011	$27.24	1.71%
2012	$28.34	4.02%
2013	$28.85	1.80%
2014	$29.12	0.93%
2015	$29.68	1.93%
2016	$29.97	1.00%
2017	$30.09	0.40%
2018	$30.60	1.67%
2019	$30.98	1.26%*

* Not final. See inflation summary for latest details.

How to calculate the inflation rate for cakes, cupcakes, and cookies, 2000-2019

Start with the inflation rate formula:

CPI in 2019 / CPI in 2000 * 2000 USD value = 2019 USD value

Then plug in historical CPI values from above. The CPI for Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies was 187.900 in the year 2000 and 291.096 in 2019:

291.096 / 187.900 * $20 = $30.98

Therefore, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $20 in 2000 has the same "purchasing power" as $30.98 in 2019 (in the CPI category of Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the Consumer Price Index for Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies in 1996. In addition to cakes, cupcakes, and cookies, the index produces monthly data on changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a variety of goods and services.