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Bananas · per lb · 1956 Estimated

$0.11in June 1956 — about $1.40 in today's money.

Price history

$0.20$0.40$0.6019801990200020102020
19802026 · price per lb · no observations before 1980

Record & method

No price was recorded for 1956. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (January 1980) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 24 years. The further back it reaches, the less it should be trusted. Treat it as an approximation, not a historical fact.

Source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED. Public domain.
Series
APU0000711211
Estimated for
June 1956
Coverage
January 1980June 2026
Adjusted by
CPIAUCNS · 27.2333.952 (June 2026)
Category curve
CUUR0000SAF11
Back-cast
24 years before the first record · moderate confidence
License
Public domain

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