Bananas · per lb · 1978 Estimated
$0.28in June 1978 — about $1.46 in today's money.
- Price in 1978$0.28
- Same money today$1.46
- Actual price now · June 2026$0.65
- Change since 1978+129%
Price history
Record & method
No price was recorded for 1978. 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 2 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 1978
- Coverage
- January 1980 – June 2026
- Adjusted by
- CPIAUCNS · 65.2 → 333.952 (June 2026)
- Category curve
- CUUR0000SAF11
- Back-cast
- 2 years before the first record · reasonable confidence
- License
- Public domain