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Cheddar cheese, natural · per lb · 1948 Estimated

$0.85in June 1948 — about $11.82 in today's money.

Price history

$2.00$4.00$6.001990200020102020
1984–2026 · price per lb · no observations before 1984

Record & method

No price was recorded for 1948. This figure is estimated: we took the earliest observed price (January 1984) and moved it back along the category inflation curve — a back-cast of 36 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
APU0000710212
Estimated for
June 1948
Coverage
January 1984 – June 2026
Adjusted by
CPIAUCNS · 24.1 → 333.952 (June 2026)
Category curve
CUUR0000SAF11
Back-cast
36 years before the first record · low confidence
License
Public domain

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