Ice cream · per half gallon · 1944 Estimated

$0.40in June 1944 — about $7.55 in today's money.

Price in 1944$0.40
Same money today$7.55
Actual price now · June 2026$5.95
Change since 1944+1395%

Price history

1980–2026 · price per half gallon · no observations before 1980

Record & method

No price was recorded for 1944. 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 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: APU0000710411
Estimated for: June 1944
Coverage: January 1980 – June 2026
Adjusted by: CPIAUCNS · 17.6 → 333.952 (June 2026)
Back-cast: 36 years before the first record · low confidence
License: Public domain

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