Spaghetti and macaroni · per lb · 1945 Estimated

$0.13in June 1945 — about $2.39 in today's money.

Price in 1945$0.13
Same money today$2.39
Actual price now · June 2026$1.37
Change since 1945+956%

Price history

1984–2026 · price per lb · no observations before 1984

Record & method

No price was recorded for 1945. 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 39 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: APU0000701322
Estimated for: June 1945
Coverage: January 1984 – June 2026
Adjusted by: CPIAUCNS · 18.1 → 333.952 (June 2026)
Back-cast: 39 years before the first record · very low confidence
License: Public domain

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