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It takes time to compute inflation. Details about how to compute inflation would be a seperate question.

However, what is used is this series, where it reads

Finally, the next grouping of data shows actually CPI figures from 1913 to present.

All Urban Consumers – (CPI-U) 1913-2022*

The computation is like this (for 1st of Nov, March to September is used: 2968.08/2875.04). enter image description here

That is the inflation rate I showed in my other answer.

This answer replicates the calculation of the current value on the website of TreasuryDirect.

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