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What is $10,000 from January 1960 worth today?
The conventional answer
Measured by US Consumer Prices
$114,328
observation August 2026 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
What it bought then
GoldJanuary 1960 · World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet)285.71 oz
Median new home sale priceMedian new home sale price data begins in Q1 1963, so Q1 1960 is not available.—
Median US household incomeMedian US household income data begins in 1967, so 1960 is not available.—
Had it been invested instead
A different question: not what money could buy, but what it would have become.
Goldobservation August 2026 · World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet)$1,260,286
U.S. Large-Cap Equity Composite (total return)observation June 2026 · Robert J. Shiller, Yale University$8,154,926