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Inflation by Generation Since 2019
Cumulative rise in prices since January 2019 for each age group’s own spending basket, %
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Palanor calculation. Each age group’s spending basket from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys (age of the household’s reference person), repriced with CPI-U component indexes, reweighted every year with a two-year lag as the CPI does. Owner housing is priced by owners’ equivalent rent. Generations by birth year as of the latest survey year.
How much prices have risen since January 2019 for the basket each generation actually buys. Older households spend more on medical care and the homes they own; younger ones on rent, eating out, cars and tuition. The bars are close together because housing, food and transport are large for everyone.
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- U.S. Inflation by Generation · All Consumers (Palanor Basket) · Cumulative Since January 2019as “All consumers”latest 2026-09-01
- U.S. Inflation by Generation · Gen Z (Under 25) · Cumulative Since January 2019as “Gen Z (under 25)”latest 2026-09-01
- U.S. Inflation by Generation · Younger Millennials (25 to 34) · Cumulative Since January 2019as “Younger Millennials (25 to 34)”latest 2026-09-01
- U.S. Inflation by Generation · Older Millennials (35 to 44) · Cumulative Since January 2019as “Older Millennials (35 to 44)”latest 2026-09-01
- U.S. Inflation by Generation · Gen X (45 to 54) · Cumulative Since January 2019as “Gen X (45 to 54)”latest 2026-09-01
- U.S. Inflation by Generation · Younger Boomers and Older Gen X (55 to 64) · Cumulative Since January 2019as “Younger Boomers, older Gen X (55 to 64)”latest 2026-09-01
- U.S. Inflation by Generation · Boomers and Older (65 and Over) · Cumulative Since January 2019as “Boomers and older (65 and over)”latest 2026-09-01
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U.S. Inflation by Generation · All Consumers (Palanor Basket) · Cumulative Since January 2019. Source: Palanor calculation. Prices: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, component indexes. Weights: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Table 1300 (age of reference person), 2017 to 2024. Both public domain. Recomputed each month after the CPI release.
U.S. Inflation by Generation · Gen Z (Under 25) · Cumulative Since January 2019. Source: Palanor calculation. Prices: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, component indexes. Weights: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Table 1300 (age of reference person), 2017 to 2024. Both public domain. Recomputed each month after the CPI release.
U.S. Inflation by Generation · Younger Millennials (25 to 34) · Cumulative Since January 2019. Source: Palanor calculation. Prices: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, component indexes. Weights: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Table 1300 (age of reference person), 2017 to 2024. Both public domain. Recomputed each month after the CPI release.
U.S. Inflation by Generation · Older Millennials (35 to 44) · Cumulative Since January 2019. Source: Palanor calculation. Prices: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, component indexes. Weights: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Table 1300 (age of reference person), 2017 to 2024. Both public domain. Recomputed each month after the CPI release.
U.S. Inflation by Generation · Gen X (45 to 54) · Cumulative Since January 2019. Source: Palanor calculation. Prices: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, component indexes. Weights: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Table 1300 (age of reference person), 2017 to 2024. Both public domain. Recomputed each month after the CPI release.
U.S. Inflation by Generation · Younger Boomers and Older Gen X (55 to 64) · Cumulative Since January 2019. Source: Palanor calculation. Prices: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, component indexes. Weights: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Table 1300 (age of reference person), 2017 to 2024. Both public domain. Recomputed each month after the CPI release.
U.S. Inflation by Generation · Boomers and Older (65 and Over) · Cumulative Since January 2019. Source: Palanor calculation. Prices: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, component indexes. Weights: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Table 1300 (age of reference person), 2017 to 2024. Both public domain. Recomputed each month after the CPI release.
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