Oregon Pacific Financial Advisors turns 25 this week! For fun, we checked what some things cost 25 years ago, in 1995.
How much did things cost in 1995?
- Yearly inflation rate: 2.81%
- Dow Jones year end close: 5,117 points
- Federal Reserve's year end interest rate: 8.5%
- Average cost of new house: $113,150
- Average income per year: $35,900
- Average monthly rent: $550
- Cost of a gallon of gas: $1.09
- US postage stamp: $0.32
- Average cost of a new car: $15,500
- Ground coffee per pound: $4.07
- Loaf of bread: $1.15
- Dozen eggs: $0.87
Did any of these surprise you, too?
Check back tomorrow for another blast from the past! In the meantime, click here for our 25th Anniversary press release and check out The Life By Design podcast Episode 26 on our 25th Anniversary.
References:
http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1995.html
https://www.historycentral.com/20th/1995.html