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Making allowances
 

Allowance inflation
 

Saving and spending
 

Teen years: Credit
 

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8
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9
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10
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11
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12
  Kids and money
13
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14
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15
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16
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17
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18
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19
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20
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21
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22
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23
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24
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25
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Allowance inflation

It's been a long time since you received an allowance. Make sure you dole out the going rate to your kid.

Use this calculator to find out what your childhood allowance is worth in today's dollars. Or you can compute what your kid's "salary" would be worth in any year back to 1913.
Choose one:

 Calculate the inflation-adjusted value of your child's allowance for a specific year in the past.
 Find out how much your childhood allowance is worth in today's dollars. (Include details.)
 Find out how much your childhood allowance is worth in today's dollars. (Do not include details.)

Allowance amount: $   Pick a year:



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