What I found was that 12k USD inflated adjusted was same as 5k USD in 2007 No, $5.000 in 2007 dollars would be $5.060 in 2012 dollars[0]. You are off by over

What I found was that 12k USD inflated adjusted was same as 5k USD in 2007 No, $5.000 in 2007 dollars would be $5.060 in 2012 dollars[0]. You are off by over 2 orders of magnitude when speaking in "USD inflated adjusted" terms. [0] https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=5000&year1=200701&year2=201201 https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=5000&year1=200...