The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics has a wealth of inflation information on its Web site.

The main page for inflation data is http://www.bls.gov/bls/inflation.htm.

A handy tool on this page is the CPI Inflation Calculator, which lets you adjust any amount of money for inflation starting as far back as 1913.

Also on this page is a map and pull down menu that gives you inflation data by region and metropolitan area.

To get the latest monthly news release on inflation, go to http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.toc.htm and click on Consumer Price Index Summary.

To get actual monthly CPI-U numbers since 1913, click on

http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet. With this table, you can calculate inflation from one point in time to another.