Other on-line inflation calculators:

• Wikipedia - Cost of Living webpage
• Cost-of-Living Calculator from American Institute for Economic Research (AIER)
• The Inflation Calculator - Use this calculator to adjust any given amount of money, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to the present.
• The Salary Calculator - Use this calculator to compare the cost of living in hundreds of U.S. and international cities.
• Yet Another calculator provided by PayScale.com

PBGC is a federal corporation created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. It currently protects the pensions of nearly 44 million American workers and retirees in more than 29,000 private single-employer and multi-employer defined benefit pension plans. PBGC receives no funds from general tax revenues. Operations are financed by insurance premiums set by Congress and paid by sponsors of defined benefit plans, investment income, assets from pension plans trusteed by PBGC, and recoveries from the companies formerly responsible for the plans.