Planning tool

Inflation impact

See how inflation erodes the purchasing power of a sum over time.

Inflation impact shows how rising prices change what a sum is worth over the years: what it will still buy, and what you would need then to buy the same. It applies one steady rate to every year.

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Your scenario

The sum whose purchasing power you want to track.

US Dollar
4%

The yearly percentage prices are expected to rise.

20 yr

Future purchasing power

$4,564.00

What today's amount will buy, in today's money.

Equivalent future cost

$21,911.00

What you'd need then to match today.

Value lost

54.4%

Erosion over time

  • Value retained
  • Value lost

This is a planning estimate based on a constant annual inflation rate. Real inflation varies over time and by category of spending.

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