Inflation Calculator

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Forward projects an amount into the future, backward brings an old amount to today, rate solves the average inflation between two amounts.
A long run U.S. average is roughly 3% per year; pick a value for your region and period.
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years
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Result
$1,806.11
Total price change over the period80.6%
Buying power kept$553.68
Buying power lost$446.32
Years for prices to double23.4

What costs 1,000 today will cost about 1,806 in 20 years.

  • Put another way, today's 1,000 will buy only about 554 worth of goods then.
  • That is roughly 45% of its purchasing power lost to inflation.
  • At this rate prices double about every 23.4 years.

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