What you provide
What you provide
- A current price or cash amount
- Annual inflation assumption
- Time horizon
MONEY OVER TIME / PURCHASING POWER
Inflation and Buying Power Calculator
Translate today's cost into a future estimate and see what the same cash amount may buy later.
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Calculation path
The page compounds the inflation assumption to estimate a future price, then reverses the same factor to show the future buying power of today's cash amount.
Calculation path
Future cost = current cost x (1 + annual inflation rate)^years. Buying power divides today's amount by the same inflation factor.
What you receive
What you receive
- Estimated future cost
- Cumulative increase
- Future buying power of the same nominal amount
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Choose the maximum decimal places shown. This does not increase source accuracy.
Inflation is not constant and differs by spending category. Healthcare, education, housing, and food may not follow a headline index.
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