Inflation · what your money really buys
The quiet tax on cash
Two ways to see it: what old money is worth now, and what today’s cash will be worth later.
Time machine
$ in
is worth — today
Cash erosion
$ over
will buy about —
Your net worth, in real terms
Add your numbers in the Net worth tracker and they’ll show up here, inflation-adjusted.
Net worth today $0
If it grows % a year over
See how to beat it → CPI-U annual averages (approximate). Inflation erodes idle cash — beating it is why savers reach for high-yield savings, I-Bonds and hard assets.