Finance calculators

Inflation calculator

Future cost of today's prices, purchasing power of money and cumulative inflation over any horizon.

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Methodology

Conventions

  • A constant annual inflation rate π, compounded yearly.

References

  • Office for National Statistics and US BLS, consumer price index methodology

Formulas

Future cost
FC = A (1 + \pi)^t
Purchasing power
PP = A / (1 + \pi)^t
Cumulative inflation
(1 + \pi)^t - 1