"Official" inflation just came in at 4.2%
What does that actually do to $100k?
2026: $100,000
2027: $95,800
2028: $91,776
2029: $87,922
2030: $84,229
2031: $80,732
2032: $77,341
2033: $74,113
2034: $71,020
2035: $68,053
2036: $65,219
2037: $62,500
2038: $59,895
2039: $57,394
2040: $54,994
2041: $52,690
2042: $50,485 ← half your money gone.
2043: $48,365
2044: $46,334
2045: $44,392
2046: $42,528
2047: $40,742
2048: $39,031
2049: $37,392
2050: $35,821 ← what your kids get.
2051: $34,316
2052: $32,875
2053: $31,494
2054: $30,171
2055: $28,904
2056: $27,690
2057: $26,527
2058: $25,413
2059: $24,346
2060: $23,323
2061: $22,343
2062: $21,404
2063: $20,505
2064: $19,644
2065: $18,819
2066: $18,029
2067: $17,272
2068: $16,546
2069: $15,851
2070: $15,185
2071: $14,547
2072: $13,936
2073: $13,351
2074: $12,790
2075: $12,253
2076: $11,739
2077: $11,246
2078: $10,774
2079: $10,322
2080: $9,888 ← what your grandkids get.
2081: $9,473
2082: $9,075
2083: $8,694
2084: $8,329
2085: $7,979
2086: $7,645
2087: $7,324
2088: $7,017
2089: $6,722
2090: $6,440
2091: $6,170
2092: $5,911
2093: $5,663
2094: $5,425
2095: $5,197
2096: $4,979
2097: $4,770
2098: $4,570
2099: $4,378
2100: $4,194 ← you might not be around.
