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How to Prepare for Inflation

Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 1:30 pm
by USMC1967
How to Prepare for Inflation (inflationdata.com)
How to Prepare for Inflation (inflationdata.com)
...after 1 year at 5% inflation, a $100 item now costs $105, but after another year, it costs $110.25… at that rate, prices will DOUBLE in a little over 14 years.
According to the Motley Fool, the average retirement lasts 18 years, so if 14 of those years have 5% or more inflation, annual expenses for the average retiree will more than double during their retirement years.
Maybe I'll send joe mansion some steak and ask him to vote NO on all new spending. 


 

Re: How to Prepare for Inflation

Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2021 12:38 am
by ZeWazir
Five percent inflation also means that the average middle-class American family will have to get a $2/Hr raise this year just to stay even.

My raise was barely over $1/hr.

Re: How to Prepare for Inflation

Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 6:42 pm
by dustymars
Wow,  just checking prices on an el-cheap-o tire for my lawn trailer, small 4.00-6, and a few year ago got one for $8 - $10.  Man, they have doubled, tripled in price just the past couple of years.  When will it end?  Yeah, when Brandon is gone.  But, prices will not return to lower dollars.