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Calculate how inflation erodes money's buying power
Purchasing Power After Inflation
Current Amount
Purchasing Power Lost
Erosion %
Purchasing power erosion shows how inflation reduces what your money can buy. ₹10L today may purchase only ₹6.2L worth of goods in 10 years at 5% inflation. This calculator illustrates why saving without investment is risky: keeping cash in locker loses value yearly. Understanding this motivates investment in assets that outpace inflation: stocks, mutual funds, real estate, and inflation-indexed bonds (like TIPS in US, IIBs in India). The calculator demonstrates the urgency of investing: doing nothing is actually losing ground. Purchasing power loss is invisible—money remains ₹10L nominally but buys less. Real wealth is measured in purchasing power, not nominal rupees. This invisible loss justifies investment returns: 10% investment return at 6% inflation yields only 4% real return, but 4% real return beats 100% loss from zero investment.
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