Inflation and prices
Inflation Calculator
What money from any year is worth today.
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What $100 from 1971 buys in today's money
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Calculators and charts on what the dollar is worth, where gold stands and how much rides on the dollar in your own portfolio.
Inflation and prices
Inflation Rate by Year
Annual CPI inflation from 1914 to the latest release.
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Inflation over the 12 months to September 2026
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Inflation and prices
Real Return Calculator
What a gain was worth after inflation.
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Inflation over the past year, the first cut from any gain
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Gold and hard assets
Gold and Silver Price History
Every year since 1900, in nominal and real dollars.
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Gold-Silver Ratio
How many ounces of silver one ounce of gold buys, live.
Open the chartOunces of silver one ounce of gold bought, 1971 to 2025: 86 in 2025
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Gold and hard assets
Priced in Gold
The Dow, a new house and a barrel of oil, measured in ounces.
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National Debt Clock
The debt, the interest bill and the per-person share, live.
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Total public debt on 26 Oct 2026, up $2.52 trillion in a year
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Banks and your money
CBDC and Stablecoin Tracker
Every country's CBDC stage, the US rules and stablecoin supply.
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Dollar Exposure Scorecard
Eight questions on how much rides on the dollar.
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Questions on how much of your portfolio moves with the dollar
The bigger picture, every Monday
One research brief on the dollar, the debt and the assets being repriced around them.