One number. Many ways to measure it.
See what your money is really worth.
Currency is only one measuring stick. Measure money, wealth and assets against inflation, gold, housing, income and equities — and watch the answer change.
Start with your own number
What has already happened to your money?
Example: to buy what $60,000 bought in August 2021, that salary has to be
$73,469
$13,469 a year more than it is — the ground that salary lost to consumer prices over 5 years.
Today, that amount is
- Gold
- 13.60 oz
- Median new home sale price
- 0.15 homes
- Median US household income
- 0.7 years
Your figure stays in this browser. It is never sent to us, and the arithmetic runs on your device.
The same wealth, two rulers
A net worth that grew from $900,000 to $1,500,000 since January 2020 rose +66.7% in dollars — and -41.0% measured in gold.
Both figures are correct. They answer different questions.
Start from a question
What we measure against
6 published series, normalised to one format. Every figure carries its source and its observation date.