Purchasing Power Growth Calculator

Deflation Calculator

Discover how scarce assets preserve and grow your purchasing power over time. See the opposite of inflation with deflationary asset appreciation.

Purchasing Power Growth Calculator

Calculate how your money would grow with deflationary assets

Purchasing Power Growth

Select parameters to calculate purchasing power growth

Deflation vs Inflation: The Purchasing Power Gap

See how $1,000 performs across different asset classes over time

+131%
Bitcoin Growth
+16.7%
Gold Growth
-20%
Cash (No Growth)
-30%
Cash (Inflation)

Scarcity Mechanisms Dashboard

Understanding what makes these assets deflationary

Bitcoin

21M Hard Cap + Halving Events

Fixed supply with decreasing issuance every 4 years

Scarcity Level

Ethereum

EIP-1559 Fee Burns

Transaction fees burned, reducing total supply

Scarcity Level

Gold

Finite Mining Reserves

Limited geological deposits with increasing extraction costs

Scarcity Level

Silver

Industrial Demand + Scarcity

High industrial usage with limited supply

Scarcity Level

Crude Oil

Depleting Reserves

Finite fossil fuel reserves with extraction challenges

Scarcity Level

Methodology & Understanding Deflation

How We Calculate Purchasing Power Growth

Our deflation calculator uses historical price data to show how scarce assets preserve and grow purchasing power over time:

  1. Asset Units Calculation: Initial Amount ÷ Starting Price = Units Purchased
  2. Final Value: Units × Ending Price = Current Worth
  3. Growth Rate: ((Final Value - Initial Amount) ÷ Initial Amount) × 100
  4. Real Purchasing Power: Adjusted for inflation to show true wealth preservation

This methodology demonstrates the inverse relationship between asset scarcity and purchasing power erosion.

Understanding Deflationary Assets and Wealth Preservation

Learn more about deflationary assets and wealth preservation

Frequently Asked Questions

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