What would be the future value of 4000 after inflation of 3% for 10 years?

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Atomic_Torah

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That doesn't make any sense. Inflation causes the value of money to go down, not up.

If 4000 dollars buys 4000 loaves of bread today, after ten years of 3 percent inflation, it will buy only about 2976 loaves of bread, so that means that the 4000 dollars has lost about a quarter of its value.
 
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Atomic_Torah

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That doesn't make any sense. Inflation causes the value of money to go down, not up.

If 4000 dollars buys 4000 loaves of bread today, after ten years of 3 percent inflation, it will buy only about 2976 loaves of bread, so that means that the 4000 dollars has lost about a quarter of its value.
 
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