Inflation calculator: has your purchasing power decreased?

Has your purchasing power decreased? The North Star presents its inflation calculator.

This tool will help you determine:

  • whether your pay is keeping pace with inflation, or whether your real pay has decreased over the years;
  • whether the price you pay for rent, food, and other items has increased more than inflation, causing you to lose purchasing power;
  • how much something should cost today if its price had kept pace with inflation.