Inflation is not prices going up, it is your money going down. Same event, more useful framing.
At 3 percent a year, 20,000 in cash buys about 14,900 worth of goods ten years later.
A 3 percent pay rise in a 3 percent inflation year is not a pay rise. It is standing still.
Inflation is the only force that makes a fixed-rate mortgage cheaper every year you hold it.
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