Buying power, made simple

The number is only half the story

Imagine you had $10 and a Bubble O' Bill cost $2. You could buy 5 ice creams.

Later, your $10 grows to $12, but the ice cream now costs $4. You can buy only 3 ice creams.

Your dollar value increased, but your buying power fell.

This tool compares what your asset could buy when you bought it with what it can buy today.

Has your asset grown in buying power?

Choose an everyday item. Enter what it cost when you bought your asset and what it costs today. Then enter your asset values. We’ll show whether your asset buys more or less than it used to.

Pick something familiar, like a snack, coffee, petrol, nappies, or your own item. This is what we’ll use to compare buying power.

Use the price from when you bought the asset, then the price today.

Enter what your asset was worth when you bought it and what it is worth today.