#inflation

Inflation-economics maths as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The adjust endpoint expresses a value across time in two ways — by an annual inflation rate over a number of years, V = amount·(1+r)^years, or by a ratio of consumer-price-index figures, V = amount·CPI_end/CPI_start — so an old price can be restated in today's money, with the total inflation over the period. The real-rate endpoint computes the real (inflation-adjusted) interest or investment rate from a nominal rate and an inflation rate using the Fisher equation, 1 + real = (1 + nominal)/(1 + inflation), alongside the rough nominal-minus-inflation approximation. The purchasing-power endpoint shows how inflation erodes money over time — the future buying power of today's amount, amount/(1+r)^years, the value lost and the larger amount needed to maintain the same purchasing power. Rates may be entered as a percent or a fraction and amounts in any currency. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for personal-finance, budgeting, salary, retirement-planning and economics app developers, cost-of-living and real-return tools, and finance education. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This is inflation adjustment; for loan repayments use a loan API and for investment growth an investment API.

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Investment return analysis as an API, computed locally and deterministically. The cagr endpoint computes the compound annual growth rate, (end/begin)^(1/years) − 1 — the single constant yearly rate that turns a starting value into an ending value — along with the total return and growth multiple, or runs the other way to project an ending value from a CAGR. The doubling endpoint gives how long an investment takes to double at a given rate, both the exact figure ln(2)/ln(1+r) and the quick Rule-of-72, -70 and -69.3 estimates, or inverts it to the rate needed to double within a target time. The real-return endpoint applies the Fisher equation, real = (1+nominal)/(1+inflation) − 1, to strip inflation out of a headline return — or works backwards to the nominal return needed for a target real return — showing how the rough nominal-minus-inflation shortcut drifts at higher rates. Everything is computed locally and deterministically, so it is instant and private. Ideal for fintech, robo-advisor, portfolio and personal-finance app developers, return and retirement calculators, and finance education. Pure local computation — no key, no third-party service, instant. Live, nothing stored. 3 endpoints. This analyses a lump-sum return; for regular-deposit savings projections use a savings API and for loan amortization a loan API.

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