Live · 2026
-$0.00
That's the purchasing power of $100,000 you've lost since January 1st — and it's still melting.
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melting at ~$13.34/day
See where the money went ↓
The Proof
Where the money went
More dollars. Same goods. The gap between the two lines is where your purchasing power disappears.
U.S. M2 money supply
Consumer prices (CPI)
Source: Federal Reserve · BLS · Indexed to 1971 = 100 · Updated monthly
By the numbers
The scoreboard
Fifty-five years of printing, in three numbers.
$0.12
value of a 1971 dollar
today
today
~40×
growth in M2
money supply since 1971
money supply since 1971
+5,900%
gold's return over
the same stretch
the same stretch
The dollar isn't "losing value" because it's broken. It's losing value because there are more of them. Every new dollar printed dilutes the ones in your pocket. The trade is simple: your purchasing power goes in, someone else's balance goes up. The only question is whether you notice it happening.
— The Dirty Dollar