Today's dollars versus future dollars

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bigfoot
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Today's dollars versus future dollars

Post by bigfoot »

Is there a way to show the FRP output in future dollars so as to compare the results to other planners that show results that way?
jimr
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Re: Today's dollars versus future dollars

Post by jimr »

bigfoot,

Thanks for the question. Unfortunately, there isn't an easy way to view the output of the planner in inflated dollars.

It is a good suggestion though, as I can understand that some people might like to be able to see those "raw" numbers for comparison purposes.

Unfortunately the way the simulator currently works, all the numbers in the planner are stored in inflation adjusted dollars, so it'd be a bit of work to convert them all back into unadjusted values for display. Not impossible though, so I may eventually get to it.

Jim
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Re: Today's dollars versus future dollars

Post by bigfoot »

That would great, not only for comparison to other planners, but also then could show FRP results in whichever way preferred.
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