Friday, 4 February 2022

Sangster FL class, Feb 4, 2022

 Inflation calculator

 https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1945?amount=10


February 4, 2022

- look at your dinner last night: meat, fruit/vegetables, grains – are getting more expensive

- an average family of 4 will have to spend an extra $800 per year on food 

(800/12 = $66 more per month)

- to some families, this is unaffordable: buy the packaged food/dinner – not very nutritious since they are full of preservatives

- check the price of gasoline in Toronto (this morning, regular gas is at $1.57/litre, all time high)

Kwok’s car 60 litres x $1.57 = $94 to fill up

 

Inflation (things get more expensive over time)

- clothing, rent, food, fuel, household items, haircuts

- you are born in 2009 or 2010

- your money, say $100, will buy less over time (in the future)

- use $100 for the calculation

Start Year

This year 2022

How much is worth today

 

1945 (end of Second World War

2022

$1548.90

It will cost $1548 today to buy the same item

Grandparent’s birth year

1965

2022

$885.09

 

Parent’s birth year

1979

 

2022

$384.02

 

Your birth year 2009 or 2010

2022

$129.96

 

 

- over time, things get more expensive and your buying power is reduced

 

 

- GTA (Greater Toronto Area, Toronto, Vaughan, Mississauga, Thornhill, Rich Man Hill, Markham, Ajax, Whitby etc) Population in 2021 was about 7.2 million live in the GTA

- the government is projecting that the population in the GTA will go up to 10 million by 2025

- Kwok thinks the housing prices will continue to go up by about 10% per year

- it is possible that the price will not go up as much – BUT there is NO land in the city of Toronto

- inflation story – BE NICE TO YOUR PARENTS so you can inherit their properties

 

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