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At 2% inflation your money is worth half in 35 years.

Inflation means a basket of goods costs more every year. Even at a moderate 2% per year, a €100 note loses half its purchasing power in 35 years: it then buys only what costs €50 today. The number in your account stays the same, but what it buys quietly shrinks.

Useful: Cash sitting uninvested for decades loses real value every single year.

Source: de.wikipedia.org

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