See what an amount of money will be worth after inflation.
Future cost = Amount × (1 + inflation rate)^years — the same compound-growth formula used for interest, but applied to prices rather than savings.
It shows the amount's purchasing power in the future, calculated as Amount ÷ (1 + inflation rate)^years. It answers: if I keep this amount of cash uninvested, how much less will it actually buy after inflation?