You just made an investment in an insurance policy that is guaranteed to pay you $1.8 million 20 years from now provided you live that long. What will be the purchasing power of that amount with respect to today’s dollars if the market interest rate is 8% per year and the inflation rate stays at 3.8% per year over the 20-year period?
What will be an ideal response?
Purchasing power = 1,800,000/(1 + 0.038)²?
= $853,740
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