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Imagine that the interest rate on your savings account was 1% per year and inflation was 2% per year. After 1 year, how much would you be able to buy with the money in this account?
Buying power with 1% interest and 2% inflation · Asked in 6 waves, 2017–2022 · 70,865 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | More than today | Exactly the same | Less than today | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents | 4% | 14% | 82% | 11667 | ±1 | |
| 18–29 |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED 2022 157 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2022-10-21 to 2022-11-01 | web | 11,667 | 11,667 |
| SHED 2021 155 imputed values recoded to -1. | 2021-11-01 to 2021-11-30 | web | 11,874 | 11,874 |
| SHED 2020 | 2020-11-01 to 2020-11-30 | web | 11,648 | 11,648 |
| SHED 2019 | 2019-10-01 to 2019-10-31 | web | 12,173 | 12,173 |
| SHED 2018 | 2018-10-01 to 2018-11-30 | web | 11,316 | 11,316 |
| SHED 2017 | 2017-11-01 to 2017-12-31 | web | 12,187 | 12,187 |
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| 5% |
| 18% |
| 76% |
| 1672 |
| ±3 |
| 30–44 | 7% | 17% | 76% | 2646 | ±2 |
| 45–64 | 3% | 11% | 86% | 3994 | ±2 |
| 65+ | 2% | 10% | 88% | 3355 | ±2 |
SHED 2022 · US adults 18+. Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.