The Debase Brief
Small Business Margin Calculator

What's inflation actually doing to your margins?

Revenue looks fine on paper. Your costs are rising faster than CPI admits. Here's the real damage.

Total sales for the year — top line before any costs.
$
How much have your costs (supplies, labor, rent) gone up? Estimate if unsure.
%
Pulling government data...
Act II — What the government says
CPI vs Reality
Official CPI says inflation is...
M2 money supply actually grew...
Your real situation vs M2...
The gap they don't mention
M2 growth minus CPI — the debasement happening behind the official number
Act III — What you can do about it
The dollar loses ground every year. Scarce assets don't. Here's what moving your annual erosion into gold or Bitcoin would have done.
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Gold
Your erosion held in gold (1yr)
Monthly to offset erosion
at gold's avg annual return
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Bitcoin
Your erosion held in BTC (1yr)
Monthly to offset erosion
at BTC's avg annual return
Trailing 12-month returns — live via FRED & Kraken. Gold: +74% · BTC: +70% · Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Prices rise. Margins shrink. M2 is the reason.
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