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Money Machine

Witsooth · AP Macroeconomics
Five rounds. Each one opens with a news headline.
Read it, predict where inflation is heading,
then split your coins across savings, bonds, stocks, and loans.

You score for the right prediction
and for coins that keep their real value.
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Achievement Unlocked
The Short Seller
5 FOR 5 · ALL LOSSES CALLED
You read the inflation signal correctly every round.
And lost money every time anyway.
On purpose.
You ran the Fisher Effect backwards. You called the inflation environment correctly every round, then picked the assets that lost in real terms.
❄️
Empty.
Game Over
Your purchasing power is gone.
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Final Result · Money Machine
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Instructor Mode
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MILK
Real rate = nominal − inflation
MILK
KETCH
Higher inflation = lower real return
COLA
YO
Asset choice matters in inflation
YO
OJ
Inflation erodes liquid assets
Savings: fixed nominal rate
Stocks: variable returns
PIZZA 🍕
Spending power shrinks in inflation
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DOOR
MILK
MILK
KETCH
COLA
LIME
📉 BUY THE DIP
🏦 TOO BIG TO FAIL
🖨️ JUST PRINT MORE
📊 IT'S TRANSITORY
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I.O.U.
Loan me a 🪙
I'll pay back
4% interest
— The Borrower
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Inflation?
🏦 Savings
🏛️ Bonds
📈 Stocks
What to do
Tap an asset to place your coins.
Purchasing Power
100%
of original value
Your Coins
Round History
Score vs Optimal
0
You
/
0
Optimal
What's the formula?
Nominal
—
−
Inflation
—
=
Real