Thanks for answering my question Dick. I missed the "Show effects of
inflation" checkbox on the reports page. It was unchecked by default.

-Derek

"Dick Watson" wrote:

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The LP accounts for inflation and can be set to show this effect (i.e.,
then-dollars) or not (i.e., constant dollars). There is also a setting where
you can set the inflation amount. I'm not sure where it is in M05 (probably
the same place--I don't recall any changes in LP, once you get into it) but
in M04 there's a checkbox on Lifetime Savings Forecast "Show effects of
inflation" and the setting for average inflation rate is under Taxes and
Inflation.

"Derek From Ohio" <Derek From Ohio[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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When I add a yearly living expense amount to the "lifetime planner" in
Microsoft Money 2005, it does not seem to automatically increase this amount
each year to account for inflation. Is there a way to do this? It looks like
you can add adjustments for things like having a child, etc., but I don't see
anywhere to automatically increase spending each year. It is not realistic
to think that someone would spend the same amount every year as living costs
increase.

Thanks