UK pricing explorer

Priced In — UK Cost of Living Explorer

Compare UK costs priced in nominal £, real £, gold, hours worked, and bitcoin.

“The natural state of the free market is deflation.”

— Geoff Booth

Inflation can mask the true value of your time and energy. By denominator-switching - pricing houses, eggs, or butter in hard assets like Gold or Bitcoin - you can strip away currency devaluation. Explore the data to see which assets are truly inflating, and which are following the natural path of deflation.

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Bitcoin is hidden before 2017 because early annual averages are sparse and highly volatile.

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Double-click the chart to zoom back out.

Chart Instructions

Drag on the chart to zoom into a specific period or value range, then double-click anywhere in the plot to zoom back out.

Use the chart menu bar to switch quick time ranges (10Y to All), plus log scale and rebase toggles.

Use the Data ↗ button in the chart menu bar to open the yearly data table and export CSV.

Click legend entries to hide/show individual series and isolate comparisons.

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