Reference no: EM132355644
Assume you have $1 million now, and you have just retired from your job. You expect to live for 20 years, and you want to have the same level of consumption (i.e., purchasing power) for each of these 20 years, after adjusting for inflation. You also wish to leave the purchasing power equivalent of $100,000 today to your kids at the end of the 20 years as a bequest (or to pay them to take care of you).
You expect inflation to be 3% per year for the next 20 years, and nominal interest rates are expected to stay around 8% per year.
A. Calculate the actual amount of consumption, in nominal dollars, using the stated assumptions.
Total amount = $1,000,000
Amount for kids = $100,000
Total amount consumed = $900,000
$900,000 = value/(0.08 - 0.03) * (1-(1.03/1.08)^20)
Value = 900,000 / 12.25 = 76,183.63
Yearly consumption(real rate) = $76,183.63
i. How much do you need for your kids?