# What is the long term outcome of inflation?

I was just reading how \$1 from sometime in the mid-1800s is worth a little over$30 today.

This got me wondering, where does this go in the long term? In the year 2400, will a loaf of bread be \$200? Will an average house be tens of millions? What about the year 2700?

My understanding is that inflation is a universal economic phenomenon. Has a currency ever lasted long enough to know where it leads in the very long term? If not, are there theories predicting what might happen?

• I'm only half-kidding when I suggest this: you could look to the economies of long-running MMORPG video games (e.g., World of Warcraft) for some experimental insight on this. In Canada, we recently got rid of our one-cent denomination coin, and I suspect inflation was part of the reason. – heh Oct 3 '19 at 21:54
• Possible duplicate of Does Inflation Make Money Eventually Worthless? – Kent Shikama Oct 4 '19 at 5:48
• Yes, Canada got rid of the penny, lol – A Dynamic Squid Oct 6 '19 at 4:18