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With inflation silently eroding bank balances, which simple concept best explains why holding large cash savings for many years can actually make you poorer in real life?

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With inflation silently eroding bank balances, which simple concept best explains why holding large cash savings for many years can actually make you poorer in real life?

With inflation silently eroding bank balances, which simple concept best explains why holding large cash savings for many years can actually make you poorer in real life?
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