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Personal Inflation Index

Calculate your own inflation rate from what you actually buy.

Beginner10h1 person16/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Personal Inflation Index for households in ~10h with 1 person. Stack: Next.js + Charts.

Why it wins: Novel personal insight from existing data.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Official inflation does not match a family's real spending.
02 · Solution
Use categorised spending over time to compute a personal price index and compare it with official figures.
03 · Build
  1. 1Import spending
  2. 2Group categories
  3. 3Compute index
  4. 4Chart comparison
04 · Demo
Show a family's personal inflation versus the national figure.

MVP checklist

  • Spending import
  • Index calculation
  • Official comparison
  • Category drivers

Tech stack

TechRole
Next.jsFrontend + API routes
ChartsData visualisation

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