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How Inflation Is Quietly Eating Your Fixed Annuity Income
In this episode of Inflation and Your Money with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how even 'safe' fixed annuity payouts are losing ground to inflation in mid-2026. With the CPI at 332.6 and the 10-year breakeven inflation rate rising to 2.24%, a fixed annuity yielding 3.5% is barely providing any real return after inflation. The hosts walk through a concrete example: a $200,000 annuity purchased five years ago now has the purchasing power of roughly $176,000. They discuss whether inflation-adjusted or variable annuities might be better alternatives, and how to think about annuity…
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