Inflation formula with varying rates per year!

ktsmith21

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Hello, I am looking for a formula that properly pulls a Baseline Expense depending on location (this part is done) and then multiplies it by looking up the inflation rate for a given year. Second half of the formula is below.

Inflation portion:
+((1+INDEX(INFLATION!$H$19:$ZZ$41,MATCH(FORECAST!$B6,INFLATION!$B$19:$B$41,0),MATCH(YEAR(FORECAST!AZ$3),INFLATION!$H$16:$ZZ$16,0))/12)^DATEDIF(LOCATIONS!$C$2,AZ$3,"M"))

:eek: The formula is incorrect as it is just looking up the current year inflation rate, dividing it by 12 to get a monthly amount, and then raising it to the power equal to the number of months from baseline.

What the formula really needs to do is multiply the Baseline Expense * (1+(period 1 inflation rate/12))*(1+(period 2 inflation rate/12))*(1+(period 3 inflation rate/12))*.... so and so forth until it gets to the current month. My problem is that there are over 500 months in this analysis. Is there a way to write a formula that will add a (1+(period x inflation rate/12)* for each column that the formula is dragged across? Product formula of some sort?

Any help is greatly appreciated!
 
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Hopefully the following will help.

A few examples would be useful.


Excel 2010
BCDE
1Inflation
23%1-Jan-1922-May-191.010038
31.010038
4
3c
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
E2=(1+B2/12)^DATEDIF(C2,D2,"m")
E3=FV(B2/12,DATEDIF(C2,D2,"m"),0,-1)
 
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Dave Patton, thank you for looking at this. The issue with the datedif formula is that it is using the same inflation rate for each month. I am trying to create a formula that looks up inflation rates per month from an existing table.
 
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Maybe...


A
B
C
D
1
Period​
Inflation​
Result​
2
1​
4%​
1,012558​
3
2​
3%​
4
3​
3,50%​
5
4​
4,50%​

Formula in D2
=SUMPRODUCT(PRODUCT(1+B2:B5/12))

M.
 
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Dave Patton, genius! I never even knew about this function. It worked perfectly. Thank you very much for your help! :)
 
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