[tenpies]

Also worth thinking about inflation with this one.

The $10,000 figure originated with the 1970 Bank Secrecy Act[1]. Back then, that was a lot of money.

If it had kept up with plain old vanilla government-reported inflation, the number would be closer to $83,000 today[2].

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[1] https://www.fincen.gov/resources/statutes-and-regulations/ba...

[2] https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=1...

[petermcneeley]

Big Mac Index suggests more like 30x