The Kinta Blog
Guide June 12, 2026 · 5 min read

Your personal inflation isn't the same as the one in the news

Official inflation is a nationwide average. Yours depends on your own basket — here's how to see it.

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When you hear “inflation is 4%,” that’s the average basket for the entire population. But you don’t buy the average basket — you buy your own. That’s why your personal inflation often looks different.

Why it’s different

If a large share of your spending goes to categories that got more expensive faster — say coffee and dairy — your personal inflation is higher than the published figure. And vice versa.

How Kinta calculates it

Kinta takes your scanned receipts and tracks how the price of the exact items you buy changes, month over month. The result is a single number that actually describes your money.

Turn on the “Personal Inflation” card in the app, and after a few weeks of scanning you’ll get your own curve — not the average citizen’s curve.

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