This could not be less relevant. You may not have noticed but NOTHING is the same today as it was in 1933. Apparently you didn't bother looking at your graph either. If you had you probably would have noticed the clear trend in the curve. Every single cent of Grandpa's dollars, however hard-earned, is long, long, long gone. And most cents of earned dollars today are spent within weeks of their earning. Currency is designed to be spent, not hoarded. You want to save for the future, invest, buy a house (you have to live somewhere), hell, even buy some crypto. It's no good for spending but you might get lucky and make a big profit...then again you might lose your shirt;)