Your retirement income may feel comfortable today—but will it still buy the same lifestyle 10, 20, or even 30 years from now?

Inflation is one of retirement's quietest risks. It doesn't usually take a big bite out of your finances all at once. Instead, it gradually raises the cost of groceries, insurance, healthcare, utilities, home repairs, travel, and everyday living while slowly reducing what each retirement dollar can buy.

In this episode of The Infinite Income Podcast, George Mayfield, The Dividend Doctor, and Autumn Bennett walk through 7 questions every retiree should answer to determine whether their retirement income has a chance of keeping up with rising prices.

You'll learn why purchasing power matters more than simply maintaining the same monthly income, which retirement income sources may have the potential to grow, how Social Security's cost-of-living adjustments help, and why your own personal inflation rate may look very different from the headline inflation number.

George and Autumn also discuss why becoming too conservative with your investments can create a different kind of retirement risk, how growing dividends and other income sources may fit into an inflation strategy, and why longevity makes inflation even more important.

Plus, George shares a simple Future Lifestyle Number exercise that can show what today's monthly expenses could look like 10 or 20 years from now—and a bonus strategy for tracking your own personal inflation rate each year.

Because when it comes to retirement, it's not just how many dollars you receive. It's how much those dollars can buy.

planning inflation rate, listing income sources that may or may not increase, and tracking your personal inflation each year by monitoring key expense categories.

Bonus tip: build flexibility into your plan and monitor five or six essential expenses annually so you can spot trends early and adjust before small gaps become big problems.