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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Melodic_Judge_129 • 8h ago
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its japans economic trap, worse than inflation.
251 u/Grouchy_Theme1461 7h ago bruh u gotta explain it 323 u/nebileyim_ben 7h ago its deflation, prices keep falling over time. japan experienced long periods of deflation which is hurt spending and as a result affected economic growth. its super hard to fix that bcs of liquidity trap. 4 u/UmpireDapper1757 7h ago Japan never suffered from deflation. The CPI stayed roughly flat for about 25 years. The most deflationary period, from like 1998-2013 saw average deflation of like 0.3%, which had a trivial effect on spending https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JPNCPIALLMINMEI Switzerland had similar CPI data from 2009 to 2020, with no ill-effects https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPALTT01CHA657N
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bruh u gotta explain it
323 u/nebileyim_ben 7h ago its deflation, prices keep falling over time. japan experienced long periods of deflation which is hurt spending and as a result affected economic growth. its super hard to fix that bcs of liquidity trap. 4 u/UmpireDapper1757 7h ago Japan never suffered from deflation. The CPI stayed roughly flat for about 25 years. The most deflationary period, from like 1998-2013 saw average deflation of like 0.3%, which had a trivial effect on spending https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JPNCPIALLMINMEI Switzerland had similar CPI data from 2009 to 2020, with no ill-effects https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPALTT01CHA657N
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its deflation, prices keep falling over time.
japan experienced long periods of deflation which is hurt spending and as a result affected economic growth.
its super hard to fix that bcs of liquidity trap.
4 u/UmpireDapper1757 7h ago Japan never suffered from deflation. The CPI stayed roughly flat for about 25 years. The most deflationary period, from like 1998-2013 saw average deflation of like 0.3%, which had a trivial effect on spending https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JPNCPIALLMINMEI Switzerland had similar CPI data from 2009 to 2020, with no ill-effects https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPALTT01CHA657N
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Japan never suffered from deflation. The CPI stayed roughly flat for about 25 years. The most deflationary period, from like 1998-2013 saw average deflation of like 0.3%, which had a trivial effect on spending
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/JPNCPIALLMINMEI
Switzerland had similar CPI data from 2009 to 2020, with no ill-effects
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPALTT01CHA657N
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u/nebileyim_ben 8h ago edited 8h ago
its japans economic trap, worse than inflation.