MAIN FEEDS
Do you want to continue?
https://www.reddit.com/r/PeterExplainsTheJoke/comments/1w4api1/petah/p76mrqo/?context=3
r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Melodic_Judge_129 • 8h ago
2.5k comments sorted by
View all comments
518
Deflation is worse than inflation.
It means price can't go up anymore because ppl can't afford, businesses need to slack ppl off to stay afloat, which make ppl poorer and even less capable of buying stuff.
It's a death spiral
3 u/Soberdonkey69 6h ago We’re literally suffering from this under high inflation??? 1 u/notaredditer13 4h ago That's just a reddit meme. Prices are high because wages/incomes are going up faster: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2025/09/17/u-s-household-incomes-over-50-years-the-great-divide
3
We’re literally suffering from this under high inflation???
1 u/notaredditer13 4h ago That's just a reddit meme. Prices are high because wages/incomes are going up faster: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2025/09/17/u-s-household-incomes-over-50-years-the-great-divide
1
That's just a reddit meme. Prices are high because wages/incomes are going up faster:
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N
https://www.advisorperspectives.com/dshort/updates/2025/09/17/u-s-household-incomes-over-50-years-the-great-divide
518
u/SuspiciousSnotling 8h ago
Deflation is worse than inflation.
It means price can't go up anymore because ppl can't afford, businesses need to slack ppl off to stay afloat, which make ppl poorer and even less capable of buying stuff.
It's a death spiral