okwithmydecay@leminal.space to United Kingdom@feddit.ukEnglish · 13 days agoWarning food prices are set to spike in the UK due to Iran warnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squareTheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoThat would mean negative inflation, which probably wouldn’t be great for the economy.
minus-squareDenjin@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoYeah, negative inflation is a short-cut to economic collapse. Imagine if you knew a thing you wanted to buy would be 10% cheaper in a week and 25% in two weeks. Why would you buy anything today?
That would mean negative inflation, which probably wouldn’t be great for the economy.
Yeah, negative inflation is a short-cut to economic collapse. Imagine if you knew a thing you wanted to buy would be 10% cheaper in a week and 25% in two weeks. Why would you buy anything today?